Standards

"One Question Too Many"

A defense attorney was cross-examining a police
officer during a felony trial-it went like this:

Q: Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
A: No sir, but I subsequently observed a person
matching the description of the offender running
several blocks away.

Q: Officer, who provided this description?
A: The officer who responded to the scene.

Q: A fellow officer provided the description of this
so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
A: Yes sir, with my life.

Q: With your life? Let me ask you this then officer-do
you have a locker room in the police station-a room
where you change your clothes in preparation for
your daily duties?
A: Yes sir, we do.

Q: And do you have a locker in that room?
A: Yes sir, I do.

Q: And do you have a lock on your locker?
A: Yes sir.

Q: Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers
with your life, that you find it necessary to lock your
locker in a room you share with those officers?
A: You see sir, we share the building with a court
complex, and sometimes defense attorneys have
been known to walk through that room.

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"Standards"

An American, traveling on a train in Europe,
met a Cuban tobacco grower, a Russian vodka
distiller and a lawyer.

While they were talking business, the Cuban took
out four cigars and passed them around. After
lighting his own cigar, the Cuban took one drag
and then threw it out the window, explaining that
cigars were of no consequence in his country
since there was such an abundance of them.

After dinner, the Russian passed out bottles of
vodka. After taking just one swig, he threw the bottle
out the window, explaining that vodka was of no
consequence since, in Russia, it was so plentiful.

The American businessman sat in quiet
contemplation for several minutes then arose and
threw the lawyer out the window.
Received on Sat Jul 28 09:20:31 2007