A farmer was in court, suing the trucking company whose truck had injured him in an accident, and was on the stand with the company's lawyer questioning him, trying to disprove the merits of his claim.
"Mister Brown," the lawyer said, "after the crash, did you not tell the responding officer that you were – and I quote – fine?"
"Well," said the farmer, "you see, I was driving my mule to town..."
"Sir, please answer the question,” interrupted the lawyer. “Did you or did you not say you were fine?"
"Well now, you have to understand, I was driving my mule..."
"Sir! Stop avoiding the question. Remember, you are under oath! Did you not tell the officer *you were fine*?”
The farmer turned to the judge and said, "Your honor, I’m tryin’ to answer the nice man's question, but he wont let me."
The judge said, "I'll allow it, but it better be relevant."
The farmer thanked him and began, "Well, you see, I was driving my truck to town with my trailer hitched to the back and my mule in the trailer. As we crossed an intersection this big truck blowed past the stop sign and smashed into us. The truck split in two, I'm thrown into one ditch on the side of the road, the mule was thrown into the other and the truck just kept going." "Now I'm in bad shape. My arm is broke, my leg is broke, half my ribs are broke. But my mule is in worse shape, from what I can hear. She's screaming and thrashing and making a pitiful racket." "I hear tires come to a stop on the gravel, a door close and footsteps crunching across the road to the other ditch. I hear the mule screaming for a minute more and then a shot and it went quiet. The footsteps then start to come my way. I look up to see a state trooper putting his gun back in his holster." "He said to me, sir, I’m terribly sorry. Your mule was badly injured, she was in terrible pain, and I had no choice but to put her down. How are you?” The farmer looked at the judge and asked, “Now after that, your honor, what would you have said?“
stevens allsorts
A farmer was in court, suing the trucking company whose truck had injured him in an accident, and was on the stand with the company's lawyer questioning him, trying to disprove the merits of his claim.
"Mister Brown," the lawyer said, "after the crash, did you not tell the responding officer that you were – and I quote – fine?"
"Well," said the farmer, "you see, I was driving my mule to town..."
"Sir, please answer the question,” interrupted the lawyer. “Did you or did you not say you were fine?"
"Well now, you have to understand, I was driving my mule..."
"Sir! Stop avoiding the question. Remember, you are under oath! Did you not tell the officer *you were fine*?”
The farmer turned to the judge and said, "Your honor, I’m tryin’ to answer the nice man's question, but he wont let me."
The judge said, "I'll allow it, but it better be relevant."
The farmer thanked him and began, "Well, you see, I was driving my truck to town with my trailer hitched to the back and my mule in the trailer. As we crossed an intersection this big truck blowed past the stop sign and smashed into us. The truck split in two, I'm thrown into one ditch on the side of the road, the mule was thrown into the other and the truck just kept going."
"Now I'm in bad shape. My arm is broke, my leg is broke, half my ribs are broke. But my mule is in worse shape, from what I can hear. She's screaming and thrashing and making a pitiful racket."
"I hear tires come to a stop on the gravel, a door close and footsteps crunching across the road to the other ditch. I hear the mule screaming for a minute more and then a shot and it went quiet. The footsteps then start to come my way. I look up to see a state trooper putting his gun back in his holster."
"He said to me, sir, I’m terribly sorry. Your mule was badly injured, she was in terrible pain, and I had no choice but to put her down. How are you?”
The farmer looked at the judge
and asked, “Now after that, your honor, what would you have said?“
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