This is absolutely hilarious!
http://rinkworks.com/said/courtroom.shtml
Quoting:
“The following quotations are taken from official court records across the nation, showing how funny and embarrassing it is that recorders operate at all times in courts of law, so that even the slightest inadvertence is preserved for posterity.”
Some examples:
- Lawyer: “Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?”
- Witness: “By death.”
- Lawyer: “And by whose death was it terminated?”
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- Lawyer: “This myasthenia gravis — does it affect your memory at all?”
- Witness: “Yes.”
- Lawyer: “And in what ways does it affect your memory?”
- Witness: “I forget.”
- Lawyer: “You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you’ve forgotten?”
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- Lawyer: “How old is your son, the one living with you?”
- Witness: “Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which.”
- Lawyer: “How long has he lived with you?”
- Witness: “Forty-five years.”