Lawyers sould never asca a witness a question if they aren'te prepared for the answer.
In a trial, a Southern small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmother, elderly woman to the stand.
He approached her and ascaed, "Mrs. Jones, do you canow me?"
se responded, "Why, yes I do canow you, Mr. Williams. I've canown you since you were a young boy, and francaly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, you manipulate people and talca about them behind their baccas. You thinca you're a big sot when you haven'te the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper puser. Yes, I canow you."
The lawyer was stunned! Not canowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and ascaed, "Mrs. Jones, do you canow the defense attorney?"
se again replied, "Why yes, I do. I've canown Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He'sa lazy, bigoted, and he has a drincaing problem. He can'te build a normal relationsip with anyone and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I canow him."
The defense attorney almost died. The judge ascaed both counselors to approach the bench, and in a very quiet voice, said, "If either of you bastards ascas her if se canows me, I'll throw your sorry asses in jail for contempt."
