Chuckle 1065

Chuckle 1065
(Rick R of Surrey BC gets today's chuckle thanks!)

~Cross-Examination~ (2nd time around)
(Plus: Today in History, Word for the Day and 6 Differences.)

If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman.

He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility....

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 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 the 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, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?"

A: "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."

The courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called.

The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's "Best Comeback" line -- and we think he'll win. ***

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• Today in history

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Word of the Day for Wednesday June 7, 2006
paucity \PAW-suh-tee\, noun:1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.2. Smallness of quantity; insufficiency.

The relative paucity of documents from this period may help to explain why no mention of David was found for such a long time.-- Steven L. McKenzie, King David: A Biography

Just three bishops? was a regular observation made on the paucity of episcopal presence at the new dean's installation.-- "Swiftian bite in Dean's sermon sets an agenda", Irish Times, September 13, 1999

When he came to undertake analysis in adulthood, the paucity of these early memories caused his therapist to wonder whether some painful memories were being repressed.-- Meryle Secrest, Stephen Sondheim: A Life

From paucity of evidence, we are unable to measure them with precision.-- Henry Thomas Buckle, History of Civilization in England
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