Submitted by Constable Pete Avila
In a trial, a southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”
She responded, “Why yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I have known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a big shot when you haven’t the brains to realize you’ll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.”
The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?”
She again replied, “Why yes, I do. I’ve known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He’s lazy, bigoted, and has a drinking problem. He can’t build a normal relationship 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 know him.”
The defense attorney nearly died.
The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said,
“If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I’ll send both of you to the electric chair.”
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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4 comments:
What's the point of the of the short story. I would think Pete would have work to do than to be sending jokes to the blog.
His point is that he unlike "other" people does have a sense of humor.
Maybe he needs work, everybody has a sense of humor.
Marco, who cares about his humor. and what do you mean by: unlike other people, just what exactly do you by that remark.
If he is sending a joke, it should be sent as pete avila not constable Avila.
Maybe he should learn about county policy, instead of jokes.
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