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From a little book called "Disorder in the Court."
They're things people actually said in court, word for word.
Q: What is your date of birth?A: July 15th.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were you in at the moment of impact?A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Q: How old is your son -- the one living with you?A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years
Q: And where was the location of the accident?A: Approximately milepost 499.
Q: And where is milepost 499?
A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
Q: Sir, what is your IQ?A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think.
Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?A: After the accident?
Q: Before the accident.
A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.
Q: Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and bluelights flashing?A: Yes.
Q: Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?
A: Yessir.
Q: What did she say?
A: "What disco am I at?"
Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?A: Yes.
Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?
Q: Mr. Smith, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?A: I went to Europe, sir.
Q: And you took your new wife?
Q: Can you describe the individual?A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male or a female?
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?A: Oral.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Q: You were not shot in the fracas?A: No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the navel.
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then, it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
A: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.