Disorder In The Court


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These are from a book called Disorder in the Court, and are things people

actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by

court reporters - who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges

were actually taking place. Some of these are excellent - don't miss the

last one.

Q: Are you sexually active?

A: No, I just lie there.

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Q: What is your date of birth?

A: July fifteenth.

Q: What year?

A: Every year.

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Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

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Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?

A: Yes.

Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?

A: I forget.

Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've

forgotten?

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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.

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Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that

morning?

A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"

Q: And why did that upset you?

A: My name is Susan.

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Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the

occult?

A: We both do.

Q: Voodoo?

A: We do.

Q: You do?

A: Yes, voodoo.

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Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he

doesn't know about it until the next morning?

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Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?

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Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?

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Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

A: Yes.

Q: And what were you doing at that time?

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Q: She had three children, right?

A: Yes.

Q: How many were boys?

A: None.

Q: Were there any girls?

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Q: How was your first marriage terminated?

A: By death.

Q: And by whose death was it terminated?

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Q: Can you describe the individual?

A: He was about medium height and had a beard.

Q: Was this a male, or a female?

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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.

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Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?

A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

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Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?

A: Oral.

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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.

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Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

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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: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law

somewhere.

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These are from  a book called Disorder in the Court, and are things people

actually said in  court, word for word, taken down and now published by

court reporters - who  had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges

were actually taking  place. Some of these are excellent - don't miss the

last  one.

Q: Are you sexually active?

A: No, I  just lie there.

====

====

Q: What is your date of birth?

A: July  fifteenth.

Q: What year?

A: Every year.

====

====

Q: What gear  were you in at the moment of the impact?

A: Gucci sweats and  Reeboks.

====

====

Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your  memory at all?

A: Yes.

Q: And in what ways does it affect your  memory?

A: I forget.

Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of  something that you've

forgotten?

====

====

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: What was the first thing your husband said to you  when he woke up that

morning?

A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"

Q: And  why did that upset you?

A: My name is Susan.

====

====

Q: Do you  know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the

occult?

A:  We both do.

Q: Voodoo?

A: We do.

Q: You do?

A: Yes,  voodoo.

====

====

Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies  in his sleep, he

doesn't know about it until the next  morning?

====

====

Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is  he?

====

====

Q: Were you present when your picture was  taken?

====

====

Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August  8th?

A: Yes.

Q: And what were you doing at that  time?

====

====

Q: She had three children, right?

A: Yes.

Q: How  many were boys?

A: None.

Q: Were there any girls?

====

====

Q:  How was your first marriage terminated?

A: By death.

Q: And by whose death  was it terminated?

====

====

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: Are you qualified to give a  urine sample?

===-

====

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: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and  practicing law

somewhere.

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