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Quotes and Jokes

Famous Quotes

"A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats."
Quote by - Benjamin Franklin
"Law: the only game where the best players get to sit on the bench."
Quote by - Unknown
"When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty."
Quote by - Norm Crosby
"We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?"
Quote by - Will Rodgers
"Good lawyers know the law; great lawyers know the judge."
Quote by - Unknown
"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."
Quote by - Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think."
Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
Quote by - Bill Gates

 

Our Jokes

QUESTION: What's the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead lawyer in
the road?
ANSWER: There are skid marks in front of the dog.


QUESTION: What do you have when a lawyer is buried up to his neck in sand?
ANSWER: Not enough sand.


QUESTION: What can a goose do, a duck can't, and a lawyer should?
ANSWER: Stick his bill up his ass.

 

Humor Taken From Actual Court Transcripts

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what way does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?


ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know
about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?


ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?


ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.


ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.


ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!


ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

Richard Lugar

Denver Jordan (left)
and Richard Lugar (right)

"I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibilty to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of the law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world."
Quote by - Richard Lugar


Doc Blume and Don Wyneken

Doc Blume and Don Wyneken

Jennifer Young Brad Buchheit
Jennifer Young
Brad Buchheit

 

Tom and Tim Stuckey
Tom Stucky and Tim Stucky

Dan Lauer
Dan Lauer

Chris Hamilton
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