2 December 2008
Tuesday Transcript: That sinking feeling
Sometimes judicial wit leaves lawyers floundering, as counsel in a recent Victorian trial discovered:
COUNSEL: That’s the only cross-examination I have, Your Honour.
HIS HONOUR: Reminds me of the magician and his parrot on the Titanic, Mr Counsel.
COUNSEL: I don’t understand, I am afraid, Your Honour.
HIS HONOUR: The Titanic went down, the parrot struggled to the raft the magician was on, and said “Right, oh, genius, where’s the ship?”
COUNSEL: I am still at a loss, Your Honour.
HIS HONOUR: The others will tell you later.
COUNSEL: I am just old and dull, Your Honour.
HIS HONOUR: Not that old.
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