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Disorder in the American Courts
> > > >
> > > >These are from a book called Disorder in the American
> > > >Courts, 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Q: Are you sexually active?
> > > >A: No, I just lie there.
> > > >__________________________________
> > > >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 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?
> > > >A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
> > > >___________________________________
> > > >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.
> > > > > ______________________________________