These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually a dit in court, word for word, taken down and now published par court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
Q: Are toi sexually active?
A: No, I just lie there.
Q: What is your rendez-vous amoureux, date of birth?
A: July 15th.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were toi 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: toi forget? Can toi give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight ou 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 a dit to toi 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 toi know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo ou the occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: toi 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 suivant morning?
A: Did toi actually pass the bar exam?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
Q: Were toi present when your picture was taken?
Q: So the rendez-vous amoureux, date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes.
Q: And what were toi 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: par death.
Q: And par whose death was it terminated?
Q: Can toi describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, ou 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 toi performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?
Q: What school did toi go to?
A: Oral.
Q: Do toi recall the time that toi 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, tableau wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him.
Q: Are toi qualified to give a urine sample?
Q: Doctor, before toi performed the autopsy, did toi check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did toi check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did toi check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when toi began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can toi be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my bureau 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.
