On the assumption that laughter is the best medicine, and humour has a lot
to do with health promotion, here's a forwarding of a forwarding from Tom
Greco, author of "New Money for Healthy Communities"
David
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>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 19:43:20 -0700 (MST)
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>From: Thomas Greco <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: try it you'll like it
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>Dear friends,
>
>Here's some more medicine for the soul.
>Tom
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>> From: Chuck Bohl <[log in to unmask]>
>> > -------------Forwarded Message----------------
>> > >Recently reported in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal,
>> > >the following are questions actually asked of witnesses by attorneys
>> > >during trials and, in certain cases, the responses given by insightful
>> > >witnesses
>> > >
>> > >"Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he
>> > >doesn't know about it until the next morning?"
>> > >
>> > >"The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?"
>> > >
>> > >"Were you present when your picture was taken?"
>> > >
>> > >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: "It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law
>> > >somewhere."
>> > >
>> > >"Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?"
>> > >
>> > >"Did he kill you?"
>> > >
>> > >"How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?"
>> > >
>> > >"You were there until the time you left, is that true?"
>> > >
>> > >"How many times have you committed suicide?"
>> > >
>> > >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: "You say the stairs went down to the basement?"
>> > >A: "Yes."
>> > >Q: "And these stairs, did they go up also?"
>> > >
>> > >Q: "Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?"
>> > >A: "I went to Europe, Sir."
>> > >Q: "And you took your new wife?"
>> > >
>> > >Q: "How was your first marriage terminated?"
>> > >A: "By death."
>> > >Q: "And by who's 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: "You were not shot in the fracas?"
>> > >A: "No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the navel."
>> > >
>> > >Q: "Are you qualified to give a urine sample?"
>> > >A: "I have been since early childhood."
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