Critical mistake
A friend asks a law student why he is so distraught.
The student replies, “Today I finished a 700-page book for my law exam.”
“So, what’s the problem,” his friend asks.
The student responds, “It was the wrong bleeping book!”
Caught out
At the height of a political-corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney asks a witness, “Isn’t it true that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?”
The witness stared out the window as though he hadn’t heard the question. The lawyer repeats the question, but the witness still does not respond.
Finally, the judge leans over and says, “Sir, please answer the question.” “Oh,” the startled witness says, “I thought he was talking to you.”
Dead give away
After selling their tomatoes and squash at the flea market, Bubba and Elwood are driving down the street in Atlanta and see a sign that read “Shirts $2.00, trousers $5.00.”
Bubba has an idea and told his brother Elwood, “We can buy a bunch of them shirts and trousers and sell them back home and make a fortune.”
Elwood agrees. So, they park the pickup truck, walk into the store and tell the clerk they want to buy a bunch of them shirts and trousers advertised in the window.
The clerk looks at them and says, “You boys aren’t from around here are you?”
Bubba replies, “How’d y’all know?”
“Because,” responds the clerk, “This is a dry cleaners.”
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