A man is up in court on a tricky litigation case, and his lawyer has warned him that the judge is very strict and correct. “He won’t stand for any nonsense and he knows all the tricks!”
“Well, would it help if I sent him a brace of grouse and a bottle of whisky?”
“Absolutely not!” says the lawyer. “He’s as straight as a die and completely incorruptible!”
Come the day of the trial, the man wins his case easily, and afterwards says to his lawyer, “I knew that whisky and grouse would do the trick!”
The lawyer is horrified. “Surely you didn’t send them, after everything I said!”
“Oh, but I did. I sent them in the other man’s name.”
Trial and Error
A man is up in court on a tricky litigation case, and his lawyer has warned him that the judge is very strict and correct. “He won’t stand for any nonsense and he knows all the tricks!”
“Well, would it help if I sent him a brace of grouse and a bottle of whisky?”
“Absolutely not!” says the lawyer. “He’s as straight as a die and completely incorruptible!”
Come the day of the trial, the man wins his case easily, and afterwards says to his lawyer, “I knew that whisky and grouse would do the trick!”
The lawyer is horrified. “Surely you didn’t send them, after everything I said!”
“Oh, but I did. I sent them in the other man’s name.”