How are you feeling?
Farmer Brown decided his injuries from the accident were
serious enough to take the trucking company (responsible
for the accident) to court. In court, the trucking company's
fancy lawyer was questioning Farmer Brown.
"Did you not say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine'?"
asked the lawyer.
Farmer Brown responded, "Well I'll tell you what happened.
I had just loaded my favorite mule Bessie into the..."
"I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer interrupted,
"just answer the question. Did you not say, at the scene
of the accident,'I'm fine'!"
Farmer Brown said, "Well I had just gotten Bessie into
the trailer and I was driving down the road..."
The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying
to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident,
this man told the Highway Patrolman on the scene that he
was just fine. Now several weeks after the accident
he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud.
Please tell him to simply answer the question."
By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Farmer
Brown's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear
what he has to say about his favorite mule Bessie."
Brown thanked the Judge and proceeded, "Well as I was saying,
I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer
and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck
and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side."
He continued, "I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was
thrown into the other. I was hurting real bad and didn't want to
move. However, I could hear ole Bessie moaning and groaning.
I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans."
"Shortly after the accident a highway patrolman came on the
scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning so he went over
to her. After he looked at her, he took out his gun and shot her
between the eyes. Then the patrolman came across the road with
his gun in his hand and looked at me."
Finally, farmer Brown came to the end of the story.
"The patrolman looked at me and said,
'Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot her.
How are YOU feeling'?"
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