A farmer named Clyde had a tractor accident. In court, the trucking
company's fancy hot shot lawyer, was questioning Clyde. "Didn't you say,
at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine,'?" asked the lawyer.
Clyde responded, "Well, I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite cow, Bessie, into the..."
"I didn't ask for any details", the lawyer interrupted. "Just answer
the question, ...please. Did you, or did you not say, at the scene of
the accident, 'I'm fine!'?"
Clyde said, "Well, I had just got Bessie into the trailer behind the tractor and I was driving down the road...."
The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Your Honor, 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 Clyde's answer and said to the
lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favorite cow,
Bessie".
Clyde thanked the Judge and proceeded. "Well, as I was
saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite cow, into the trailer and
was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer
ran the stop sign and smacked my John Deer Tractor right in the side. 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 old
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, and saw her fatal condition, he took
out his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the Patrolman came
across the road, gun still in hand, looked at me, and said, "How are you
feeling?"
"Now tell me, what the heck would you say?"
