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- One evening, after attending the theater, two gentlemen were walking
- down the avenue when they observed a rather well dressed and attractive
- young lady walking ahead of them. One of them turned to the other and
- remarked: "I'd give $50.00 to spend the night with that woman." Much to
- their surprise, the young lady overheard the remark, turned around, and
- replied: "I'll take you up on that." She had a neat appearance and a
- pleasant voice, so after bidding his companion good night, the man
- accompanied the young lady to her apartment.
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- The following morning the man presented her with $25.00 as he
- prepared to leave. She demanded the rest of the money, stating: "If
- you don't give me the other $25.00, I'll sue you for it." He laughed,
- saying: "I'd like to see you get it on these grounds."
-
- The next day he was surprised when he received a summons ordering his
- presence in court as a defendent in a lawsuit. He hurried to his
- lawyer and explained the details of the case. His lawyer said: "She
- can't possibly get a judgement against you on such grounds, but it will
- be interesting to see how her case will be presented."
-
- After the usual preliminaries, the lady's lawyer addressed the court
- as follows:
- "Your honor, my client, this lady, is the owner of a piece of
- property, a garden spot, surrounded by a profuse growth of shrubbery,
- which property she agreed to rent to the defendant for a specified
- length of time for the sum of $50.00. The defendant took possession of
- the property, used it extensively for the purpose for which it was
- rented, but upon evacuating the premises, he paid only $25.00, one-half
- the amount agreed upon. The rent was not excessive, since it is
- restricted property, and we ask judgement be granted against the
- defendant to assure payment of the balance."
-
- The defendant's lawyer was impressed and amused by the way his
- opponent had presented the case. His defense, therefore, was somewhat
- different from the way he originally planned to present it. "Your
- honor," he said, "My client agrees that the lady has a fine piece of
- property, that he did rent such property for a time, and a degree of
- pleasure was derived from the transaction. However, my client found
- a well on the property around which he placed his own stones, sunk a
- shaft, and erected a pump, all labor performed personally by him. We
- claim these improvements to the property were sufficient to offset the
- unpaid amount, and that the plaintiff was adequately compensated for
- rental of said property. We, therefore, ask that judgement not be
- granted."
-
- The young lady's lawyer answered thusly: "Your honor, my client
- agrees that the defendant did find a well on her property. However,
- had the defendant not known that the well existed, he would never have
- rented the property. Also, upon evacuating the premises, the defendant
- removed the stones, pulled out the shaft, and took the pump with him.
- In doing so, he not only dragged the equipment through the shrubbery,
- but left the hole much larger than it was prior to his occupancy, making
- the property much less desirable to others. We, therefore, ask that
- judgement be granted."
-
- And it was. She won the case ..................
-
- Three little snippets from recent newspapers:
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- Some time ago, two policemen parked their car outside the garage of a
- suspected car thief, a Mr "John Doe", in order to "observe his movements".
- Only minutes later, their windows steamed up, making surveillance a
- little tricky. Tired, cramped, and having gained no evidence whatsoever to
- support their case, the two policemen decided to call it a day. At this
- point, Mr "Doe" broke into their vehicle, and was arrested.
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- An error caused a few red faces in Watford recently: thanks to a data-entry
- clerk keying in the wrong code, several people, accused of operating a TV
- without having a current licence, were summonsed to answer charges of
- unlawful sexual intercourse. {presumably with a minor} In the Watford
- area, the latter is coded 216, and the former 261.
- ---
- The entire state police force in New South Wales, Australia, found itself
- driving illegal cars after an enthusiastic computer de-registered them.
- The police were instructed to book themselves, or each other.
- The problem was caused by a high-ranking officer who failed to pay
- "illegal parking tickets". His unmarked car was registered to the police
- department. After statutory warnings were ignored, the computer program
- de-registered all cars belonging to the offender: that is, all cars
- belonging to the police department!
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- :-)
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