March 8, 2007
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Thanks, Bruce!
Shmuel had a bad car accident involving a large truck. Weeks later, in court, the trucking company's fancy lawyer was questioning Shmuel. "Now, Mr. Goldstein, isn't it a fact that at the scene of the accident you told a highway patroman, 'I'm fine'?"
Shmuel responded, "Vell, I'll tell you vat happened. I just put my dog Moishele, 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!'?"
Shmuel said, "Vell, I just got Moishele into the car and vas 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 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 becoming interested in Shmuel's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what the plaintiff has to say about his dog Moishele."
Shmuel thanked the Judge and proceeded. "Vell, like I vas saying, I loaded Moishele, my lovely hunteleh (dog) into the car and was driving him down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my car right in the side. I vas thrown into one ditch and Moishele was thrown into the other. I vas hurting real bad and couldn't move. However, I heard Moishele moaning and groaning. I knew he vas in terrible shape just by his groans.
Den a highway patrolman came along. He could hear Moishele moaning and groaning so he vent over to him. After he looked at him, and saw vat terrible condition Moishele was in, he took out his gun and shot him.
Den the Patrolman comes across the road, gun in hand, looks at me and says, "How you feeling?"
"Judge, vat vould you say?"
