Several years ago, I had a friend who was arrested for a bar fight. He got an attorney and a plea deal was arranged, fine and probation. The judge told him, “I understand that you were angry with the other guy and you hit him but why did you continue to hit him”. My friends reply was, “he was still twitching your honor”. Two weeks in the county lock up for that remark.
Years ago my best friends older brother was arrested for being in a bar fight and when the police searched him they found a little .25 caliber Saturday Night Special hidden in his boot.
When posting bail the judge asked him about the gun and so the story goes my friends brother replied “I didn’t even think to use it your Honor.” To which the judge replied something like “You didn’t want to kill him then?” His reply was “It’s a .25, all it would do is give me an advantage with the fist fight that followed.”
Judge went from $1k to $10k becasue of his smart-ass answer.