Im sure a dandy walking with his silk and pattern leather shod feet stepping into farmer browns bovine excrement would have swore an oath and exclaimed B*** S***!!!!!
it could have happened....; )~
True story (I know the judge in question, who told me the tale): A defendant in a burglary trial took the stand in his own defense, and told a long, long cock-and-bull story about how he managed to wind up inside the auto parts store in the office with the broken cash box in his hands . . .
The D.A. (indignantly): "Mr. X, do you expect this jury to believe that story?"
The Defendant, all wide-eyed innocence, "Well, it could possibly be true."
The entire courtroom broke up in helpless laughter. My judge friend dropped his pencil so he could have his laugh out under the bench without anybody seeing him . . . the jury retired and convicted the poor sap in 20 minutes (5 minutes to pick a chair, 10 minutes to choose a foreman, 5 minutes to take a vote).
It became a watchword around the courthouse for any REALLY implausible excuse.