Young lady, are you trying to show your contempt of court???
No Your Honor, I’m trying to conceal it...
“You’d better show me some respect, son. I had
to kiss a lot of ass to get this job.”
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From the Scopes Monkey trial ...
[Judge] I hope you aren’t impugning the dignity of this court.
[Clarence Darrow] His Honor is entitled to hope.
The oldest one I read in children’s digest in the 1950s
Judge: Have you been up before this court before?
Defendant: I don’t know your honor. What time do you get up?