Short Work
“What,” said the disgusted lawyer to a countryman, “didn’t I have you thrown out just now because you were too fresh, and here you are back again!”
“Doctor,” returns he, “please be good, and undertake my defense; I see you are the only lawyer who makes short work!”
Question and Answer
Lady (at a lawyer’s who is a friend):—“A question does not cost anything?”
Lawyer:—“No, but the answer does.”
At Examination
Professor:—“Candidate, what belongs to a last will and testament?”
Candidate:—“A death and a fortune.”