A Free State farmer, Piet, was in a car accident. In court with a third party claim the fund's hot shot lawyer starts questioning him.
"Did you not say on the scene of the accident: "I'm okay!"? asks the lawyer.
Piet: "Well, let me tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favourite cow, Bessie, on the trailer and..."
The lawyer interrups him: "I'm not asking for detail, just answer the question. Did you say on the scene of the accident: "I'm okay!" Yes or no?"
Piet: "Well, I had just loaded Bessie on the trailer and was just about to get going..."
The lawyer interrups him again and tells the judge: "Your Honour, I'm trying to establish if this man said to the traffic cop on the scene of the accident that "he's okay!". Now he's trying to sue my client. I believe he's a fraudster. Please instruct him to just answer the question."
By this time the judge is pretty interested in Piet's story about Bessie, and tells the lawyer: "I would really like to hear his story about the cow."
Old Piet thanks the judge and proceeds with his story. "Well, like I said, I had just loaded Bessie on the trailer and was on my way when a massive truck came from the side, skipping a stop sign, ploughing into my pick-up and trailer. I was thrown into a ditch on the one side and Bessie the other way into another ditch. I was soar, very soar in fact, and didn't want to move."
Anyway, I heard Bessie moaning and knew she was in terrible pain, just listening to the sounds she was making. So, just after the accident, a traffic cop arrived on the scene also hearing Bessie's sounds, and he moved in her direction.
After he looked at her and saw the state she was in, he pulled out his pistol and shot her between the eyes. Then the traffic cop came over to my side, his pistol still in his hands, and asks: "How do you feel?"
"Now you tell me, mr. lawyer, what the &@#*&% would you have told him?"
"Did you not say on the scene of the accident: "I'm okay!"? asks the lawyer.
Piet: "Well, let me tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favourite cow, Bessie, on the trailer and..."
The lawyer interrups him: "I'm not asking for detail, just answer the question. Did you say on the scene of the accident: "I'm okay!" Yes or no?"
Piet: "Well, I had just loaded Bessie on the trailer and was just about to get going..."
The lawyer interrups him again and tells the judge: "Your Honour, I'm trying to establish if this man said to the traffic cop on the scene of the accident that "he's okay!". Now he's trying to sue my client. I believe he's a fraudster. Please instruct him to just answer the question."
By this time the judge is pretty interested in Piet's story about Bessie, and tells the lawyer: "I would really like to hear his story about the cow."
Old Piet thanks the judge and proceeds with his story. "Well, like I said, I had just loaded Bessie on the trailer and was on my way when a massive truck came from the side, skipping a stop sign, ploughing into my pick-up and trailer. I was thrown into a ditch on the one side and Bessie the other way into another ditch. I was soar, very soar in fact, and didn't want to move."
Anyway, I heard Bessie moaning and knew she was in terrible pain, just listening to the sounds she was making. So, just after the accident, a traffic cop arrived on the scene also hearing Bessie's sounds, and he moved in her direction.
After he looked at her and saw the state she was in, he pulled out his pistol and shot her between the eyes. Then the traffic cop came over to my side, his pistol still in his hands, and asks: "How do you feel?"
"Now you tell me, mr. lawyer, what the &@#*&% would you have told him?"
