A Case of Identity

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It seems that a certain lawyer, after having much too active an evening, was on his way home and happened to damage another car as he was starting out.

The lawyer got out of his own car and, adopting his best sneering lawyerly posture, began,

"Boy, are you in trouble. I'm a lawyer."

The driver of the other vehicle opened his own window and replied coldly,

"No, you're in trouble. I'm a judge ..."

-----------------A Final Thought ...

"Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (1842-1914?), US author, editor, cynic: The Devil’s Dictionary (1881-1906)