THE HAMMER!......
Published Jan 01, 1900
A man is in court for murder and the judge says, "You are charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer." Then a voice at the back of the court yells, "You liar!" The judge glares and then continues, "You are also charged with beating your mother-in-law to death with a hammer." Again the voice at the back of the court shouts, "You dirty liar!" The judge angrily addresses the voice and says, "Now, we cannot have any more of these outbursts from you or I shall charge you with contempt. What is the problem anyway?" The man at the back of the court who's been shouting calls out, "Five years I lived next door to that liar and, every time I asked to borrow a hammer, he said he didn't have one! ..."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
