A dumb lawyer, on the verge of asking a stupid question, interrupted himself and said: “Your Honor, I’d like to strike the next question.”
There’s nothing particularly Texan about this joke (on internet joke lists since at least 1996), but the joke always starts: “A Texas attorney…” Is it because those Texans down South are a bit stupid?
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A Texas attorney, realizing he was on the verge of unleashing a stupid question, interrupted himself and said, “Your Honor, I’d like to strike the next question.”
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From: Joel Schnitzer .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Date: 1996/05/02
Subject: FW: For fun!
A Texas attorney, realizing he was on the verge of unleashing a stupid question, interrupted himself and said, “Your Honor, I’d like to strike the next question.”
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Gene)
Date: 1997/10/22
Subject: Re: HUMOR
A Texas attorney, realizing he was on the verge of unleashing a stupid question, interrupted himself and said, “Your Honor, I’d like to strike the next question.”
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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