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
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: (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.”