These are from a book called 'Disorder in the American Courts' and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reportersthat had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ______________________________ _______ ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot? ______________________________ _______ ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam? ______________________________ ______ ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He's twenty, much like your IQ ------------------------------ ------------------- ATTORNEY: Were you pres