Category: On the Farm
COUP OF GRACE
Farmer
Joe decided that his injuries from an accident were serious enough to take the
trucking company responsible for the accident to court. In court the trucking
company’s fancy lawyer was questioning the farmer:
“Didn't
you say at the scene of the accident, ‘I'm fine’?” - asked the lawyer.
Farmer
Joe responded:
“Well,
I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite mule Bessie into
the...”
“I
didn't ask for any details,” - the lawyer interrupted, - “just answer the
question. Did you not say at the scene of the accident 'I'm fine'?”
Farmer
Joe said:
“Well
I had just got Bessie into the trailer and I was driving down the road...”
The
lawyer interrupted again and said:
“Your
Honor, I am trying to establish the fact, that at the scene of the accident
this man told the Highway Patrolman that he was just fine. Now several weeks
later he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him
to simply answer the question.”
By
this time the Judge was fairly interested in Farmer Joe's answer and said to
the lawyer:
“I'd
like to hear what he has to say about his favorite mule Bessie.”
Joe thanked the Judge and proceeded:
“Well
as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer
and was driving down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the
stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch
and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting real bad and didn't want to
move. However, I could hear ole Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in
terrible shape just by her groans. Shortly after the accident, a Highway
Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning, so he
went over to her. After he looked at her, he took out his gun and shot her
between the eyes. Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his
hand and looked at me. He said: ‘Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot
her - how are YOU feeling?’”
