Brevity is… Wit
I watched a case play out in traffic court where the guy who went up before I did for something stupid that should have been a small fine completely lost his cool and start hollering about in the injustice of it all and was carrying on about how America was going down the drain and being taken over by communists when finally the judge lost his cool right back. It went something like this:
Judge: “Be quiet! Not one more word! I’ve heard enough, NO MORE.. Silence!”
“But Your honor!” …. long silence…. Judge looks down at the guy… “But.. your honor…”
“Not one more word..” “But..” “I see this is difficult for you to understand. Let me say this exactly one more time, a last chance so to speak, NOT ONE MORE WORD.”
“Your…” “BALLIF!” So after watching the idiot getting hauled out of the courtroom the judge bangs his gavel and it’s my turn.
I walk up to the judge’s desk and say, “Well I had this well thought out defense as to why I was driving without a license and expired tabs but I’m just going to go with I was an idiot for forgetting both of them.”
“Oh well, happens to the best of us, show me your license and papers are current and we’ll forget about it.”