Stupid Lawyer Questions

An attorney, realizing he was on the verge of asking a stupid question in court, interrupted himself and said, "Your Honor, I'd like to strike the next question." If only the lawyers whose questions are listed below had been as smart. Real-life questions found in court transcripts:

• Was that the same nose you broke as a child?

• Now, doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn't know anything about it untill the next morning?

• Q: What happened next?
  A: He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because you can identify me."
  Q: And did he kill you?

• Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war?

• The youngest son, the 20-year-old one, how old is he?

• How long have you been a French Canadian?

• Do you have any children or anything of that kind?

• Q: I show you exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture.
  A: That's me.
  Q: Were you present when that picture was taken?

• Q: Do you know how far pregnant you are now?
  A: I'll be three months on November 8.
  Q: Apparently then, the date of conception was August 8?
  A: Yes.
  Q: What were you doing at that time?

• So you were gone until you returned?

• Q: She had three children, right?
  A: Yes.
  Q: How many were boys?
  A: None.
  Q: Were there any girls?

• Q: You say that the stairs went down to the basement?
  A: Yes.
  Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?

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