Example Of Blather

Attorney: "Mr. Smith, why do you feel your wife is not entitled to one-half of the equity in the family home?"

You: "Well, back in '52, me an' my brother Fred, he's my younger brother, that is, we was goin' down to the County Fair in Pokeville, and on the way there we got a flat. So, I says to Fred that he needs to unload the spare, but before we could do that, along come this feller, an' we got to talkin'...."

Now just so you know, the point where the judge lost all interest was right after the words "back in '52". While you're wasting everybody's time telling your incredibly fascinating story about something totally unrelated to the matter at hand, the judge is wondering if he could bend the rules somehow so as to give you the death-penalty.


OK, let's go back...