Heard on The Judges: joning

[Wilson Gray]

Thirtyi-ish, black, female plaintiff:

Hurls various insults at the defendant.

Thirty-ish, black, female defendant replies:

"Ain't no point in you bein' mad at me. _You *need* to be mad at yo'
mama for givin' you that face. You is sho' some ugly chile. I don't
even need to be sayin' nothin' about you, 'cause, wit all these
cameras around, the whole world can see that you is a monster_."

Judge: Madam plaintiff, I'm awarding you 3,704.35.

Defendant: When I give you this money, will you *please* use some of
it to do something about yo' ugly face?


In point of fact, the two women could have been sororal twins. [Damn!
Maybe they *do* all look alike!]

-Wilson
--
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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 -Sam'l Clemens

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