These deposition excerpts courtesy of the blog Margi turned me onto some time ago. Thanks, Margi! I thought they were very funny.
The following exchanges were in depositions of bitterly contested divorce suits:Posted by Random Penseur at November 12, 2004 02:42 PMQ. Isn't it a fact that you have been running around with another woman?
A. Yes, it is, but you can't prove it!
....
Q. Did you ever stay all night with this man in New York?
A. I refuse to answer that question.
Q. Did you ever stay all night with this man in Chicago?
A. I refuse to answer that question.
Q. Did you ever stay all night with this man in Miami?
A. No.
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Q. Isn't it true that on the night of June 11, in a prune orchard at such and such a location, you had relations with Mr. Blank on the back of his motorcycle?
(there was a complete sentence for about three minutes; then the wife replied.)
A. What was that date again?
....
Q. What was the nature of your acquaintance?
A. Oh, there wasn't no nature to it, nothing like that, at all. No nature to it. We were just friends, that's all.
I love that first question: reminds me of Bart Simpson --
"Nobody saw me, can't prove anything."
Which is, as I'm sure you've figured out by now, is one of my standard lines. Mwheh.
xoxo
Posted by: Margi at November 12, 2004 03:12 PM