THE BRAINLESS LAWYER

ATTORNEY:  Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? 
WITNESS:     No. 
ATTORNEY:  Did you check for blood pressure? 
WITNESS:     No. 
ATTORNEY:  Did you check for breathing? 
WITNESS:     No. 
ATTORNEY:  So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? 
WITNESS:     No. 
ATTORNEY:  How can you be so sure, Doctor? 
WITNESS:     Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. 
ATTORNEY:  I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? 
WITNESS:     Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.