Animal magic
TheBuskerâs dog Leading Counsel was in chambers again yesterday afternoon and he was showing off his new tricks. âIâm preparing him for coming along to court and assisting me as a visual aid,â he said. âIâm only going to wheel him out for the hopeless cases since I donât think it would be fair on my opponents the rest of the time. I mean, itâs absolutely guaranteed to distract the judge and jury and I hardly think theyâre going to dislike it.â
âWhy? What can he do thatâs so special?â asked BusyBody curiously.
âOh, nothing too special really. Itâs just that Iâve tailored his usual exercises to the law as is only appropriate. So, for example, whenever I even mention the words âcross-examinationâ, he simply rolls over,â and sure enough, the dog was on his back with his paws straight up in the air.
âThen,â he continued, âif I say, âsettlementâ he starts begging on his hind legs.â Once again the dog was there.
âIf I want to start making a point and use the word âterribleâ I get a slight growl,â (which did indeed follow), âand if I step it up a notch to âoutrageousâ I get a little bark,â and sure enough there was a bark to which even the grumpiest of opponents would have found it difficult to object. âBut whilst he will always respond when told to âshake handsâ he will steadfastly ignore the command to âshake hands with counselâ. And if all of thatâs not sufficient to win the day then Iâve also got him a white collar with barristersâ bands falling down the front.â
The irony is that whilst TheBuskerâs smile gave away that he was joking about actually taking him to court, I canât see him going to all this trouble without actually doing it, simply for the story value.
November 24, 2015
¡ Tim Kevan ¡ 2 Comments
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James Lampert - April 7, 2009
Brings a whole new meaning to being charged with dogging!
Marcie Grauberger - April 7, 2009
Maybe TheBusker can train Leading Counsel to leave a little personal message on TopFirst’s briefs…