The Dad is the long and the son is the short. Pretty much sums up the conversations we have on this thread. Its like talking to a bunch of Clintons!
>SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE >
>Dad: Son, come in here, we need to talk. >
>Son: Whats up, Dad?
>
>Dad: There's a scratch down the side of the car. Did you do it? >
>Son: I don't believe, if I understand the definition of "scratch the
car", >that I can say, truthfully, that I scratched the car.
>
>Dad: Well, it wasn't there yesterday, and you drove the car last
night,and >no one else has driven it since. How can you explain the
scratch?
>
>Son: Well, as I've said before, I have no recollection of scratching
the >car. While it is true that I did take the car out last night, I
did not >scratch it.
>
>Dad: But your sister, Monica, has told me she saw you back the car
against >the mailbox at the end of the driveway, heard a loud scraping
sound, Saw you
>get out to examine the car, and then drive away. So again I'll ask
you, yes >or no, did you scratch the car?
>
>Son: Oh, you mean you think you have evidence to prove I scratched
it. Well,
>you see, I understood you to mean did 'I' scratch the car. I stand by
my >earlier statement, that I did not scratch the car.
>
>Dad: Are you trying to tell me you didn't drive the car into the
mailbox? >
>Son: Well, you see sir, I was trying to drive the car into the
street. I >mishandled the steering of the car, and it resulted in
direct contact with >the mailbox, though that was clearly not my
intent.
>
>Dad: So you are then saying that you did hit the mailbox? >
>Son: No sir, that's not my statement. I'll refer you back to my
original >statement that I did not scratch the car.
>
>Dad: But the car did hit the mailbox, and the car did get scratched
as a >result of this contact?
>
>Son: Well, yes, I suppose you could look at itthat way. >
>Dad: So you lied to me when you said you did not scratch the car? >
>Son: No. No, that's not correct. Your question was "Did I scratch the
car?'.
>From a strict legal definition, as I understood the meaning of that
>sentence, I did not scratch the car... the mailbox did... I was
merely >present when the scratching occurred. So my answer of 'No'
when you asked >'Did you scratch the car' was legally correct,
although I did not volunteer >information.
>
>Dad: Where did you learn to talk like a complete idiot? >
>WHERE INDEED?!!! |
