in the court

Lawyer: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for

a pulse?

A: No.

Lawyer: Did you check for blood pressure?

A: No.

Lawyer: Did you check for breathing?

A: No.

Lawyer: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you

began the autopsy?

A: No.

Lawyer: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

Lawyer: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.