TRIAL BY GRIDIRON
September 2, 2011 § Leave a comment
Football season is here.
Lawyer 1: When did you learn that your husband had used the retirement funds to pay off his debt?
Lawyer 2: Objection. Irrelevant.
Judge: How is that relevant?
Lawyer 1: It’s probably not. I just threw a “Hail, Mary” hoping to hit something.
Judge: Well, the pass is incomplete. Call another play.
These referee signals might come in handy next time something like that comes up again in court …
Having a logic referee might help. But even with a referee, things usually look more like this …
A previous post with a link to a catalogue of logical fallacies is here.
Referee signals from Marginal Revolution.
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