South American Pastiche

All In a Day’s Work

True story from a South American lawyer’s office: the client had had an automobile collision. “What shall we do?” he asked in despair. “The other fellow got the names of witnesses on the spot, but I was so shaken up that it slipped my mind.” The lawyer smiles and calls his assistant. “Rodriguez, we need two witnesses right away.” Comes the answer: “Yes indeed, sir, and what is it they should have seen?”