LIFE'S CHALLENGES - YOUR OPPORTUNITIES - By John Hague

Richard Akinnola II posted this as an excerpt from the book LIFE'S CHALLENGES - YOUR OPPORTUNITIES by John Hagee,

"A small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand. Mrs Ogden, a grand motherly white - haired woman, sat patiently as the young attorney approached her and asked, "Mrs Ogden, do you know me?"
His witness confidently responded, "Of course l know you, Mr Thompson. I have known you since you were a little boy, and quite frankly, you have been a great disappointment to me. You lie at every opportunity, you are disloyal to your wife, you are controlling, and you speak badly of your friends behind their backs. You think you are a bigwig when you haven't the brains to realise that you will never amount to anything more than an insignificant paper - pusher. Yes, l certainly do know you, Mr Thompson."
The lawyer was both stunned and embarrassed. Not knowing what to do next, he quickly turned and pointed to the defence attorney, who sat wide - eyed in his chair. The prosecutor asked his second question:"Mrs Ogden, do you know Mr Stevens?"
Once again, she assertively replied, 'Why, yes l do. I have know Mr Stevens since he was a small boy as well. I know him to be lazy, bigoted, a man with severe drinking problem. He has the worst law practice in the state and has also cheated on his wife with three different women, one of them being your wife. Yes, l know Mr Stevens quite well indeed".
The defence attorney nearly fainted.

The judge summoned both lawyers to his bench and sternly whispered this harsh warning:"If either one of you imbeciles asks Mrs Ogden if she knows me, l will send both of you to prison for life!"