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In An Irish Courtroom

The judge says to a double murder defendant, "You're charged with beating
your wife to death with a hammer."

A voice at the back of the courtroom yells out, "You basterd!"

The judge says, "You're also charged with beating your mother-in-law to
death with a hammer."

The voice in the back of the courtroom yells out, "You rotten basterd!"

The judge stops and says to Paddy in the back of the courtroom. "Sir, I can
understand your anger and frustration at these crimes, but no more outbursts
from you, or I'll charge you with contempt. Is that understood?"

Paddy stands up and says, "I'm sorry, Your Honor, but for fifteen years I've
lived next door to that shlthead and every time I asked to borrow a hammer,
he said he didn't have one."
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