“Neighborly Outbursts in Court”

The judge asked the defendant to please stand. “You are charged with murdering a school teacher with a chainsaw.” From out in the gallery, a man shouts, “Lying bastard!” “Silence in the court!” the Judge says to the man who shouted. He turns to the defendant and says, “You are also charged with killing a jogger with a shovel.” “Damn tightwad!” the same man in the gallery blurted out. “I said QUIET!” yelled the judge. To the defendant, “You are also charged with killing a mailman with an electric drill.” “You four-flusher!” the man from the gallery yelled. The judge thundered at the man in the gallery, “If you don’t tell me right now the reasons for your outbursts, I’ll hold you in contempt!” The man answered, “I’ve lived next door to that man for ten years now, and he never had a tool when I needed to borrow one!”