Lawyer: “Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?”
Doctor: “No.”
Lawyer: “Did you check for blood pressure?”
Doctor: “No.”
Lawyer: “Did you check for breathing?”
Doctor: “No.”
Lawyer: “So, then, is it possible the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?”
Doctor: “No.”
Lawyer: “Doctor, how can you be so sure?”
Doctor: “Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.”
Lawyer: “But could the patient have still been alive nonetheless?”
Doctor: “Yes, it is possible. He could have been alive and practicing law.”

