Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 09, 2007
April 08, 2007
April 10, 2007
Transcript:
"Hey, Rat... did you break my coffee mug?" "No... I just bumped it with my elbow." "While the force of my elbow did indeed move it from its position of rest and toward the edge of the counter, it was gravity that took over at that point and sucked it toward the surface of the earth." "Sorry for blaming you." "No problemo."
Of course you shouldn’t do this to your best friend but sometimes these kinds of utterly stupid but formally correct explanations are useful. Once I fell asleep while driving my car and crashed. The police tried to get me convicted for this (reckless driving) but I filed a letter full of scientific jargon and a long chain of reasoning leading to the conclusion that I was not guilty. And the prosecutor bought it! The case was dismissed.