> Somewhere in America, next week
>
> Dad: Son, come in here, we need to talk.
> Son: What's up, Dad?
> D: There's a scratch down the side of the car. Did you do it?
> S: I don't believe, if I understand the definition of "scratch the
> car", that I can say, truthfully, that I scratched the car.
> D: Well, it wasn't there yesterday, and you drove the car last night,
> and no one else has driven it since. How can you explain the scratch?
> S: Well, as I've said before, I have no recollection of scratching the
> car. While it is true that I did take the car out last night, I did not
>
> scratch it.
> D: But your sister, Monica, has told me she saw you back the car
> against the mailbox at the end of the driveway, heard a loud scraping
> sound, saw you get out to examine the car, and then drive away. So
>
> again I'll ask you, yes or no, did you scratch the car?
> S: Oh, you mean you think you have evidence to prove I scratched it.
> Well, you see, I understood you to mean did "I" scratch the car. I
> stand by my earlier statement, that I did not scratch the car.
> D: Are you trying to tell me you didn't drive the car into the mailbox?
>
> S: Well, you see sir, I was trying to drive the car into the street. I
> mishandled the steering of the car, and it resulted in direct contact
> with the mailbox, though that was clearly not my intent.
> D: So you are then saying that you did hit the mailbox?
> S: No sir, that's not my statement. I'll refer you back to my original
>
> statement that I did not scratch the car.
> D: But the car did hit the mailbox, and the car did get scratched as a
> result of this contact?
> S: Well, yes, I suppose you could look at it that way.
> D: So you lied to me when you said you did not scratch the car?
> S: No. No, that's not correct. Your question was "Did I scratch the
> car?". From a strict legal definition, as I understood the meaning of
> that sentence, I did not scratch the car... the mailbox did... I was
> merely present when the scratching occurred. So my answer of "No" when
> you asked "Did I scratch the car" was legally correct, although I did
> not volunteer information.
> D: Where did you learn to talk like a complete idiot?
> S: From The President of the United States.
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