Attorney: Before you signed the death certificate,
had you taken the pulse?
Coroner: No.
Attorney: Did you listen to the heart?
Coroner: No.
Attorney: Did you check for breathing?
Coroner: No.
Attorney: So, when you signed the death certificate,
you weren’t sure the man was dead, were you?
Coroner: Well, let me put it this way. The man’s brain
was sitting in a jar on my desk. But I guess
it’s possible he could be out there practicing
law somewhere.