画像引用：Look on the Bright Side! – by John McNamee
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A fellow had hit his lawyer, and the judge asked him to explain.

“Your honor,” replied the defendant, “that man represented me in a divorce suit.  One morning he said that my property-settlement hearing was about to be held.  The judge would decide that day what I would get and what Rose would get.  My lawyer told me I didn’t have to be present and not to worry.”

“I don’t see why you’d punch a man for that,” interrupted the judge.

“Wait, there’s more.  When I asked my attorney later about the settlement, he told me to look on the bright side.  I asked why.  Then he said, ‘Because everything’s coming up Rose’s.’  That’s when I hit him.”

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