Laying Down the Law

In radio advertising, lawyer jokes are like middle-relief pitchers—pedestrian but useful in a pinch. Occasionally, though, they get hammered.

Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet found that out the hard way when it aired a radio ad promoting safe driving that offered this drawled description of an accident scene:

“A car full of lawyers turned over right in front of old man Jenkins’ place. He comes out and buries them all. The sheriff asked old man Jenkins, ‘You sure they were all dead?’ ‘Well,’ says Jenkins, ‘some said they weren’t.