锤子

鸭绒25（译）

2024年2月4日

一名男子因双重谋杀罪出庭。

法官说：“你被控用锤子殴打你的妻子致死。”

法庭后方有个声音喊道：“你这个混蛋！”

法官继续说：“你还被控用锤子殴打你的岳母致死。”

法庭后方的那个声音再次喊道：“你这个该死的混蛋！”

法官停了下来。看了看法庭后方的那个人说：“先生，我能理解你对他所犯罪行的愤怒和不满。但我不会再让你在法庭上爆发这种情绪。否则，我会指控你藐视法庭！你同意吗？”

法院后方的那个人站起来回答：“15年来，我一直住在这个混蛋的隔壁。每次我向他借锤子，他都说他从来没有锤子！”

原文： The Hammer

A man was in court for a double murder，and the judge said：“You are charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer。”

A voice at the back of the courtroom yelled out：“You bastard！”

The judge continued：“You are also charged with beating your mother-in-law to death with a hammer。”

Again，the voice at the back of the courtroom yelled out：“You damned bastard！”

The judge stopped，looked at the man in the back of the courtroom，and said：“Sir，I can understand your anger and frustration at this crime，but I will not have any more of these outbursts from you，or I shall charge you with contempt！Now is that a problem？”

The man at the back of the court stood up and responded：“For fifteen years，I have lived next door to that bastard，and every time I asked to borrow a hammer，he said he never had one！”