<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/010313.html">Good, Now Move Your Head from Side to Side Like a Cobra</a></b><br/> <!-- ID = 58171 -->White woman: How did I testify?<br/>Lawyer: Not too bad.<br/>White woman: Tell the truth -- I was terrible.<br/>Lawyer: No, it's just that he put a lot of words in your mouth.<br/>White woman: I know.<br/>Lawyer: You have to develop an attitude like a black woman. When he says, 'So, what you're telling me is...,' you have to say, 'Don't be puttin' words in mah mouf! I said <i>this</i>. Don't be twistin' mah words to say I said <i>that</i>.'<br/>White woman, dismayed: I'll try.<br/><br/>--Hallway, Civil Court, 111 Centre St<br/><br/>Overheard by: Big Larry<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, May 25, 2007