Saturday, January 19, 2008

A Verbal Trap

September 29, 2006

A barrister told me the other day that a favourite ploy is to say to a witness, "I don't want any hesitation in your answer, answer this question, yes or no, "Have you stopped beating your wife?""

If the witness replies "no" then it means they are still beating their wife, and if the witness replies "yes" then it means that they did at some point beat their wife.


1 comment:

A Money said...

I stumbled across your blog entry after Googling 'verbal trap'. There is a compulsive liar in my life and this may come in handy.

Thanks for posting!