A heavily pregnant woman boarded a city bus and sat down across from a young man. Noticing him smiling at her, she felt uncomfortable and immediately switched to another seat.
To her annoyance, the man’s smile turned into a wide grin. She moved a third time, but now he was visibly giggling. Furious, she shifted to a fourth seat, at which point the man completely lost it and burst into roaring laughter. Insulted, she complained to the driver and had the young man promptly arrested for harassment.
The next day in court, the judge asked the 20-year-old defendant what he could possibly have to say for himself.
“Your Honor, it was a complete misunderstanding,” the young man pleaded. “When the lady first got on the bus, I couldn’t help but notice her condition. She sat down directly under an advertisement that read, ‘The Double Mint Twins are coming,’ so I grinned.”
The courtroom grew quiet as he continued.
“Then she moved and sat under a lotion ad that said, ‘Logan’s Liniment will reduce the swelling,’ which made me smile. After that, she shifted under a deodorant billboard that read, ‘William’s Big Stick did the trick,’ and I could barely hold it together.”
The young man took a deep breath before delivering the final blow:
“But Your Honor, when she moved for the fourth time and sat right beneath a tire advertisement that read, ‘Goodyear Rubber could have prevented this accident’… I just completely lost it!”
The courtroom erupted into laughter.
The Judge’s Verdict: CASE DISMISSED!
