A State Senator with a Sense of Humor....

     Early in the morning, I was flipping though The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel.  (Yes, I was skimming....one day I'll end up reading the whole book!)  Anyway, at the beginning of one of the chapters, I paused to read a short story....and laughed my head off.  Seriously.....just not literally! :D  The story was about Duncan Scott, a state senator of New Mexico, who disliked how psychologists and psychiatrists would testify that a defendant was mentally insane and hence not responsible for his crime.  So, to counter that, the senator proposed an amendment to the state statutes.  And let me tell you, this guy had a wonderfully, ridiculous sense of humor.  Just try to read it without cracking up!  Here it is:
        

When a psychologist or psychiatrist testifies, he shall wear a cone-shaped hat that is not less than two feet tall.  The surface of the hat shall be imprinted with starts and lightning bolts.  Additionally, he shall be required to don a white beard that is not less than eighteen inches in length and shall punctuate crucial elements of his testimony by stabbing the air with a wand.  Whenever a psychologist or psychiatrist provides testimony, the bailiff shall contemporaneously dim the courtroom lights and administer two strikes to a Chinese gong.       

   Funny thing is, this amendment actually made it to the House of Representatives!