A defense attorney was cross examining a coroner.

The attorney asked, "Before you signed the death certificate had you taken the
man's pulse?"

The coroner said, "No."

The attorney then asked, "Did you listen for a heart beat?"

"No."

"Did you check for breathing?"

"No."

"So when you signed the death certificate you had not taken any steps to make
sure the man was dead, had you?"

The coroner, now tired of the brow beating said, "Well, let me put it this
way. The man's brain was sitting in a jar on my desk, but for all I know he
could be out there practicing law somewhere."