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>> Dad - Son, come in here we need to talk. >> >> Son - What's up, Dad? >> >> D- There's a scratch down the side of the car. Did you do it? >> >> S- I don't believe, if I understand the definition of "scratch the >> car", that I can say, truthfully, that I scratched the car. >> >> D- Well, it wasn't there yesterday, and you drove the car last night, >> and no one else has driven it since. How can you explain the >> scratch? >> >> S- Well, as I've said before, I have no recollection of scratching >> the >> car. While it is true that I did take the car out last night, I did >> not scratch it. >> >> D- But your sister, Monica, has told me she saw you back the car >> against the mailbox at the end of the driveway, heard a loud scraping >> >> sound, saw you get out to examine the car, and then drive away. So >> again I'll ask you, yes or no, did you scratch the car? >> >> S- Oh, you mean you think you have evidence to prove I scratched it. >> Well, you see, I understood you to mean did "I" scratch the car. I >> stand by my earlier statement, that I did not scratch the car. >> >> D- Are you trying to tell me you didn't drive the car into the >> mailbox? >> >> S- Well, you see sir, I was trying to drive the car into the street. >> I >> mishandled the steering of the car, and it resulted in direct contact >> with the mailbox, though that was clearly not my intent. >> >> D- So you are then saying that you did hit the mailbox? >> >> S- No sir, that's not my statement. I'll refer you back to my >> original >> statement that I did not scratch the car. >> >> D- But the car did hit the mailbox, and the car did get scratched as >> a >> result of this contact? >> >> S- Well, yes, I suppose you could look at it that way. >> >> D- So you lied to me when you said you did not scratch the car? >> >> S- No. No, that's not correct. Your question was "Did I scratch the >> car?" From a strict legal definition, as I understood the meaning of >> that sentence, I did not scratch the car... the mailbox did... I was >> merely present when the scratching occurred. So my answer of "No" >> when >> you asked "Did I scratch the car" was legally correct, although I did >> >> not volunteer information. >> >> D- Where did you learn to talk like a complete idiot? >> >> S- From The President of the United States.