A defending 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."