I was in a court room about 2 years ago waiting to testify on a case. The officer ahead of me testified he had taken an "awl" off of the defendant who had attacked someone. The defense lawyer obviously didn't know what an awl was and asked the nice policeman to describe what an "awl" was... the cop said something like: " well, it is about as long as an icepick, but sharper and more heavy duty, like it is designed to punch through things.."
Pros.... when it was his turn... "so the awl the defendant attacked the victim with was like an icepick only better suited for punching through things ... like the victim..?"
Defense..."objection"
Judge..guilty... 
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"Under the table Greebo sat and washed himself. Occasionally he burped.
Vampires have risen from the dead, the grave and the crypt, but have never managed it from the cat."
"Greebo turned upon Granny Weatherwax a yellow-eyed stare of self-satisfied malevolence, such as cats always reserve for people who don't like them, and purred. Greebo was possibly the only cat who could snigger in purr"
Greebo the Cat - Terry Pratchett "Witches Abroad"
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