He said, “Well, Your Honor, when she first got on the bus, I noticed her condition. She sat under a sign that said, ‘The Double Mint Twins are coming’—and I grinned. Then she moved and sat under a sign that said, ‘Slogan’s Liniment will reduce the swelling’—and I smiled.

But when she sat under a sign that said, ‘William’s Big Stick Did the Trick,’ I could hardly contain myself. And, Your Honor, when she moved to a seat under a sign that said, ‘Goodyear Rubber could have prevented this Accident’—I just lost it!”