A New Yorker is forced to take a day off from work to appear for a minor traffic summons. He grows increasingly restless as he waits hour after endless hour for his case to be heard.
When the bailiff calls his name late in the afternoon, he stands up, but before he can get to the bench, the judge announces that court will be adjourned for the rest of the afternoon. He would have to return the next day.
"What for?" he yells at the judge.
The judge, equally tired out by the long day and angered by the man's sharp question, roars, "Twenty dollars contempt of court! That's why!"
Then, noticing the man checking his wallet, the judge regains his composure. "That's all right. You don't have to pay now."
"I know," the man replies. "I'm just seeing if I have enough for two more words."
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