I Am Not a Scholar!

The following is another excerpt from the book called Disorder in the American Courts. 
 

Question: Please repeat after me: "I swear by Almighty God..."

Answer: "I swear by Almighty God."


Question: "That the evidence that I give..."

Answer: That's right.


Question: Repeat it.

Answer: "Repeat it".


Question: No! Repeat what I said.

Answer: What you said when?


Question: "That the evidence that I give..."

Answer: "That the evidence that I give."


Question: "Shall be the truth and..."

Answer: It will, and nothing but the truth!


Question: Please, just repeat after me: "Shall be the truth and..."

Answer: I'm not a scholar, you know.


Question: We can appreciate that. Just repeat after me: "Shall be the truth and..."

Answer: "Shall be the truth and."


Question: Say: "Nothing...".

Answer: Okay. (Witness remains silent.)


Question: No! Don't say nothing. Say: "Nothing but the truth..."

Answer: Yes.


Question: Can't you say: "Nothing but the truth..."?

Answer: Yes.


Question: Well? Do so.

Answer: You're confusing me.


Question: Just say: "Nothing but the truth...".

Answer: Okay. I understand.


Question: Then say it.

Answer: What?


Question: "Nothing but the truth..."

Answer: But I do! That's just it.


Question: You must say: "Nothing but the truth..."

Answer: I WILL say nothing but the truth!


Question: Please, just repeat these four words: "Nothing", "But", "The", "Truth".

Answer: What? You mean, like, now?


Question: Yes! Now. Please. Just say those four words.

Answer: "Nothing. But. The. Truth."


Question: Thank you.

Answer: I'm just not a scholar.