A man is sitting on a bench in the hallway, waiting to be called to give testimony, when a judge passes by. The judge is in a fit of chuckles, even wiping a tear from his eye.

“Comrade judge, is something funny?”

“Oh, I just heard the funniest joke. I keep playing it in my head and it keeps making me laugh.”

“That good? Do you mind telling it to me?”

“I can’t. I just gave someone 20 years for it.”