Here are some questions that should not be asked.

(1) Doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?

(2) The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?

(3) Were you present when your picture was taken?

(4) Were you alone or by yourself?

(5) Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?

(6) Did he kill you?

(7) How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?

(8) Q : She had three children, right?
A : Yes.
Q : How many were boys?
A : None.
Q: Were there any girls?

(9) Q : You say the stairs went down to the basement?
A : Yes.
Q : And these stairs, did they go up also?

(10) Q : How was your first marriage terminated?
A : By death.
Q : And by whose death was it terminated?

(11) Q : Can you describe the individual?
A : He was about medium height and have a beard.
Q : Was this a male or a female?

(12) Q : Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A : No.
Q : Did you check for blood pressure ?
A : No.
Q : Did you check for breathing?
A : No.
Q : So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A : No.
Q : How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A : Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q : But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?

Source : “Wrong!” by Jane O’Boyle. Published by Michael O’Mara Books Ltd.