Ham on Wry

CHARGED WITH VARIOUS CRIMES and misdemeanors, a booze-addled miscreant pressed his case all the way to trial. After days of legal wrangling, just as his case was to go to the jury, he switched his plea to guilty. Fuming, the judge bristled, "Mr. Defendant! This case has taken up a week of my time, your time, the prosecutor's time, the defense's time, the witnesses' time, and the jury's time--how dare you now confess?"