December 2nd, 2009 by admin

A journalist was sued for libel when he described a life  peeress in his column as a ‘cow’. He lost the case but at the end he asked the judge a question, “So, in future , I must not call a baroness a ‘cow’, is that right?”
“That is correct”
“But I suppose I could call a cow a baroness?”
“It would be pointless but not libellous”
“Thank you, your Honour”, said the journalist and he turned  to the plaintiff and said “Hello Baroness”.