Res Ipsa…The Thing Speaks for Itself.
Every first year law student learns the phrase “res ipsa loquitor” in Torts class.
“The thing speaks for itself.”
This is used in cases of negligence. One most famous example being the surgeon who took out the appendix. The patient complained of subsequent abdominal pain. X-Rays showed object in shape of scalpel in body.
Res ipsa. There is nothing else needed to prove the surgeon’s negligence.
Res ipsa and peaches.
I love my peaches. But rarely do I buy a peach that is ready to eat. They must sit out on the counter for a day or so.
Went into see if peaches were ready and saw this…
A hole. A hole in my peach that was not there when I purchased them. A hole the size of a small mouth. A child’s mouth. A 5 year-old child’s mouth. A 5 year-old child I told not to bother the peaches because they were hard as baseballs.
Someone didn’t want to wait. They bit then decided an unripe peach = not so good. Kind of like biting into a baseball. With fuzz.
I asked the would-be perp, “Son, did you take a bite of this peach when I told you to wait?”
No.Vigorous head nodding.
This went on and on till I showed him the peach. He finally agreed. Apologized.
A week later. This is what I found.
Another bite. These are different peaches. I always buy three. Why? No clue. But the point is my little peach person doesn’t wait for the peaches to ripen and doesn’t mind his mother at all — in matters of peaches.
The fact that a crime has been committed is very obvious. Sometimes there’s no explaining away the consequences of disobedience.
Whether one denies over and over and over again….The thing does speak for itself.
Guess with peaches not such a big deal. Other areas of disobedience are not so easily overlooked. Or as harmless as a wasted fruit.
No matter the form, the bite remains.
Jaime, you need to don a red Bozo wig and gleefully shout “Status of Title” at your children. After 2 solid months of this, they will leave your peaches alone. This was something I learned on the first day of law school…