Hammering the Point Home A judge tells the defendant, Youre charged with attacking your boss with a hammer. You jerk! yells a voice from the back of the courtroom. Youre also charged with attacking a bartender with a hammer, says the judge. Jerrrrkkkk! bellows the same man. Sir, says the judge, one more outburst, and Ill charge you with contempt. Im sorry, Your Honor, says the man. But Ive been this jerks neighbor for ten years, and every time I asked to borrow a hammer, he said he didnt have one.