The trial of the defendants in the collapse of Enron went to the jury, but it seems that Ken Lay, the chairman and principal defendant, didn�t notice. A reporter asked him how such an important event escaped his attention. �Well, to tell you the truth,� Mr. Lay said, �I hardly ever notice anything. I mean, I didn�t notice anything was wrong when Enron�s finances were going up in flames like an oil well on fire right outside my office window. So it�s only understandable that I wouldn�t notice a little thing like the jury going off to deliberate how much time I�ll spend in jail.� �What were you thinking about instead?� the reporter pressed on. �Oh, nothing much. How nice my wife still looks after all the scandal and financial ruin I�ve put her through and how I can still smile like an innocent elf when the press snaps my picture. Yep, that�s what I was thinking about.� Then, growing pensive, he added, �Don�t you think the fact that I didn�t notice the jury going off to decide my fate helps make the case that I might not have noticed anything was wrong at Enron?�
