"What do you call a judge with no…

“Justice” can sound like “just his.” A riddle was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on April 30, 1996:

Q: What do you call a judge with no fingers?
A: Justice Thumbs.

A similar riddle was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on October 27, 1997:

Q: What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
A: Justice Fingers.

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What do you call…
Robert Scott
4/30/96
Q. What do you call a Judge with no fingers?
A. Justice Thumbs.

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Bad Movie
Chris Y
10/27/97
There is a joke at the end of this you know!
(...)
Oh yeah - the joke….......
What do you call a Judge with no thumbs??
Justice Fingers

Google Books
The Law Society of Zimbabwe Magazine
Issues 1-10
1999
Pg. 28:
What do you call a Judge with no fingers?
Justice Thumbs.

29 June 2001, Belfast (Northern Ireland) News Letter, “Laughter Lines” by Gary Gilliland, pg. 31:
Joke of the Week:
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers

27 August 2002, Daily Telegraph (London, UK), “Fun, but no Phoenix Night” by Dominic Cavendish, pg. 16:
After some end-of-the-pier groaners (“What do you call a judge with no thumbs? Justice Fingers”), ...

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what do you call a majistrate with no thumbs?
Tronic5572
11/24/04
justice fingers.

Google Books
Man Walks into a Bar:
Over 6,000 of the Most Hilarious Jokes, Funniest Insults and Gut-Busting One-Liners
By Stephen Arnotta and Mike Haskins
Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press
2007
Pg. ?:
What do you call a judge with no thumbs? Just his fingers.

Twitter
Matthew Cave
@wri_matt
Replying to @mpgilbertusa
@mpgilbertusa Q: What do you call a judge with no thumbs? A: Justice Fingers.
3:55 PM · May 27, 2008·Twitter Web Client

Google Books
101 Amazing What Do You Call Jokes
By Jack Goldstein
Andrews UK Limited
2013
Pg. ?:
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/WanuS August 17, 2015
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers!

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/FannyCradock January 25, 2019
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers

Twitter
Lorraine Jo King
@lahlahbean
#badjokefriday
What do you call a judge with no thumbs?
Justice Fingers
1:47 AM · Jul 31, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

“What do you call a judge with no fingers?”/“Justice Thumbs.”