Lawyers

SpinnerBait_Nut

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An American attorney had just finished a guest lecture<br />at a law school in Italy when an Italian lawyer approached<br />him and asked, "Is it true that a person can fall down on<br />a sidewalk in your county and then sue the landowners<br />for lots of money?"<br /><br />Told that it was true, the lawyer turned to his partner and<br />started speaking rapidly in Italian. When they stopped,<br />the American attorney asked if they wanted to go to<br />America to practice law.<br /><br />"No, no," one replied. "We want to go to America and fall<br />down on sidewalks."<br />_________________________________________________<br />One day a man is walking in San Francisco's Chinatown,<br />and takes a turn down a strange looking alley, he comes<br />to a strange store.<br /><br />The man goes into it and begins just looking around,<br />but then he sees a Gold mouse statue and he decides to<br />purchase this Gold mouse statue. He walks up to the<br />clerk and says, "I would like to purchase this Gold<br />Statue."<br /><br />The Clerk says, It is $20.00 for the statue and another<br />$1,000.00 for the story behind it."<br /><br />The man refuses the story and gives the man $20.00.<br />He walks out of the store, and begins walking back to<br />San Francisco, when he notices that there is 3 mice<br />following him, he thinks nothing of it so he continues<br />walking. So, about 5 minutes later there are thousands<br />of mice following him.<br /><br />So he takes off running and the mice are right on him,<br />so, he runs toward the Wharf, and as he reaches the<br />edge, he throws the Gold Mouse Statue into the wharf.<br />All the mice follow the statue into the wharf.<br /><br />After they are all dead, he goes back to the Shop. He<br />walks in, and the clerk asks him, "So, came back for<br />the story, Huh?"<br /><br />The man replies "No, I wanted to know if you had a Gold<br />Statue of a Lawyer?"
 

Boomyal

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Re: Lawyers

Isn't that John Edwards I see floating in the bay? :D
 

aspeck

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Re: Lawyers

I wonder, do we have any attorneys on the board? Poor guys get such abuse - but then, they do deserve most of it! Have to send them to my attorney!
 

achris

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Isn't it funny how the people who contribute the least to society get paid the most. :D <br /><br />Lawyers, used car salesmen, judges, politicians.<br /><br />Additions to the list welcome.
 

PatPatterson

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Originally posted by achris:<br /> Isn't it funny how the people who contribute the least to society get paid the most. :D <br /><br />Lawyers, used car salesmen, judges, politicians.<br /><br />Additions to the list welcome.
Don't forget consultants. <br />They don't actually do ANYTHING , are expected to show absolutely no results or progress from their own efforts, and work monthly contracts while billing by the hour. :confused:
 

aspeck

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Achris, as a former Used car (and new car) salesman, I resent that remark ... trust me, I sell used cars!<br /><br />Maybe that is why I enjoy "Dockside Chat" - once a "Cellar Dweller", always a "Cellar Dweller"!<br /><br />Don't forget insurance salepersons!
 
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