posted 08 October 2005 02:39 PM
"In civil law countries ... with their smaller number of lawyers and larger contingent of judges, lawyers do not seem to play an important part in the public imagination."
-- Mark Galanter, Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Challenges
I picked that up from one of Michael Kesterton's miscellany columns in the Grope and Flail this week. He goes on to say that lawyers lack influence in the Netherlands and the Dutch do not make jokes about them: they couldn't care less.
posted 08 October 2005 03:17 PM
Do they atleast have some judge jokes, to make up for the loss?
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posted 09 October 2005 01:09 PM
Oh, look. There is a lawyer on site.
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posted 09 October 2005 07:30 PM
What do you say to a lawyer with an IQ of 80?
Good morning, your honour.
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posted 10 October 2005 06:02 AM
(Now, not a word to the Quebec Bar.) Why do scorpions always refrain from stinging lawyers? Because it is considered an act of professional courtesy.
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posted 10 October 2005 06:25 PM
quote:Originally posted by 4t2: What do you say to a lawyer with an IQ of 80?
Good morning, your honour.
Actually, I believe the correct answer is Good morning, Clarence Thomas.
posted 11 October 2005 08:21 AM
A 4t2 sighting! Hi, guy.
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posted 11 October 2005 05:39 PM
Hi! I can't pass up an opportunity to engage in lawyer-bashing, even when I'm just silently looking on...
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posted 11 October 2005 05:46 PM
Why is there no such thing as a successful lawyer joke?
Because the lawyers don't think the jokes are funny and everybody else doesn't think the jokes are jokes.
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posted 08 October 2005 02:39 PM
