"You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!"

Posted on February 9, 2005 by Philip Mann

Not exactly IP related, but I'm happy to see that at least some common sense still exists in this country.

As you may have heard, a lawyer in Ney York got upset a while back when a couple of old-timers started telling lawyer jokes outside a Long Island courthouse. So upset he had the pair ARRESTED! Fortunately, the grand jury refused to indict. (Should have put McCoy on the case.)

Lawyer jokes have never bothered me. In fact, I take a kind of perverse pride in the fact that people spend time and energy making them up. And of course, what makes the jokes funny is that they contain an element of truth.

Without a sense of humor, law is a far too grim way to make a living. It's good to remember that from time to time and not take any of this stuff too seriously.

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goofrider - March 25, 2005 11:16 AM

The NewsDay link is dead, see this story on CBSNews instead.

I remember seeing this story on this Daily Show with Jon Stewart a while ago. As it turned out, they run an anti-lawyer group/website called Americans for Legal Reform, and they have stood outside courthouses on Long Island, held huge signs and mocked lawyers for years. They also happened to be waiting in line in front of the Nassau County courthouse because one of them were due in court for a DUI charge.

Not that any of it made them any more guilty, though it's amusing nonetheless. You should've see their truck that has a huge STOP the lawyer disease sign. LOL


Please visit Seattle DUI attorney David Vogel

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