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- A very rich man, who was very close to his money, got together
- with his closest friends one day, who happened to be a Priest, a
- Doctor, and a Lawyer (or course.)
-
- The Rich Man was very old, and getting older, and was thinking
- about his approaching death. He told his three friends this,
- and asked them to do a favor for him when he died.
-
- "Here are three envelopes, each contain $100,000, one for each of
- you. I don't wish to go to the afterlife without my money.
- Please, when I am buried, would each of you throw your
- envelopes into the grave on top of my coffin?"
-
- The three friends agreed, and took the envelopes.
-
- Sure enough (of course) the Rich Man died. At his funeral, the
- Doctor, the Priest and the Lawyer threw their envelopes on his
- coffin.
-
- As they were leaving the funeral, the Priest said to the others,
- "I have a confession to make. The church needed a new altar
- badly, so I . . . I took $5000 to buy it," and looked at his
- feet.
-
- The Doctor said, "Well, since you've admitted it, I too must
- confess that I took the money. The children's hospital where I
- work needed a new, expensive X-ray machine, so I took $30,000 to
- buy it."
-
- The Doctor and the Priest both turned to the lawyer, expecting a
- similar confession. Instead, he said "Oh, now, I didn't take any
- of the money. I put a check for the entire $100,000 in the
- envelope!"
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- What's the difference between a dead rattlesnake on the road and
- a dead lawyer on the road?
- There are no skid-marks in front of the lawyer.
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- Why is it that so many lawyers have broken noses?
- From chasing parked ambulances.
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- Where can you find a good lawyer?
- In the cemetery
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- What's the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
- A gigolo only screws one person at a time.
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- What's the difference between a lawyer and a vampire?
- A vampire only sucks blood at night.
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- A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did
- for a living.
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- "Tim, you be first," she said. "What does your mother do all
- day?" Tim stood up and proudly said, "She's a doctor."
-
- "That's wonderful. How about you, Amie?" Amie shyly stood up,
- scuffed her feet and said, "My father is a mailman."
-
- "Thank you, Amie," said the teacher. "What about your father,
- Billy?" Billy proudly stood up and announced, "My daddy plays
- piano in a whorehouse."
-
- The teacher was aghast and promptly changed the subject to
- geography. Later that day, she went to Billy's house and rang
- the bell. Billy's father answered the door. The teacher
- explained what his son had said and demanded an explanation.
-
- Billy's father said, "I'm actually an attorney. But how can I
- explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?"
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- The scene is heaven, with three men standing at the Pearly Gates.
- Saint Peter says to the first man, "Let's see, you're Mr. Jones,
- the engineer. We've been expecting you. Please follow me."
- Saint Peter leads him down a hall to a door marked #101.
-
- "This is where you'll be staying Mr. Jones," says Saint Peter as
- he opens the door. Inside is a dark, dank, cold, musty room.
- Water is dripping from the rocklike walls where torture equipment
- is hanging. Chained to the center of the floor is a growling,
- fierce-looking dog.
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- Mr. Jones steps in and a loud voice cries out from above,
-
- "Mr.Jones! You have sinned!"
-
- Saint Peter closes the door and returns to the remaining two men
- waiting at the entrance gate.
-
- "And you are Mr. Smith, the doctor", Saint Peters addresses the
- second man. "You are in room 102. Please follow me." Once
- again when the door is opened this room is dark and dank, water
- dripping down the walls with horrible torture equipment hanging
- everywhere, and a growling, snarling dog chained to the center of
- the floor.
-
- As Mr. Smith steps in, a voice from above cries,
-
- "Mr. Smith! You have sinned!"
-
- Saint Peter closes the door and returns to the last man waiting
- at the entrance gate.
-
- "And you must be Mr. Brown, the lawyer. We have been waiting for
- you. You are in room number 103. Please follow me." When they
- get to room #103, Saint Peter opens the door to reveal another
- dark, musty, gloomy room with torture equipment hanging from the
- water dripping walls.
-
- But in the center of the room stands Bo Derek. As the lawyer
- steps in the room the voice cries out,
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- "Bo Derek! You have sinned!"
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- The lawyer died. Having not lived an all-that-honest life he
- found himself at the gates of Hell. "Welcome to Hell" announced
- the Devil greeting him warmly. "Glad you could join us. As your
- last taste of free will, you are allowed to choose which of three
- possible places that you will spend the rest of eternity."
-
- There were three doors behind the Devil. He opened the first
- door. Flames shot into the room and the lawyer could see
- thousands of people amidst the fire. "No" said the lawyer. "Not
- this one."
-
- The Devil opened the second door. The lawyer could see thousands
- of people slaving away at a large rockpile. They were all being
- whipped as they hammered the large boulders into smaller
- boulders. "No" again said the lawyer.
-
- Finally, the devil opened up that last door which showed
- thousands of people in a incredibly large lake with vomit up to
- their chins. All of them were chanting 'Don't make waves, don't
- make waves...' "That's awful!!" commented the lawyer in
- repulsion.
-
- "You think that's bad?" asked the devil, "you should see it when
- the angels spend the weekend here with their motorboats!"
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- The Pope died and went to heaven. When he got there, he found a
- lawyer in line in front of him at the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter
- came over and told the Pope, "Just a minute, I'll be right back".
-
- At that, Saint Peter took the lawyer away.
-
- When Saint Peter came back, he told the Pope, "Follow me to your
- new quarters." Along the way they passed many people in their
- heavenly abodes, and they happened to pass by the quarters of the
- lawyer who had preceded Saint Peter through the Pearly Gates.
- The Pope was awe-struck by the opulence and splendor of the
- lawyer's quarters. There were fine silks, rare foods and drinks,
- soft music, and attractive young women to serve him for eternity.
-
- Saint Peter and the Pope finally arrived at the Pope's new
- quarters. The Pope looked in and saw a 6 foot by 9 foot room
- with bare walls, a plain bed and a Bible for entertainment. The
- Pope said, "I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I am wondering
- why the lawyer gets such a magnificent room and I get this small
- room.
-
- Saint Peter said, "Well, you see, we have a great many popes here
- in heaven, but only ONE lawyer."
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- How do you save a drowning lawyer?
- Throw him a rock.
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- Person 1: Do you know how to save a drowning lawyer?
- Person 2: No.
- Person 1: GOOD!
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- A rabbi, a priest, and a lawyer were all caught in a shipwreck.
- Naturally, there are a lot of sharks circling around. All of a
- sudden, one shark darts in and grabs the priest for lunch. No
- more priest.
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- The rabbi starts praying frantically, but to no avail, as a shark
- comes in and eats him, too.
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- Now the lawyer is really worried, as a shark is coming for him.
- But, miracle of miracles, the shark puts him on its back, carries
- him to shore, and lets him off.
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- The lawyer, curious, waits till the shark is far enough away not
- to eat him, and asks, "How come you didn't eat me?" And the
- shark replies, "Professional Courtesy!"
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- Hildago was defeated at Guadalajara. The rebel army was captured
- on is way through the mountains. All were court martialed and
- shot, except Hildago, because he was a priest. He was handed over
- to the bishop of Durango who excommunicated him and returned him
- to the army where he was then executed.
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- It had to happen sooner or later. Lawyer Dobbins was wheeled into
- the emergency room on a stretcher, rolling his head in agony.
- Doctor Green came over to see him.
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- "Dobbins," he said, "What an honor. The last time I saw you was
- in court when you accused me of malpractice."
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- "Doc. Doc. My side is on fire. The pain is right here. What could
- it be?"
-
- "How would I know? You told the jury I wasn't fit to be a
- doctor."
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- "I was only kidding, Doc. When you represent a client you don't
- know what you're saying. Could I be passing a kidney stone?"
-
- "Your diagnosis is as good as mine."
-
- "What are you talking about?"
-
- "When you questioned me on the stand you indicated you knew
- everything there was to know about the practice of medicine."
-
- "Doc, I'm climbing the wall. Give me something."
-
- "Let's say I give you something for a kidney stone and it turns
- out to be a gallstone. Who is going to pay for my court costs?"
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- "I'll sign a paper that I won't sue."
-
- "Can I read to you from the transcript of the trial? Lawyer
- Dobbins: 'Why were you so sure that my client had tennis elbow?'
- Dr. Green: 'I've treated hundreds of people with tennis elbow and
- I know it when I see it.' Dobbins: 'It never occurred to you my
- client could have an Excedrin headache?' Green: 'No, there were
- no signs of an Excedrin headache.' Dobbins: 'You and your ilk
- make me sick.' "
-
- "Why are you reading that to me?"
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- "Because, Dobbins, since the trial I've lost confidence in making
- a diagnosis. A lady cane in the other day limping ..."
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- "Please, Doc, I don't want to hear it now. Give me some Demerol."
-
- "You said during the suit that I dispensed drugs like a drunken
- sailor. I've changed my ways, Dobbins. I don't prescribe drugs
- anymore."
- "Then get me another doctor."
-
- "There are no other doctors on duty. The reason I'm here is that
- after the malpractice suit the sheriff seized everything in my
- office. This is the only place that I can practice."
-
- "If you give me something to relieve the pain I will personally
- appeal your case to a higher court."
-
- "You know, Dobbins, I was sure that you were a prime candidate
- for a kidney stone."
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- "You can't tell a man is a candidate for a kidney stone just by
- looking at him."
-
- "That's what you think, Dobbins. You had so much acid in you when
- you addressed the jury I knew some of it eventually had to
- crystallize into stones. Remember on the third day when you
- called me the 'Butcher of Operating Room 6'? That afternoon I
- said to my wife, "That man is going to be in a lot of pain.' "
-
- "Okay, Doc, you've had your ounce of flesh. Can I now have my
- ounce of Demerol?"
-
- "I better check you out first."
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- "Don't check me out, just give the dope."
-
- "But in court the first question you asked me was if I had
- examined the patient completely. It would be negligent of me if
- I didn't do it now. Do you mind getting up on the scale?"
-
- "What for?"
-
- "To find out your height. I have to be prepared in case I get
- sued and the lawyer asks me if I knew how tall you were."
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- "I'm not going to sue you."
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- "You say that now. But how can I be sure you won't file a writ
- after you pass the kidney stone?"
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- A certain lawyer was quite wealthy and had a summer house in the
- country, to which he retreated for several weeks of the year.
- Each summer, the lawyer would invite a different friend of his
- (no, that's not the punch line) to spend a week or two up at this
- place, which happened to be in a backwoods section of Maine.
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- On one particular occasion, he invited a Czechoslovakian friend
- to stay with him. The friend, eager to get a freebie off a
- lawyer, agreed.
-
- Well, they had a splendid time in the country - rising early and
- living in the great outdoors.
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- Early one morning, the lawyer and his Czechoslovakian companion
- went out to pick berries for their morning breakfast. As they
- went around the berry patch, gathering blueberries and
- raspberries in tremendous quantities, along came two huge Bears -
- a male and a female.
-
- Well, the lawyer, seeing the two bears, immediately dashed for
- cover. His friend, though, wasn't so lucky, and the male bear
- reached him and swallowed him whole.
-
- The lawyer ran back to his Mercedes, tore into town as fast has
- he could, and got the local backwoods sheriff. The sheriff
- grabbed his shotgun and dashed back to the berry patch with the
- lawyer.
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- Sure enough, the two bears were still there.
-
- "He's in THAT one!" cried the lawyer, pointing to the male, while
- visions of lawsuits from his friend's family danced in his head.
- He just had to save his friend.
-
- The sheriff looked at the bears, and without batting an eye,
- leveled his gun, took careful aim, and SHOT THE FEMALE.
-
- "Whatdya do that for!" exclaimed the lawyer, "I said he was in
- the other!"
-
- "Exactly," replied the sheriff, "and would YOU believe a lawyer
- who told you that the Czech was in the Male?"
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- Saint Peter was having a slow day at the Pearly Gates so he took
- a little stroll. He noticed that the fence between heaven and
- hell was in need of some repair. So he hollers over the fence to
- Lucifer.
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- Saint Peter: "This fence needs some repair. I'll see to it that
- it gets fixed if you will help pay for it."
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- Lucifer: "If you want it fixed, you pay for it."
-
- Saint Peter: "The fence is partly your responsibility and you
- will help pay for it or I will sue you for that amount."
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- Lucifer: "Ha!! Where do you think you are going to get a
- lawyer?!"
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- A man walked into a bar with his alligator and asked the
- bartender, "Do you serve lawyers here?"
-
- "Sure do," replied the bartender.
-
- "Good," said the man. "Give me a beer, and I'll have a lawyer
- for my 'gator."
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- A hindu, a rabbi, and a lawyer are traveling together and need to
- stop for the night. So they stop at the next farmhouse, and find
- lodging, with the qualification that the house is only big enough
- for two of them, and one will have to sleep in the barn. So the
- hindu volunteers and goes out to sleep in the barn while the
- lawyer and rabbi sleep in the house.
-
- A few minutes later, however, the lawyer and rabbi hear a knock
- on the door, and opening it, find the hindu who protests "There
- is a cow in the barn. Surely you can't expect me to sleep with
- cattle." So the rabbi and the lawyer agree that perhaps the
- rabbi should trade places with the hindu, and the rabbi goes out.
-
- Within a short time, the hindu and the lawyer are getting ready
- to go to sleep, when again there is a knock on the door. Opening
- the door they find the rabbi protesting, "There is a pig in the
- barn. Surely you can't expect me to sleep with a pig!".
-
- Weary of the whole problem by this time, the lawyer pulls the
- rabbi into the house, grabs a blanket and heads for the barn.
- Almost immediately, there is a third knocking at the door, and
- opening the door they find the pig and the cow. "Surely you
- can't expect us to sleep with a lawyer."
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- There is no better way to exercise the imagination than the study
- of the law.
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- No artist ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer
- interprets the truth.
- - Jean Giradoux
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- A small town that cannot support one lawyer can always support
- two.
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- There are two kinds of lawyers, those who know the law and those
- who know the judge.
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- "I'll never discuss my lawyer's character in his absence, so
- let's discuss his absence of character!
- - Michael Lara
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- "There is no doubt that my lawyer is honest. For example, when
- he filed his income tax return last year, he declared half of his
- salary as 'unearned income.'"
- - ibid
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- Between grand theft and a legal fee, there only stands a law
- degree.
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