But even with the best of them -- no matter if they are young or old, man or women, liberal or conservative -- you can see when they go into "lawyer mode." They click into an alternate personality that is more suspicious, more skeptical, more self-righteous, less tolerant, less understanding.
I'm just confessing my bias . . . and I'll be the first to say that you want a lawyer on your side if you're doing a big business deal, or in a contest with another party, especially if it's a larger more powerful organization, or of course if you're facing legal charges. And, besides, Better Call Saul is one of my favorite TV shows!
So with that as the fine print, here's the joke.
A lawyer with a wife and eight children had to move out of their rented house because the lease wasn't going to be renewed. The owner wanted to move back into the house himself.
The lawyer went hunting for a new place but was having a lot of trouble. When he told people he had eight children, no one would rent a home to him because they thought the children would destroy the place.He couldn't say he had no children, because he couldn't lie. Lawyers take pride in saying they do not lie.
So he sent his wife for a walk in the cemetery with seven of their children. He took the remaining one with him to see rental homes with a real-estate agent. He loved one of the homes, and the price was right. Then the agent asked, "How many children do you have?"
The lawyer answered truthfully: "Eight."
"Oh, where are the others?" asked the agent.
With his best and saddest courtroom look, the lawyer replied, "They are in the cemetery with their mother."
Funny, huh? So the lawyerly lesson is: It's not necessary to lie, only to choose the right words. Oh, and remember in this political year, most politicians are lawyers.
11 comments:
That's not a joke; it's a cautionary tale!
I might tell that joke to hubby. Who is a lawyer. Or maybe I won't!
Nothing untrue there. I found it funny and definitely a clever ploy. :-)
Clever! (a deceptive truth?)
That's a clever one and very lawyerly.
Oh, that is hilarious. More so for me, because I was a legal assistant in New York and Hawaii.
Laughing out loud here. Thanks for the chuckle.
Smart lawyer!😏
Groan... but we could all use a laugh these days!
Oh gosh! This is too funny!
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