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Lawyers and Other Reptiles

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This is a short book and it is a small book in size. But the laughs you will recieve from this book makes it worth the money. If you collect attorney jokes or if you are a lawyer with a sense of humor this book is for you. It does not just have 'insult the lawyer' type jokes but many jokes all involving attorneys. Enjoy.

I received this book as a gag gift before I started law school. It was a neat coffee table type book for any aspiring or current lawyer. Most of the jokes aren't new. In fact, you probably already would know the setup if all it gave you were the punchlines. But its nice to have a compendium of jokes and anecdotes all in one place.

What can I say? I liked it.

First time I read it was during a 2-hour long evening bus trip between NYC and Wilmington, DE. I'm positive about two things: first, it was too short, I'd need at least half an hour more of laughing, and second, nobody in that bus will ever forget about that trip

There are probably more jokes about Lawyers than any other types of people.It isn't because what Lawers do is funny,they seldom tell jokes,and anything they get mixed up in,certainly isn't funny.Well,maybe the answer is simply that they are usually so serious about themselves and what they do;that our only way to deal with them is through humor.I often tease a lawyer friend of mine that Lawyers spend their years in college practicing the arts of misrepresenting and deceiving things;and,that unless they are good at it;they will never succeed in being a Lawyer.Somehow;he never seems to come up with a retort to my statement,mainly because he knows I'm right.Therefore,we all love to tell jokes about Lawyers,and even though we love and need them in the end,we'll continue to joke about them.
There are many similar Lawyer Jokes collections;but what you'll find different with this little tome is that many of the things in here were actually said by lawyers themselves.Does that really mean they are "truths" rather than "jokes"? The answer to that question can be found with another question.Would a Lawyer ever say something that wasn't abso;utely true? That's for you to decide.
Here are a few examples from this little book;

"When the President does it,that means it's not illegal."-- Richard Nixon

"More lawyers live on politics than flies on a dead camel" --Tammany Hall saying

"After the 30-year lawyer died he screamed at Saint Peter,"How can you do
this to me? A heart attack at my age! I'm only thirty!"
Replied Saint Peter,,"Well,when we looked at your billable hours,we figured
you had to be at least ninety-five."

"A well-known occupational hazard of lawyers is their tendency to become
contentious,and to develop such associated traits as being
arrogant,deceitful,and punitive."--David Riley,attorney and writer

"The trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for;making the worse argument
appear the stronger."--Judge Irving Kaufman

"There is never a deed so foul that something couldn't be said for the guy;
that's why there are lawyers."--Melvin Belli

"A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and
keeps it for himself."--Henty Broughman