Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:21:08 -0500
Why DOES one become a lawyer? Hmmm...
Perhaps, I should ask the two lawyers in my family...
LadyHawke
~*~*~*~*~*~*
"A Good Reason To Become A Lawyer?"
An old man was critically ill. Feeling that death
was near, he called his lawyer. "I want to become
a lawyer. How much is it or the express degree
you told me about?"
"It's $50,000," the lawyer said. "But why? You'll
be dead soon, why do you want to become a
lawyer?"
"That's my business! Get me the course!"
Four days later, the old man got his law degree.
His lawyer was at his bedside, making sure his
bill would be paid.
Suddenly the old man was racked with fits of
coughing and it was clear that this would be the
end. Still curious, the lawyer leaned over and said,
"Please, before it's too late, tell me why you wanted
to get a law degree so badly before you died?"
In a faint whisper, as he breathed his last, the old
man said, "One less lawyer . . ."
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"Why Did You Become A Lawyer?"
There was a job opening in the country's most
prestigious law firm and it finally comes down to
Robert and Paul. Both graduated magna cum laude
from law school. Both come from good families.
Both are equally attractive and well spoken. It's up
to the senior partner to choose one, so he takes
each aside and asks,
"Why did you become a lawyer?"
In seconds, he chooses Paul.
Baffled, Robert takes Paul aside. "I don't understand
why I was rejected. When Mr. Armstrong asked me
why I became a lawyer, I said that I had the greatest
respect for the law, that I'd lay down my life for the
Constitution and that all I wanted was to do right by
my clients. What in the world did you tell him?"
"I said I became a lawyer because of my hands,"
Paul replies.
"Your hands? What do you mean?"
"Well, I took a look one day, and there wasn't any
money in either of them!"
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