"What do you call six lawyers at the bottom of the sea?"
"Not all anti-lawyer jokes are fairly earned -- many of them are recyclings of jests told at the expense of politicians, traveling salesmen, Jews ... Lawyers are in no way a protected species and cannot shelter behind the rules of political correctness. Seen as 'agressive' and 'domineering' they attract the insults once lavished on doctors and priests. Being sought out as a joke target is a tribute to high status and has the ultimate effect of boosting rather than lowering reputation. 'We have so much status,' says Wisconsin-Madison Law School emeritus professor Marc Galanter, author of Lowering the Bar, Lawyer jokes and legal culture, we can enjoy a firestorm of jokes."
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The punchline is: A GOOD START!
By the way, my two oldest sons are attorneys, and the youngest is taking his LSATS next month. Of my five sons, two are neocons, one is a dyed-in-the-wool Socialist, and one, like me, a liberal Democrat. One is apolitical--if it's not in a video game it doesn't matter....
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