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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 18 Feb 2015 19:51

I could have sent it to another lawyer..... my stepbrother

but he has no sense of humour.

;-)

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 18 Feb 2015 15:06

2 lawyers and 3 estate agents LadyScozz ... did they ever go into a bar? :-)

RolloTheRed, killjoy :-D



how about a southern lawyer joke? that might be new to them!


What's the difference between a dead possum lyin' in the middle of the road and a dead lawyer lyin' in the middle of the road?

... They's skid marks in front o' thuh possum.


............. but I was just thinking there ............. you could also say

... The possum cain't talk when it's dayud.


or something like that. Lawyer *lying* in the middle of the road, get it, lying, hahahaha

;-)

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 18 Feb 2015 13:43

As a lawyer he would have known that the letting (and any other contract) (a) would have a proviso voiding the contract if any undisclosed material fact came to light (b) circumstances changed in a such a way as to impinge upon the original contract.

So still a lying lawyer.
The estate agents may be impressed but yr lawyer friend will have heard this one 1001 times before.

PiersFromKent

PiersFromKent Report 18 Feb 2015 13:08

:-D :-D :-D

Barbra

Barbra Report 18 Feb 2015 11:29

<3 :-D :-D

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 18 Feb 2015 11:01

Joonie, I love that story.

I forwarded it to two lawyers & three estate agents.

:-D

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 18 Feb 2015 10:18

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Sharron

Sharron Report 18 Feb 2015 10:15

My OH is a hero. He fell at Waterloo!

Actually, the clumsy gurt lummock tripped over going up the stairs and cracked his ribs.

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 18 Feb 2015 09:22

:-D Its not what you say, it's how you say it.

When we told people our daughter fell down Mount Etna, they automatically assumed the crater. It was actually on the footpath leading up to it :-D

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 18 Feb 2015 07:57

Clever :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 17 Feb 2015 23:41

:-D :-D :-D

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 17 Feb 2015 23:13

:-)

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Feb 2015 23:04

Likes. :-D :-D :-D

Allan

Allan Report 17 Feb 2015 22:38

:-D :-D :-D :-D

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 17 Feb 2015 22:30

this one seemed to fit in at a genealogy site :-)


A lawyer had a wife and 12 children and needed to move as his rental agreement was coming to an end for the home where he lived but was having difficulty in finding a new home.

When he said he had 12 children, no one would rent a home to him because they knew that the children would destroy the home.

He could not say that he had no children; he could not lie -- after all, lawyers cannot and do not lie.

So, he had an idea: he sent his wife for a walk to the cemetery with 11 children. He took the remaining one with him to see homes with the Estate Agent.

He liked one of the homes, but it was rather large, so the agent asked: "How many children do you have?”

He answered: "12 children."

The agent asked: "Where are the others?"

The lawyer answered, with a sad look: "They are in the cemetery with their mother."

And that's the way he was able to rent a home for his family without lying.


MORAL: It is not necessary to lie; one only has to choose the right words!