dean Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 The only reason that I'm posting this is because, on a couple of ridiculous U.S. lawsuits being posted here, someone (usually KS) states th obvious; the lawsuit happy nature of Americans. As a nation, we are 5 percent of the world's population and use 25 percent of the oil, which makes us gas hogs. We, also have 70 percent of the lawyers in the world, which explains why when these nut cases want to sue, they are able to find a lawyer to do it. It was also pointed out on the radio that salesmen and lawyers are perceived as the biggest liars and lawyers make the worst drivers, at least in the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 I heard most politicians were/are lawyers first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted October 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 I'm sure that there are a lot of non-practicing lawyers in the U.S. but I'm sure that in most western democracies, most politicians are also lawyers. Even accounting for the ones that don't practice law, there are way too many lawyers practicing law in the U.S. Just look at any city's Yellow Pages and the number of ads in them for lawyers, many of them one page ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 I've forgotten the exact wording, but Ambrose Bierce wrote: If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Bismarck Flash. Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made. Otto von Bismarck German Prussian politician (1815 - 1898) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Today is National Lawyer's Day in U.S. does that mean you can shoot one today ? BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 OK, load up a bus with lawyers and drive it over a cliff to kill them...what do you call this...a start!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 you know what you call a lawyer thats full of himself, opionated, full of himself, and has power over others? your honor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyfon Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 The version I heard was "What do you call ten lawyers chained up at the bottom of the ocean?" Lawyer loathing is neither specific nor original to the USA. Beyond the famous quote from Henry VI Pt II ("The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"), rehashed by the Eagles, there's Plato's Theaetetus ("...but [a lawyer's] soul is small and unrighteous..." etc.) from the beginning of the fourth century BCE. Yet people queue up to get into banditry law school... Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HonoluluJimmy Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Where is Jim Jones and his cool aid when we need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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