Free Association Thread 5

[Handley_Page]

Oops!

How did you get to be so sensible, Mags?

'Cos she does things in a Library ?

 

[MagicaPractica]

'Cos she does things in a Library ?

Um, I may have taught some kids how NOT to get into trouble on the Internet too.

 

[SamScribble]

Um, I may have taught some kids how NOT to get into trouble on the Internet too.

Gosh, we need a few thousand more people like you, Mags.

 

[Mister_Song]

Gosh, we need a few thousand more people like you, Mags.

Yeah. I'm not a kid but I could use help not getting into trouble on the Internet.

 

[SamScribble]

Yeah. I'm not a kid but I could use help not getting into trouble on the Internet.

Perhaps Mags gives private tuition, MS.

 

[JKendallDane]

Perhaps Mags gives private tuition, MS.

I think we first need a good description of what "getting in trouble" includes.

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[Handley_Page]

I think we first need a good description of what "getting in trouble" includes.

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spoken like a legal beagle ?

 

[JKendallDane]

spoken like a legal beagle ?

Snoopy gave up his writing career and flying his doghouse to become a lawyer? Say it aint so!

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[SamScribble]

Snoopy gave up his writing career and flying his doghouse to become a lawyer? Say it aint so!

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Do illegal beagles work for less?

 

[Handley_Page]

Do illegal beagles work for less?

I don't think so; I got the impression that they work on "questionable" cases.

 

[SamScribble]

I don't think so; I got the impression that they work on "questionable" cases.

'Objection!'

 

[Handley_Page]

'Objection!'

Sustained !

 

[JKendallDane]

Sustained !

Horace Rumpole vs Perry Mason...who's going to prevail?

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[MagicaPractica]

Horace Rumpole vs Perry Mason...who's going to prevail?

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Rumpole, no question.

 

[Handley_Page]

Rumpole, no question.

Oh, definitely.
His first edition of Prof. Ackerman's "On Blood" is well-thumbed.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Oh, definitely.
His first edition of Prof. Ackerman's "On Blood" is well-thumbed.

Three different directions occur to me for an association.
1. Sister Fidelma mysteries, seventh century A.D., by Tremayne. I've really enjoyed those, she's a dalaigh of the Irish court, which is kind of like a lawyer but also an investigator.
2. G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories popped to mind, though that's a much more tenuous connection.
3. Finally, there is a Harry Potter connection in my brain on the blood angle but it won't be more clear than that.

 

[SamScribble]

Three different directions occur to me for an association.
1. Sister Fidelma mysteries, seventh century A.D., by Tremayne. I've really enjoyed those, she's a dalaigh of the Irish court, which is kind of like a lawyer but also an investigator.
2. G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories popped to mind, though that's a much more tenuous connection.
3. Finally, there is a Harry Potter connection in my brain on the blood angle but it won't be more clear than that.

What about Bleak House? In the end, the only winners are the lawyers.

 

[JKendallDane]

What about Bleak House? In the end, the only winners are the lawyers.

Shakespeare said it best: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

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[Mister_Song]

Shakespeare said it best: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

I swear I read those exact words in recent tweet from the current US administration.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I swear I read those exact words in recent tweet from the current US administration.

Of course, he didn't mean "kill", and there's no proof !

 

[Handley_Page]

I swear I read those exact words in recent tweet from the current US administration.

You mean - you actually read that stuff ?

Of course, he didn't mean "kill", and there's no proof !

That's 'cos there's no more lawyers. . .

 

[MagicaPractica]

You mean - you actually read that stuff ?



That's 'cos there's no more lawyers. . .

Nice.

I once dated a lawyer who worked for legal aid. He was nice, and a great kisser too.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Nice.

I once dated a lawyer who worked for legal aid. He was nice, and a great kisser too.

I once dated a woman - a nice person and a great kisser - who became a lawyer. In D.C.

 

[JKendallDane]

I once dated a woman - a nice person and a great kisser - who became a lawyer. In D.C.

D.C. Where you get kissed during campaigns and screwed after they're over.

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[Handley_Page]

D.C. Where you get kissed during campaigns and screwed after they're over.

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For DC, read Westminster, in our case.