Not Tex related, but a legal story over here I thought some of you guys and girls might like to read...
A 91-year-old retired solicitor has lost £500 after he failed to die on Monday.
Arthur King Robinson, who practiced as a lawyer in Crediton, Devon until he was 84, found out over the summer that if he died before 6th December his estate would be liable to £3,000 inheritance tax. Insurance premiums to cover for this eventuality came in at a whopping £1,300, so he wrote to William Hill, explained his predicament, and they offered to cover the risk by taking a £500 stake at odds of 6-1 that he would die by last Monday night.
King Robinson subsequently suffered a blackout and he has been in Crediton Hospital for the last ten weeks. However we are pleased to report he is recovering and has made it past Monday's deadline, losing his £500 bet in the process.
A spokesman for William Hill said that they'd never normally take such a bet but they were so impressed at King Robinson's ingenuity that they decided to make an exception. "After all", he added, "if he wins it's his funeral".
At the time of going to press King Robinson was still very much alive, and it is hoped that he will be home in time for Christmas.
A 91-year-old retired solicitor has lost £500 after he failed to die on Monday.
Arthur King Robinson, who practiced as a lawyer in Crediton, Devon until he was 84, found out over the summer that if he died before 6th December his estate would be liable to £3,000 inheritance tax. Insurance premiums to cover for this eventuality came in at a whopping £1,300, so he wrote to William Hill, explained his predicament, and they offered to cover the risk by taking a £500 stake at odds of 6-1 that he would die by last Monday night.
King Robinson subsequently suffered a blackout and he has been in Crediton Hospital for the last ten weeks. However we are pleased to report he is recovering and has made it past Monday's deadline, losing his £500 bet in the process.
A spokesman for William Hill said that they'd never normally take such a bet but they were so impressed at King Robinson's ingenuity that they decided to make an exception. "After all", he added, "if he wins it's his funeral".
At the time of going to press King Robinson was still very much alive, and it is hoped that he will be home in time for Christmas.
Welll...
As a lawyer to be (hopefully?), soon, as I am currently finishing my mandatory year of articled clerkship before taking the bar exam, here is an e-mail of qoutes I received the day I graduated from Law School (from at least ten different people!):
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> These are from a book called "Disorder in the American Courts" , and
> are Comments people actually said in court, word for word, taken down
> and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying
> calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
> --------------------------------
> Q: Are you sexually active?
> A: No, I just lie there.
> __________________________________
> Q: What is your date of birth?
> A: July 15th.
> Q: What year?
> A: Every year.
> ______________________________________
> Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
> A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
> ______________________________________
> Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
> A: Yes.
> Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
> A: I forget.
> Q: You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've
> forgotten?
> _____________________________________
> Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
> A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
> Q: How long has he lived with you?
> A: Forty-five years.
> _____________________________________
> Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up
> that morning?
> A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
> Q: And why did that upset you?
> A: My name is Susan.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the
> occult?
> A: We both do.
> Q: Voodoo?
> A: We do.
> Q: You do?
> A: Yes, voodoo.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
> sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
> A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
> ___________________________________
> Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
> _____________________________________
> Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
> ______________________________________
> Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
> A: Yes.
> Q: And what were you doing at that time?
> ______________________________________
> Q: She had three children, right?
> A: Yes.
> Q: How many were boys?
> A: None.
> Q: Were there any girls?
> ______________________________________
> Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
> A: By death.
> Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
> ______________________________________
> Q: Can you describe the individual?
> A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
> Q: Was this a male, or a female?
> ______________________________________
> Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
> deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
> A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
> A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
> ______________________________________
> Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
> A: Oral.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
> A: The autopsy started around 8:30 pm.
> Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
> A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
> ______________________________________
> Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
> A: No.
> Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
> A: No.
> Q: Did you check for breathing? No.
> Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
> began the autopsy?
> A: No.
> Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
> A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
> Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
> A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and
> practicing law somewhere.
>
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Enjoy!
-Giv
As a lawyer to be (hopefully?), soon, as I am currently finishing my mandatory year of articled clerkship before taking the bar exam, here is an e-mail of qoutes I received the day I graduated from Law School (from at least ten different people!):
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> These are from a book called "Disorder in the American Courts" , and
> are Comments people actually said in court, word for word, taken down
> and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying
> calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
> --------------------------------
> Q: Are you sexually active?
> A: No, I just lie there.
> __________________________________
> Q: What is your date of birth?
> A: July 15th.
> Q: What year?
> A: Every year.
> ______________________________________
> Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
> A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
> ______________________________________
> Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
> A: Yes.
> Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
> A: I forget.
> Q: You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've
> forgotten?
> _____________________________________
> Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
> A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
> Q: How long has he lived with you?
> A: Forty-five years.
> _____________________________________
> Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up
> that morning?
> A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
> Q: And why did that upset you?
> A: My name is Susan.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the
> occult?
> A: We both do.
> Q: Voodoo?
> A: We do.
> Q: You do?
> A: Yes, voodoo.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
> sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
> A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
> ___________________________________
> Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
> _____________________________________
> Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
> ______________________________________
> Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
> A: Yes.
> Q: And what were you doing at that time?
> ______________________________________
> Q: She had three children, right?
> A: Yes.
> Q: How many were boys?
> A: None.
> Q: Were there any girls?
> ______________________________________
> Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
> A: By death.
> Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
> ______________________________________
> Q: Can you describe the individual?
> A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
> Q: Was this a male, or a female?
> ______________________________________
> Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
> deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
> A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
> A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
> ______________________________________
> Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
> A: Oral.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
> A: The autopsy started around 8:30 pm.
> Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
> A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
> ______________________________________
> Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
> ______________________________________
> Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
> A: No.
> Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
> A: No.
> Q: Did you check for breathing? No.
> Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
> began the autopsy?
> A: No.
> Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
> A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
> Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
> A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and
> practicing law somewhere.
>
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Enjoy!
-Giv
Pernell: "...I can't get an angle on you. It bugs me. What's your weak spot?"
Tex: "Uh... math."
(The Pandora Directive)
I can relate to that.....
Tex: "Uh... math."
(The Pandora Directive)
I can relate to that.....
HAHAHA that made my day.
I do have a bit of a cold so my computerscreen is a bit messy from oaughting now.
I do have a bit of a cold so my computerscreen is a bit messy from oaughting now.
