[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay Li:
[B]I'm not trying to be overly tight, but don't you think you'd be offended if someone tried to make your profession equivalent to screwing people over?

 

I'm not saying things are out of control, I'm just saying that the posts are offensive, that's all.

Jay

 

It's all in good fun Jay. Don't you think I get jokes about being a Salesman all the time. I'm sure a good many of us, jokes and all wished they'd become lawyers. Think of how proud you would have made your parents. Mine sure would be

 

Don't get me wrong, like I said I can certainly see how the jokes can be funny...it's just that politics can be touchy, and so I figured that insulting a profession would be also.

Jay

 

They're JOKES!!

Smile !!

 

The problem with lawyer jokes are that lawyers don't think there funny and the rest of us don't think there jokes.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself, funcar.

Jay

 

So as to prove that lawyer jokes do not have to be derogatory (at least not overly so), I am posting this rather lengthy but amusing joke. Patent attorneys who are both lawyers and engineers should find it particularly enjoyable.


Three lawyers and three Engineers are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three lawyers each buy tickets and watch as the three Engineers buy only a single ticket.

"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks a lawyer.

"Watch and you'll see," answers an Engineer.

They all board the train. The lawyers take their respective seats but all three Engineers cram into a restroom and close the door behind them.

Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He
knocks on the Restroom door and says, "Ticket please."

The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on. The lawyers saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea.

So, after the conference, the lawyers decide to copy the Engineers on the return trip and
save some money (recognizing the Engineers' superior intellect). When they get to the
station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the Engineers don't buy a ticket at all.

"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed lawyer.

"Watch and you'll see," answers an Engineer.

When they board the train, the three lawyers cram into a restroom and the three Engineers
cram into another one nearby.

The train departs.

Shortly afterward, one of the Engineers leaves his restroom and walks over to the
restroom where the lawyers are hiding. He knocks on the door and says...."Ticket please."

 

To lock or not to lock... that is the question. Well, I have a few lawyer friends, and they can take the punches. And boy can they hit back as well. I'm leaving this open, and I don't think it will get worse. If it does, you know what will happen.

 

Lighten up...Take a chill pill or something...If you don't find them funny, please just ignore them. There are many things on this forum at times I find more brutal than these hilarious jokes. BTW, FUNCAR, when you said "rest of us..." were you speaking for yourself or the rest of other 381 registered members on this for forum? Hmmm??? Anyways...Don't make us feel like we have to ask for permission every time we pee