Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 59 guests
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by emeye » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:09 am | |
emeye
Posts: 162
|
A couple of really old ones:
Q: Why don't sharks attack lawyers? A: Professional courtesy Q: Why don't sharks attack lawyers? A: Even sharks possess dignity Q: Why is it forbidden to toss lawyers into shark pools? A: It is not ethical to torture animals Q: What is the difference between lawyer and liar? A: Spelling Q: What is the lawyer's best friend? A: They have friends? Of course s/lawyer/any other profession/g will work just fine. Except for sharks; there are things even sharks won't do. |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by crewdude48 » Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:15 pm | |
crewdude48
Posts: 889
|
What do you call a lawyer with an IQ under 60?
"Your honor." ________________
I'm the Dude...you know, that or His Dudeness, or Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing. |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by Seawolf509 » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:28 pm | |
Seawolf509
Posts: 403
|
HUrm now that I think about it, are lawyers ever mentioned in the books?
RFC have a thing against lawyers? |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by KNick » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:40 pm | |
KNick
Posts: 2142
|
Robert Maxwell, who is part of Honor's Regency team setting up the laws for the Duchy of Harrington. So is Clarissa Childers, who handled the negotiations with the people setting up the ski resorts. Who, IIRC, is a member of a firm with a very short client list. In order of importance, Hauptmann Enterprises, Klaus Hauptmann, Stacy Hauptmann and last but not least Honor Harrington. _
Try to take a fisherman's fish and you will be tomorrows bait!!! |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by AdmiralStarNight » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:02 pm | |
AdmiralStarNight
Posts: 79
|
Hey I'm back, though my jokes might not be that good.
< Still rolling in the money like always. > Of course Snowfire. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You might be from Manticore if... ...You complain everytime you step aboard a ship. ...you find the idea of living of Gryphon horrorifying ...you've ever gone out for a daily stroll and almost been assassinated. ...you've seen a duel or two (I'll think of more later...) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may be from Gryphon if... ...Its your sworn duty to keep those sissies from Manticore and Sphinx in line. ..you consider your oath to the Queen second to the above. ...You've even stepped out into the snow on Manticore wearing shorts ... you think that last blizzard was nothing rather that Mother Nature is just practicing. ...You can eat food frozen and not care ...You enlisted in the Navy ... More than once you looked out your window and realized that it was snowing, and not someone taping white paper over your window. ... You think the Army and Marines should move their headquaters to Gryphon. ... The rest of the galaxy has yet to experience 'real' weather, those sissies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may be from Sphinx if... ...you have Harrington blood ...you are old enough to realize that your entire life has been filled with one one season. ...there is a treecat on your shoulder ...You can fight off a hexapuma with just a knife ... the owls don't look anything like Old Earth owls ... hiking in the forest serves two purposes, hiking, and shooting practice ... You can sign treecat sign language fluently. ... You punch out anyone that says a treecat is just a pet. ... You divide your enemies two ways, those that are dead, and those soon following. ... You wish to build the treecats their own warships ... you own a frisbee and play with it regularly, no matter your age ... you think its odd when separate trees don't connect their branches. ~~
Lester Tourville♥ "The Solarian League government is selling many technological advancements and weapons to the Havenites. Yeah, it's part of a new initiative called, 'Operation: Regret This In Seventeen Years.'" |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by pokermind » Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:00 pm | |
pokermind
Posts: 4002
|
Chief, "'Kill all the lawyers!' Bill Shakespeare in Richard the 3ed IIRC."
Mange, <"One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more money than a thousand men with guns," Don Vito Corleone The God Father that old movie we watched.> "Worse it's true " <Changing the subject, how can a two-leg tell a politician is lieing?> "His lips are moving." Poker and Mange CPO Poker Mind and, Mangy Fur the Smart Alick Spacecat.
"Better to be hung for a hexapuma than a housecat," Com. Pang Yau-pau, ART. |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by Seawolf509 » Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:04 pm | |
Seawolf509
Posts: 403
|
But they don't count, they HELPFUL |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by KNick » Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:01 pm | |
KNick
Posts: 2142
|
That is not the first time RFC has used a 1 in 1000 event or person to illustrate a point. Even lawyers occasionally do good things, as hard as that is to believe.
_
Try to take a fisherman's fish and you will be tomorrows bait!!! |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by emeye » Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:05 pm | |
emeye
Posts: 162
|
I, for one, do not consider it pleasurable to read about patent trolls and ambulance chasers. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/meet-the-nice-guy-lawyers-who-want-1000-per-worker-for-using-scanners/ YMMV |
Top |
Re: Honorverse Humor or lack thereof. | |
---|---|
by pokermind » Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:08 am | |
pokermind
Posts: 4002
|
Chief, "One almost feels sorry for lawyers with all the nasty jokes."
<I don't understnd why you two-legs don't with this plague on your society.> "Lawyers like morticians are pariahs until you need one " <That's the problem with two-leg society you don't with your own problems.> "We occasionally deal with it directly, it's called dueling " <Got a joke?> "What's the best part of being a mortician?" <Don't know.> "You can bury your mistakes." Poker & Mange CPO Poker Mind and, Mangy Fur the Smart Alick Spacecat.
"Better to be hung for a hexapuma than a housecat," Com. Pang Yau-pau, ART. |
Top |