Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 30, 2008
December 29, 2008
December 31, 2008
Transcript:
Joe: Wait... you're in favor of the bailouts? Bob: Of course. Joe: But I thought you were a "free market" believer. Bob: Yeah... so? Joe: So what about that strident principle of letting the marketplace decide who survives? Bob: Well... we lawyers are a bit more flexible. Joe: Survival of the fattest, eh? Bob: Business Law 101, Joe... you don't sue an empty pocket.
Hugh B. Hayve over 15 years ago
Why wait for the revolution to put them up against the wall?
ejcapulet over 15 years ago
That’s logical - in a creepy, icky sort of way.
Hugh B. Hayve over 15 years ago
He must work for that firm Dewey, Dickum and Howe
lazygrazer over 15 years ago
I’m told “lawyer” is Latin for “liar”.
Good one, Wiley.
WorldFusionRadio.com over 15 years ago
The abbreviation for hypocrisy is G.O.P.
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
Lawyers are loathsome parasitic scum…
until you need them.
m_ortal over 15 years ago
Not all lawyers are bad. It’s just that 99% of them give the rest a bad reputation.
Wiley creator over 15 years ago
Well, all you lawyer haters are in luck! The 2009 Non Sequitur Wall Calendar is all hand-colored cartoons hitting on the legal profession. Here’s a link to the 2009 NON SEQUITUR LEGALLY CORRECT wall calendar:
http://www.amazon.com/Sequitur-Legally-Correct-2009-Calendar/dp/B001HWZ8Z2
Iphelia over 15 years ago
Ever been at a party with a bunch of lawyers? OMG! It’s one jerk trying to outjerk the other one.
Logicman over 15 years ago
Yeah yeah, poke fun all you want, but when the Police knock on the door, who do you phone? A cartoonist? And remember there are far more CLIENTS (aka the people who like lawyer jokes) filing silly lawsuits than LAWYERS – and for every lawyer who files one of those stupid suits, there are at least a dozen who’ve said ‘no way’ before, but none of that is funny … So poke fun all you want, people will continue to do stupid things, and that, my friends, is just another way to say ‘lawyer job security’ …. :)
pfflyer Premium Member over 15 years ago
First, I’m not a lawyer. The most often quoted Shakespeare line is the one about, “First thing we do is kill all the lawyers”. What almost no one knows is that the speaker of that line, a character called Dick the Butcher, is discussing with his friend Jack Cade about overthrowing the king and installing a tyranny where everyone would “worship me their lord”. It was “The Law” that stood between the people and the absolute power of big govt. and the lawyers who upheld that law. Just like today.
Wiley creator over 15 years ago
“…people will continue to do stupid things, and that, my friends, is just another way to say ‘lawyer job security’… ”
Exactly, Logicman. Nail on the proverbial head. It also lends endless fodder for satire.
auricle over 15 years ago
There’s a special ring in Hell for the lawyers who help undeserving people get rich from suing people, and for those lawyers who appear to be getting justice for victims while making themselves rich.
I know some lawyers that I respect, but it’s an accurate statement that 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad reputation.