Peter Jason wrote:
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>> Peter Jason wrote:
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>>>> Peter Jason wrote:
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>>>>>> Peter Jason wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Peter Jason wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Stay away from lawyers,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Very sensible. Stay away from doctors, too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> especially when confronted by "matters of
>>>>>>>>> principle":
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Absolutely!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> this overworked concept caused the
>>>>>>>>> 20th century's two world wars,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How did "matters of principle" cause WW1 and WW2?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the Vietnam war,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe, but don't blame lawyers for that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> endless cold-war brawls,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since the cold war ended with the disintegration of
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> USSR, the description od "endless" seems a tad
>>>>>>>> inaccurate.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> and now all the BS in Asia Minor.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Which particular BS in Asia Minor do you attribute
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> matters of principle?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have survived to tell thee!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> More's the pity.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I forgot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's chronic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lawyers are the most damnably argumentative lot!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That will be $1,500, plus GST, please.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This might be a good time to remove my nom de plume.
>>>>> My
>>>>> real name is Simon Shallowpocket!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's perfectly all right. My long and detailed legal
>>>> advice was carefully crafted to include a fundamental
>>>> flaw
>>>> which effectively reverses what you wanted to achieve.
>>>> When you set it in motion, it will blow up in your face,
>>>> metaphorically speaking.
>>>
>>> I see
>>
>> No, you don't.
>>
>>> this a typical ploy
>>
>> Anything but typical.
>>
>>> concocted to send me rushing into
>>> the arms of some lawyer and engaging him.
>>
>> No. It means that, unless you pay your debt, the product
>> will not do what you want.
>>
>>> Thereafter you &
>>> he will conspire to inflate the contention with the usual
>>> result of lawyers' enrichment.
>>
>> No. That is just your paranoia running away with you.
>>
>>> But I am aware
>>
>> Nonsense!
>>
>>> of these filthy tricks
>>
>> I do not perform tricks.
>>
>>> and I retire to the smallest room of the house
>>> to give your epistles the attention they deserve!
>>
>> Who cares what you do in your living room?
>
>
> Are you charging some poor client for the time you spend
> demeaning my posts?
No. You do it so well yourself.
> I'll bet it's all clocked up.
Lost your bet. |