I got a nice card from my lawyer the other day. It said "Dear Alan, Just the other day I was walking to lunch and I thought I saw you coming out of the post office across the street. I went over to say hi to you, but it turned out it was someone else, so I turned around and walked back.
1/10 hr, $30. Please remit."
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A man finds a magic lamp on a beach, and the resulting Genie makes him the following offer:
“I will grant you three wishes, but there’s a catch. Every lawyer in the world will get double what you wish for yourself.”
The man first says, “I wish I had a million dollars.”
“Done,” says the Genie. “But I’ve also given every lawyer two million dollars.”
Next, the man says, “I wish I had an 8000 square-foot mansion.”
"Done, says the Genie. “And every lawyer has just been gifted with two such mansions. You have one wish remaining.”
The man smiles. “I wish I could donate a kidney.”
Or
Take your foot off his head
My friend, an attorney who has heard all of them, told me this one.
There was a lawyer whose client paid him in cash. One month, the client accidentally gave him twice as much as was owed. The attorney saw the error only after the client had left, but immediately realized his ethical quandary.
Should he tell his partner or not?