# Too many laws!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 1, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707 "2013-03-01T06:48:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hardy\_Parkerson\_J.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Hardy\_Parkerson\_J.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hardy_Parkerson_J.D)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707/1 "2013-03-01T06:48:26Z")

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🙂  
;);):):dubious:🙂

Too Many Laws!

-by hardy parkerson  
The phone’s been a-ringin’  
Off the wall.  
People with problems  
Continue to call.  
“Too many lawyers,”  
I’ve heard ‘em say.  
But I say, “We don’t  
Have enough today.”  
People got problems  
And serious ones too;  
Come see the lawyer  
To learn what to do.  
Some of ‘em even got  
A few bucks to pay;  
And when they do,  
It makes my day.  
Law books’ becomin’  
A thing of the past.  
Wonder how long  
This thing’s gonna last.  
Just got a call from the F.B.I.;  
Wants to talk to my client  
Who ain’t gonna lie.  
I need a break,  
Just a brief pause.  
It’s not too many lawyers,  
But too many laws!  
[AUTHOR’S NOTES: Written Apr 1, 2005  
© All rights reserved]

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**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707/2 "2013-03-01T07:28:15Z")

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Which laws, specifically, do you think we can do without, and why?

Or did you mean to put this in Cafe Society?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707/3 "2013-03-01T07:37:24Z")

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Does J.D. stand for Juvenile Delinquent?

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**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707/4 "2013-03-01T08:23:01Z")

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I know there is a copyright notice, but I’m writing a three act play based on this poem.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707/5 "2013-03-01T09:45:45Z")

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[More of Hardy Parkerson’s verses](http://www.dreamagic.com/poetry/parkerson.html). (I couldn’t call them poetry.)

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**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707/6 "2013-03-01T10:18:18Z")

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Shit, that’s a lot of stuff. Okay, the play is now a Rock Opera and I’ve tentatively attached Meatloaf and Shania Twain to play the lead roles.

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**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707/7 "2013-03-01T11:34:14Z")

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And the rent is too damn high!

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-laws/651707/8 "2013-03-01T12:08:26Z")

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I am guessing that this was intended for MPSIMS as there is nothing resembling a debate, here.  
(It actually reads more like a BBQ Pit rant, except that it is too frivolous.)

Off you go.

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