Overnight Open Thread – Lawyers, Guns and Money (genghis)

(Well, we’ve got the lawyers part covered anyway)

In Astoria, OR, a Portland attorney recently tried out a novel excuse while defending himself against a speeding ticket: The car was speeding, not him.

”But Akin said he had no idea his BMW 535xi was going 76 mph in a 55 mph zone because of its handling characteristics. Akin buttressed his arguments with a PowerPoint presentation and testimony from a mechanic.”

In other legal news, sometimes fate delivers us a near perfect metaphor. Or simile. Or something.

”JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- A southern Indiana lawyer said he's embarrassed and has apologized for being found asleep headfirst in a neighbor's trash can after a night of drinking. Larry Wilder admits he made a mistake, but he was not charged with a crime, Louisville television station WLKY reported. Wilder said it all started Tuesday night when a client sent a limousine for him to come to Louisville's Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse. Wilder said he had about four drinks and his memory ends there, until a Jeffersonville police officer woke him up in his neighbor's garbage can. "I don't know that I was intoxicated that morning," he said. "All I know is I woke up and got in the house."

And haven’t we all been there before?

Added: Warren Zevon (R.I.P.) performs the title of this post. (The actual song kicks in at around 1:45, after a short portion of another song)

[Added by Maetenloch]

Since there was interest, I'll go ahead post the commenter stats.

Weekly AoS Commenter Standings

Well the king has fallen - long live Methos, the new king of sockpuppeteers!

Top 5 commenters:
1 [605 comments] 'kbdabear' [85.4 comments/day]
2 [325 comments] 'gator'
3 [318 comments] 'Methos'
4 [234 comments] 'momma'
5 [195 comments] 'toby928'

Top 5 sockpuppeteers:
1 [250 names] 'Methos' [35.3 unique names/day]
2 [122 names] 'kbdabear'
3 [57 names] 'Nom de Blog'
4 [44 names] 'toby928'
5 [38 names] 'Fungo'

Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to xgenghisx@gmail.com. Otherwise send tips to Ace.

posted by xgenghisx at 10:35 PM

| Access Comments