Portly Irishman's Pub

Lawyers

The very bane of our existence in society.

For better or for worse they are among us. Some would say a necessary evil and I am inclined to agree. But what the hell? They are so much fun to pick on and make them the butt of our jokes.

Useful Engineer

Friday, 30 July 2010 15:05 |

Written by Portly Irishman |

Lawyers

An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah, you're an engineer -- you're in the wrong place."

So, the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After awhile, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.

This lawyer thought that he was a genius

Sunday, 14 March 2010 08:53 |

Written by Portly Irishman |

Lawyers

Lawyer VS. Insurance

This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade, and probably the century. A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars,: then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued .. and won!