Humor

Overheard on Twitter

June 17, 2013 Humor

Jenni@jnbtsn: It was me. I let the dogs out. Marcus L. Schantz@SchantzLaw: You can tell your relative age by the commercials shown during your TV shows. For me it’s reverse mortgages and catheters. Guess I’m 70-ish. Steve@SternoShots: I’m more of a sandwich hobbyist. KellyPhillipsErb@taxgirl: When my kids are commenting on how badly your kids are [...]

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A Lawyer’s Christmas Card

March 23, 2013 Humor

H/T Sam Glover

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Bob Ford Meets Bob Ford

March 13, 2013 Humor

When we lived in Philadelphia, I used to read a daily column in the Philadelphia Inquirer written by a sportswriter named Bob Ford. I also played softball every Sunday with a guy named Bob Ford. At first it did not occur to me that the Bob Ford I played softball with every Sunday had anything [...]

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Post No Bills

March 1, 2013 Humor

H/T Kendall Gray

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Lamp as Inanimate Object and Other Really Bad Analogies

February 27, 2013 Humor

The Washington Post held a contest a couple of years ago in which it asked school teachers to send in examples of the worst analogies they had ever encountered in grading student papers. Below, with thanks to Ruth Hamburger, are some of my favorites. You can find the full list here. He was as tall [...]

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Women in Combat: Longer Than You’d Think

February 2, 2013 Humor

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What We Talk About On Our Way To A Crime Scene

January 28, 2013 Humor

It turns out that Wayne, my investigator, and I both do the laundry in our households. Apparently, neither one of us has a wife who understands that you cannot put whites in with the colored clothes, set the dial to hot water, and then expect to have the whites coming out like they looked before. [...]

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Stuck in Time, Stuck in Fashion

January 25, 2013 Humor

My father used to wear black socks with shorts. As his fashion consultant, I told him he shouldn’t do this. Dad, I said to him. You can’t wear that. It looks awful. My father seemed kind of surprised when I said this. Here, I said, taking out a pair of white socks from my suitcase. [...]

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