Client in the interview with police: Police officer: “I don’t care how angry you are- you can’t go around threatening to kill a 5 year old!” Client: “I didn’t threaten to kill her!!! I threatened her mother!!!” He thought there was some sort of distinction there. We took a plea deal.

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Not a lawyer, but I am a former police officer and spent a lot of time in courtrooms. One guy was on trial for a DUI, and he wanted the judge to know that the cop who arrested him was "just some punk kid". He insisted that he'd only had two bottles of wine and his lawyer keeps trying to get him to stop his stream of verbal diarrhea and he just keeps going Eventually the judge says "I think you should take a moment to confer with your attorney" and the guy says "Don't interrupt me, I'm not a child!" Judge smiled and leaned back and said "by all means, please continue". dudes attorney just looked like he was deflating.

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I was defending a client who was accused of trademark infringement. Thought he knew better than the IP Attorney assigned to his case (me) and so went on his company's website to "defend" himself by basically confessing to what he did and claiming it wasn't against the law and the trademark owner was a "woke baby" who needed to either "learn the law" or "get back in the kitchen and make her husband a sandwich" ( i wish i could say i was joking). I was one email away from negotiating a settlement that would have allowed the continued use of the complainants mark with limited restrictions and a very nominal fee. Little to say, she saw his website, told us to go f**k ourselves, and dragged it before a judge. My client lost...big. His lack of self-control cost him thousands of dollars.

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Not me, but a colleague. A wealthy client's son got picked up for d**g dealing at a local music festival. The client bailed him out, and then had his whole fancy law firm defend his son. The son shambled into the courtroom stoned off his a*s, and loudly attempted to buy d***s off the bailiff. There wasn't a lot the lawyers could do after that.

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I was on a jury where the defendant showed up in court day 1 wearing the same exact outfit as the “unknown suspect” in the video of the crime. It took only a few seconds before the judge immediately called a stoppage. All lawyers went into the back with the judge and they came out like 7 minutes later as announced the defendant had taken the plea deal. Wild.

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Not my client but the petitioner attorney’s client. The man claimed Workers’ Compensation and threw the kitchen sink at us, meaning, he basically listed just over half of his body parts on the claim petition stating that he injured each one. He was full of s**t and my firm knew it. Anyways, we were going to trial and the day before we ran one more social media search. This absolute f*****g moron posted a video of him winning a break dance competition that was only a few months after the alleged work incident. Never saw a quicker dismissal in my life.

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With the utmost certainty in his voice, he yelled at the arresting officer that “It’s not domestic violence; I’m on public property!” You could tell from his face he really thought he had the cop over a barrel on this one but….

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Not a lawyer, heard this story from a guy I used to work with. His brother in law got injured at work and was suing for a hefty sum. Case was pretty much open and shut, all the evidence was in the BIL's favor... Until the BIL started talking. They ask him to tell them about the day of the accident. BIL started out fine until he gets to the where he approached the piece of equipment that injured him. He tell everyone that there was a note on it stating that it was out of order. BIL then says that he discarded the note and started up the piece of malfunctioning equipment as he had a job to get done... That easy win was discarded faster than that out of order sign.

This photo is stunning. Wouldn't call it Renaissance at all, but stunning and very meaningful. Modern setting with traditional horse paint, a commentary on how Native Americans live in the 21st century. Also distinct possibility she painted the horse as part of the protests against DAPL, and now she is standing at a gas station. No, but like, you could analyze this photo fifty ways to Sunday. Love it.

If You Are Going Through An Existential Crisis, These 50 Funny Philosophical Memes Might Help

Know Your Meme, not staged, photoshopped. And a story behind every image. The girl in the weddiing dress, not crying, just very very drunk after Chelsea vs Liverpool game. Woman passing out on London subway dropping her pizza, and a goth girl and her raven on Moscow subway.

How's that different from the present? Well, people smell a little better in normal conditions, but the moment something fails, we still stink like death warmed up. And there are much more of us, so there's no chance of finding a secluded place where you don't bump into other members of the species.

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Ok, hear me out on this one. We unfortunately have only 1 bathroom in our house. One very large bathroom for my husband, 8 year old son, and myself. We try to give each other privacy, but there are times it just isn't going to happen. There are times I am pooping and my child.needs to.pee (usually it is urgent because he, like most children wait to the last minute to go to the bathroom when doing something fun)Thankfully i.have a boy child, and I tell him to go pee on the big tree in the back yard, and every once in a while, when the weather is bad, in the tub, which he then rinses) I also have had to get ready in the morning while my husband is pooping. It isnt ideal, and we have been saving to add on another bathroom, but it isn't the worst thing in the world. At least we all flush and wipe.

GoGoPDX • commented on 2 posts 6 months ago

Checks are almost non-existent in the US. A lot od.places dont take them anymore, and employers prefer direct deposit, and there are so many options fir payroll that does not involve a check. Also, you have to pay a fee of up to $10 depending on the bank to just cash a check from that same bank. Every once in a while.someone uses a check.for something, but itbis really, really rare.

GoGoPDX • commented on 7 posts 9 months ago

Oh god, I went through this at the airport in Germany. My flight was cancelled the previous day due to a huge storm. Was back at the airport at 5 am for a 10 am flight. Of course the lines were long as so many flights were cancelled. Well, so many douche bags kept cutting in line, I didn't make it to the ticket counter until 10:45. Yep, 5+ hours in line because I of this.. I was pissed. I ended up being interviewed by a local news person and was very clear about how horribly rude people were being about cutting in line and made the Frankfurt news that evening as "Angry American Traveler" I don't know what nationality all the people cutting were, but when someone tried it in front of me, they didn't speak English, German, Spanish or French, but I still made it clear I was not going to let it happen. Didn't really matter though, as the they just went further up the line and cut in front of another person.

"Harass The Queen's Guard": 30 Things Tourists Do That The Locals Absolutely Hate

Yes! Maybe it is time for an upgrade. When things look silly and like a "costume" people don't take it seriously.

‘New’ Moments Of People’s Lost Loved Ones: 17 Photos I Created

Everyone is different in their grief and what brings comfort. To some, this would not, others, it would. I remember when TikTok had a filter that would animate a photo. Nothing big, but the eyes would come to life and the person would smile. I did it on a picture of my beloved grandfather who passed. I loved it, my mom did not. I know a couple who would love this for their son they lost, an another would not for their daughter. It is perfectly fine to not want to have this done, but it is also perfectly fine to want it.

Roma culture is a hard one for me, especially the treatment of women and girls. I always try to be respectful of the culture people come from, but when abuse and toxic beliefs thrive in certain cultures, it needs to be addressed. This doesn't mean I don't like the people of said culture, or feel they deserve less.or to.be discriminated against, but cultural practices that are toxic, dangerous, and abusive need to be addressed with the people of the culture and work.needs to be do e on both sides to change these practices while.still.retaining said culture. It.is bot just the Roma culture that has these issues, but it is the culture thos.article.is.discussing.

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45 Times Lawyers Lost A Case Because Of Their Clients Saying Or Doing The Dumbest Things

I recognise the courtroom picture used as a reference. It's where the Nuremberg Trials of 1945 were held. Interesting place, I was there last month.

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45 Times Lawyers Lost A Case Because Of Their Clients Saying Or Doing The Dumbest Things

Only had two bottles of wine? Yeah you were Dui.