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{{a|work|{{image|ABC glengarry|png|}}}}{{quote|“A-B-C. A: | {{a|work|{{image|ABC glengarry|png|}}}}{{quote|“A-B-C. <br> | ||
A: Always. <br> | |||
B: Be. <br> | |||
C: Commenting. <br> | |||
''Always'' be commenting! | |||
[[For the avoidance of doubt|A-I-D-A]]: <br> | |||
A: Always. <br> | |||
I: In the name of. <br> | |||
D: [[Doubt]]. <br> | |||
A: Avoidance. <br> | |||
''Always'': Am I commenting? <br> | |||
In: Am I in the office? <br> | |||
Doubt: could someone, however petrified, paranoid, or beyond the practical reach of modern common sense, ''misconstrue''? We are talking about ''judges'', fellows. You are [[Writing for a judge|writing for JUDGES]].<br> | |||
''Avoidance'': Have I avoided it? ''Can'' I avoid it? ''Did'' you avoid it? No, you did not, staff attorney Moss, you just stuck your goddamn foot in it. <br> | |||
I know you did, because I smell your dogshit plain English provincial conveyancer dreck. You comment or you hit the bricks! You got the prospects frettin’ in; you think they came in to get their asses out of the rain? Guy don't walk on the lot unless he wants to [[Buttocractic oath|cover his ass]]. Sitting out there waiting for you to give him something to worry about! Are you gonna do it? A little “[[belt and braces|belts and suspenders]]”, a shrug of the shoulders, a no [[bright-line test]]? Are you attorney enough to take it?” | |||
:—Alec Barwin in ''Glengarry Glenmarkup''}} | :—Alec Barwin in ''Glengarry Glenmarkup''}} | ||