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===The standard issue drafting joke=== | ===The standard issue drafting joke=== | ||
“I hear”, you say, “that, for a disguise, | “I hear”, you say, “that, for a disguise, [[elephant]]s paint the soles of their feet yellow, and hide upside-down in custard.” <br> | ||
“Why, that’s preposterous!” she will cry.<br> | “Why, that’s preposterous!” she will cry.<br> | ||
“Aha! but have you ever ''seen'' an | “Aha! but have you ever ''seen'' an [[elephant]] hiding upside-down in custard?”<br> | ||
“No, of course not!”<br> | “No, of course not!”<br> | ||
“WELL THAT SHOWS WHAT A GOOD DISGUISE IT IS THEN.”<br>}} | “WELL THAT SHOWS WHAT A GOOD DISGUISE IT IS THEN.”<br>}} | ||
Walk proudly away. Your work is done. | Walk proudly away. Your work is done. O course, it won’t make a blind bit of difference, but you may feel better. | ||
{{C|metaphor}} | {{C|metaphor}} | ||
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One trained in the law whose principle fear is being blind-sided by the very language — English — in which she must ply her trade. When you press her why she must so persistently desecrate her calling, she will tell you this:
“My drafting may be convoluted, but it is effective: It must be, for we haven’t had any litigation on it.”
If you have the patience, this is the time to wheel out your pre-prepared joke:
The standard issue drafting joke
“I hear”, you say, “that, for a disguise, elephants paint the soles of their feet yellow, and hide upside-down in custard.”
“Why, that’s preposterous!” she will cry.
“Aha! but have you ever seen an elephant hiding upside-down in custard?”
“No, of course not!”
“WELL THAT SHOWS WHAT A GOOD DISGUISE IT IS THEN.”
Walk proudly away. Your work is done. O course, it won’t make a blind bit of difference, but you may feel better.