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-One trained in the law, genus ''[[causidicus mediocris]]'', whose principle fear is being blind-sided by the very language — English — in which {{sex|she}} must ply her trade. When you press her why she must so persistently desecrate her calling, she will tell you this:
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-“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:
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-===The standard issue drafting joke===
-“Did you know”, 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!”<br>
-“Aha! but have you ever ''seen'' an [[elephant]] hiding upside-down in custard?”<br>
-“No, of course not!”<br>
-“SHOWS WHAT A GOOD DISGUISE IT IS.”<br>}}
-Walk proudly away. Your work is done. Of course it won’t make a blind bit of difference, but you may feel better.
-Such individuals are uniquely susceptible to [[Schwarzschild radii]].
-All lawyers are philosophers; good lawyers are just bad ones. <ref>(Bad lawyers are worse, and they have nothing on philosophers, who are terrible lawyers. The pits.)</ref>
-{{dramatis personae}}
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