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Turk wrote:Felt like bragging a bit - today is the 25th wedding anniversary for me and Mrs. Turk. <Insert Henny Youngman joke, Princess Bride quote, or "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" excerpt here.> I've also gotten mileage out of the fact we were married on Halloween weekend. (pretty good discounts too!)

After further consideration, I think I'll go with this...
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/john+prine ... 26698.html

Inconceivable!

Hearty congrats and best wishes for another 25 more (at least)!

Sitting in court with Part-Time Cliff. His defendant is trying to defend herself from assault on a police officer because she has "grandma" seizures.

Turk wrote:Felt like bragging a bit - today is the 25th wedding anniversary for me and Mrs. Turk. <Insert Henny Youngman joke, Princess Bride quote, or "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" excerpt here.> I've also gotten mileage out of the fact we were married on Halloween weekend. (pretty good discounts too!)

After further consideration, I think I'll go with this...
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/john+prine ... 26698.html

Inconceivable!

Congratulations!!!!

DukieInKansas wrote:Some of you may have seen this on Sportscenter Top 10 one day last week. This is one of the youth from my church. I just had to share it: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschoo ... 01264.html

That's really great. Keep up the good work guys!!

Best part of working from home...Thursday lunch time Yoga class.

lawgrad91 wrote:Sitting in court with Part-Time Cliff. His defendant is trying to defend herself from assault on a police officer because she has "grandma" seizures.

What are "grandma" seizures?

CathyCA wrote:

lawgrad91 wrote:Sitting in court with Part-Time Cliff. His defendant is trying to defend herself from assault on a police officer because she has "grandma" seizures.

What are "grandma" seizures?

Whew, thanks for asking CathyCA, I am a grandma and don't think I've ever had a "grandma seizure"!

Would that be "grand mal" seizure?

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/grand- ... re/DS00222

One time in high school a bunch of us were asked to volunteer for a fundraiser to benefit an epilepsy foundation. It consisted of standing on a bunch of streetcorners in Pittsburgh begging for change and handing out flyers. (but hey, we didn't have to sit through Trig, and we also got to go with the girl's high school a few blocks away!) We asked, "Would you like to donate to epilepsy research?" One guy replied, "Sure, since I'm an epileptic." I was so ashamed I felt like I wanted to crawl under the sidewalk...

IowaDevil wrote:

CathyCA wrote:

lawgrad91 wrote:Sitting in court with Part-Time Cliff. His defendant is trying to defend herself from assault on a police officer because she has "grandma" seizures.

What are "grandma" seizures?

Whew, thanks for asking CathyCA, I am a grandma and don't think I've ever had a "grandma seizure"!

Love, Grandma Ima

CathyCA wrote:

lawgrad91 wrote:Sitting in court with Part-Time Cliff. His defendant is trying to defend herself from assault on a police officer because she has "grandma" seizures.

What are "grandma" seizures?

Grand mal seizures.

My BFF had epilepsy until part of her brain got removed, about 15 years ago. I'm VERY familiar with seizures. If that woman has seizures I will eat my office computer.

lawgrad91 wrote:

CathyCA wrote:

lawgrad91 wrote:Sitting in court with Part-Time Cliff. His defendant is trying to defend herself from assault on a police officer because she has "grandma" seizures.

What are "grandma" seizures?

Grand mal seizures.

My BFF had epilepsy until part of her brain got removed, about 15 years ago. I'm VERY familiar with seizures. If that woman has seizures I will eat my office computer.

I think this defendant has the makings of a funny chapter in your book.

Just want to thank you all for the vibes, prayers and hugs for my friend's daughter who was in the helicopter crash. She is out of intensive care, up with a lot of assistance, a walker and a very uncomfortable looking brace but smiling and moving. She is looking forward to being able to go home in the near future to finish recuperating! Vibes always work! Every one of you are the BEST!

Seen on neighbor's business truck:

Emergency Restoration

24/7 Emergency fire, water, wind and mold

WTH?

Since when did mold become a 24/7 emergency???

IowaDevil wrote:Just want to thank you all for the vibes, prayers and hugs for my friend's daughter who was in the helicopter crash. She is out of intensive care, up with a lot of assistance, a walker and a very uncomfortable looking brace but smiling and moving. She is looking forward to being able to go home in the near future to finish recuperating! Vibes always work! Every one of you are the BEST!

I hope she continues to improve.

devildeac wrote:Seen on neighbor's business truck:

Emergency Restoration

24/7 Emergency fire, water, wind and mold

WTH?

Since when did mold become a 24/7 emergency???

If you're breathing in the mold spores, it is! But I can prevent that. www.eglew.com

For when I write "THE BOOK:"

One of my clients came in to my office today and told me that he had taken a class in business law over at the local college. He told me that his professor used to be a lawyer, but that she wasn't just a regular lawyer.

"What do you mean?" I asked, thinking that perhaps she had an S.J.D.

"She's got a juris doctorate degree. You know, a J.D. after her name."

I very quietly responded, "All lawyers have the J.D. It's required."

"Oh."

I cannot make this stuff up.

Another vignette for "THE BOOK:"

My client this afternoon showed me a cell phone picture of her little girl in her Halloween costume. "Look! She's Snow White!"

And there was her little girl, just as brown as she could be, in a Disney Snow White costume. She was precious.

I'm trying not to overthink this thing, but I did think about it a lot this afternoon.

Not sure where to file this, but the young Turk males and their friends are apparently watching too much rural-based reality TV judging from the latest adolescent slang. Pretty funny for suburban Philly white boys, unless you happen to be caught in the middle of it...

Examples:

"Did you see my bookbag anywhere?"
"Yeah dude, it's over yonder by the door."

"Hey, would you mind bringing my phone hither?"
"No prob." (whips cell phone at brother's head; dad intervenes by distributing generous amounts of dope slaps to both participants)

<sigh>

(I am NOT going to tell them that in some circles, you can use the abbreviation "OY")

CathyCA wrote:For when I write "THE BOOK:"

One of my clients came in to my office today and told me that he had taken a class in business law over at the local college. He told me that his professor used to be a lawyer, but that she wasn't just a regular lawyer.

"What do you mean?" I asked, thinking that perhaps she had an S.J.D.

"She's got a juris doctorate degree. You know, a J.D. after her name."

I very quietly responded, "All lawyers have the J.D. It's required."

"Oh."

I cannot make this stuff up.

Wow, so she's like a real lawyer and everything, right? ;)

My colleague Wile E. Coyote lectured today in the course I'm involved in. It struck me, in the middle of his lecture, that he sounds like he learned to speak English by listening to Cartman on South Park. I mentioned this to MacGyver later. He cracked up and said he will never be able to keep a straight face from here on out while having a conversation with Wile E. Coyote. In other words, he agreed with me.