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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:35 am Post subject: your honour |
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Q: What do you call a lawyer with an I. Q. of 50?
A: Your honor.
I know that " your honour" is a judge but does it anything else other than that?
or it is *your honour* to find someone stupid?
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bud
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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| It's your first thought. The joke implies that the stupidest lawyers are the ones who become judges. |
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missdaredevil
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| bud wrote: |
| It's your first thought. |
Why was that my first thought? and still I don't understand that joke.
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bud
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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Because you said, "I know that 'your honour' is a judge."
Does Taiwan use I.Q. tests? It's a measure of intelligence, and a score of 50 rates as severely mentally handicapped. In the U.S., and probably elsewhere, it is common to make jokes about lawyers. Usually, lawyers are the ones who become judges... This joke switches the focus to judges (not lawyers). It is saying that the most stupid of the lawyers are the ones who become judges. It is a funny way to say that judges are jerks.
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missdaredevil
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject: b |
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| Thank you for such a clear explanation |
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bud
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| Thank you! |
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