Why so many lawyers?

[+ Charlie]

I understand why a board like this would attract professionals--after all, they're the ones who have the means to purchase the services of escorts, and they are accustomed to putting their thoughts and evaluations in writing. But why are so many of the regulars here self-identified lawyers, and so few educators, architects, clergymen, physicians, psychologists, journalists, scientists, etc.? Or is my impression wrong? Any ideas?

 

(By the way, this is NOT an invitation to trash lawyers, though I know some posters won't be able to resist.)

[Guest jeffOH]

>Any ideas?

 

Yeah, it just seems that way. Some lawyers have the need to point out their profession and demonstrate their superior reasoning skills at every opportunity they get. Others are genuinely helpful in offering constructive advice and apparently get their validation elsewhere in their lives.

 

My ex is a very intelligent, but duplicitous, arrogant know-it-all (great sex, though) who's in law school. He has absolutely no social skills and is very self-centered, so I'm sure he'll make an excellent attorney.

 

JEFF [email protected]

[Traveller]

This is an easy one. I thought every knew. Just as there's a separate forum that's exclusively for escorts, Hoo also set up a separate forum exclusively for lawyers. If there's a pic posted on the net of an escort with the head cropped off, or with no cock, we get the entire shot - hard cock, mug shot and all. We also get the private telephone numbers and email addresses of all escorts, as well as preference in scheduling appointments. You often wondered why an escort blew you off - now you know, a lawyer jumped in front of you.

 

Later.

 

PS. There's one caveat. Hoo insisted that anyone who passed the Arkansas bar be limited to land lines only.

[Guest Bitchboy]

Thanks for the insight. Good to know. I would NEVER want to follow a lawyer.

[Guest JT]

Why? Because it's their job to screw people! }( Plus, they can advertise here without charge. Just imagine all the potential clients here.

 

(By the way, I'm NOT trashing lawyers, though I know some posters find it hard to resist.)

 

>But why

>are so many of the regulars here self-identified lawyers, and

>so few educators, architects, clergymen, physicians,

>psychologists, journalists, scientists, etc.?

 

Yeah, why so few Hollywood actors/directors/producers, CIA/FBI agents, cops, etc.? With all these lawyers, we need more judges too! How about Judge Judy? :+

 

JT

[VaHawk]

Well, although there are some attorneys here (Flower, axe), not everyone is, so imo, your impression is not correct. I'm an IT professional, as I believe Daddy is also (duh!). If I recall correctly, others here are in the entertainment industry (jackhammer for one), elementary school teachers, college professors, health counselors, retired (trilingual for one), retired military (Chuck50 for one) and so on.

 

It may seem that there are a lot, because some of the more prolific posters are attorneys (such as axe). And this is not a put down on axe, as I certainly spout off enough, myself.

[Guest NakedTony]

This is only my opinion but lawyers, doctors, and nurses can be lumped into the same category. That group probably comprises the largest type of professionals that are constantly asked for free advice and opinions. :+

 

I've got friends in all three professions and they have almost become reclusive because they can't go to parties or socials without someone asking for free medical or legal advice.

 

I assume that the lawyers are more visible on this board because: 1) They are frequently asked for their advice; or 2) They are willing to respond to issues that can offer assistance to others. (I also feel that, in some cases, it also feeds their ego to be the "expert" poster.)

 

I don't think there is a larger group of lawyers on this board. They just are more visible than other professions (escorts excluded).

[Guest Love Bubble Butt]

VaHawk, I didn't know you were in I.T. I am also. Maybe there are more techies here than lawyers?

[+ deej]

Count me in. I'm in IT too.

[Guest alanm]

RE: What is IT?

 

I have been embeded (word has become part of my vocabulary via CNN) in my own job for so long, which is helping low income people become first time homeowners, that I have no idea what IT stands for. International Trade? Internet Tech? I just figured out HR!

[taylorky]

RE: What is IT?

 

which is helping low

>income people become first time homeowners,

 

 

 

whoa, what a cool job......the more successful you are in achieving that,the better we as a country become....and to all the lawyer bashers.....bite me.........the law is a very noble profession,next time y'all are in jail call a plummer,see how well he does......taylor@12:23-03/27/03

[VaHawk]

RE: What is IT?

 

Information Technology. We live on acronyms.

[Guest alanm]

RE: What is IT?

 

Thanks, it is a pretty cool job because no matter how bad things may be on any particular day, ultimately you get so much back from the

families --- up to about 14,000 after all these years. In fact, some of the most helpful people are lawyers who give sessions on the dangers of predatary lending (rip off sub prime refinance loans).

[Flower]

RE: What is IT?

 

>....and to all

>the lawyer bashers.....bite me.........the law is a very noble

>profession,next time y'all are in jail call a plummer,see how

>well he does......taylor@12:23-03/27/03

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] Flower loves Taylor......:*

[Twinkseeker]

For those who "dis" all lawyers...my suggestion is that the next time you have someone hit you from the rear in a car...call a plumber!!

[tedbear]

>This is only my opinion but lawyers, doctors, and nurses can

>be lumped into the same category. That group probably

>comprises the largest type of professionals that are

>constantly asked for free advice and opinions. :+

 

I bet IT people probably get asked for free advice more than any one of the above professions. Anytime anyone has a problem with their PC, they'll be quick to call a neighbor, friend-of-their-mother's-cousin, etc. for free advice. And most IT people either quickly learn to refuse or have their free time taken over.

 

I'm not in IT, but I am the "alpha geek" for my large department in a huge company. It may take the help desk a day or more to show up, but I'm just a phone call away and people fee free to ask for help. The ONLY thing I enjoy about our switch from Macs to Windoze machines is that I can say I don't know much about PC's and get away with it (even if it isn't true.) When we first switched I told my biggest abuser that I couldn't even help her figure out how to turn it off! (After all, why would anyone think that you'd go to the START button to Shut down? }(

 

I've had very casual acquantances call me at all hours wanting help with their machines including one guy who read in the paper that we had Friday afternoons off in the summer and EXPECTED me to be at his house every Friday at 1:00.

(Thank God for Caller ID!)

[Matt_Vancouver]

>We also get the private telephone numbers and email

>addresses of all escorts, as well as preference in scheduling

>appointments.

 

Traveller, you always get preference in scheduling, but it's cuz you ride cock like nobody else I know: )

 

matt(show me your legal 'briefs')

[+ deej]

>I bet IT people probably get asked for free advice more than

>any one of the above professions. Anytime anyone has a

>problem with their PC, they'll be quick to call a neighbor,

>friend-of-their-mother's-cousin, etc. for free advice. And

>most IT people either quickly learn to refuse or have their

>free time taken over.

 

I wouldn't say we get asked more often (because I don't know), but we sure get asked a lot.

 

I have friends who are doctors or lawyers, and I never ask them for professional advice. But they're sure not hesitant to ask me why their PC is crashing!

 

I'll usually trade "serious" work for a good dinner or evening on the town, or something equally pleasant. But just today my roommate was freaking because the screen on his notebook died. I dug out the monitor that I keep on hand for exactly that situation and hooked him up, and told him to visit CompUSA *tomorrow*! }(

 

There are limits in any "barter".

[Guest tcd31]

> But why

>are so many of the regulars here self-identified lawyers, and

>so few educators, architects, clergymen, physicians,

>psychologists, journalists, scientists, etc.?

 

 

From my vantage point in the low-paid book publishing field, maybe it's because lawyers make more money and have more money to spend on escorts?

 

(Just making generalizations, guys... no offense intended!)

[Traveller]

>Traveller, you always get preference in scheduling, but it's

>cuz you ride cock like nobody else I know: )

 

Matty,

 

You've flown outta nowhere - all over the place dude. Nice to have you back guy. Remember, next time you're in the City, we're doing a three-way with Kirk. I want to be the filling between two poodles. As I've told you, he's big fun - contrary to what you read here.

 

Later.

[+ Lucky]

If we have to have so many lawyers, it's nice to have at least one with a sense of humor, like Traveller. He just pretends to be a drug-addled estate lawyer when really he is a clean living FBI agent!

[duke37]

>For those who "dis" all lawyers...my suggestion is that the

>next time you have someone hit you from the rear in a

>car...call a plumber!!

 

 

I don't know about you but the first person I would call in that situation is an ambulance.

 

I like the line about the plumber but if you have a pipe broken in your basement you won't be calling a lawyer so I really don't get the analogy. It seems lawyers have an interesting public perception problem to be the butt of so many jokes.

 

I don't know if I agree with taylorky's charecterization of lawyers being part of a "noble" profession. I know there are many noble people in the legal profession but I assume the law has just as many knaves as any other human endeavour.

 

It will be tough to get a good number here but I think IT professional will end up being the most common occupation for message center poster. I am a small business owner and I really haven't seen anybody else say the same. Although I think there are probably quite a few of us that hire.

 

Jeff

[woodlawn]

This is a mighty funny thread. There's another recent thread about an escort who got busted in a sting operation and who, according to his own account, is unquestionably guilty as charged. There's a lot of talk from him and other posters in that thread about how he can wriggle out of the charge with the help of a "duplicitous" lawyer. Seems to me that a lot of people enjoy bashing lawyers for helping guilty clients escape the consequences of their crimes, but when anyone gets arrested the first thing he thinks of is how he can get a lawyer to help him do the exact same thing. Sure is funny.

 

[Guest jeffOH]

>Seems to me that a lot of

>people enjoy bashing lawyers for helping guilty clients escape

>the consequences of their crimes

 

Yes, when there's an actual victim of the "crime".

 

>but when anyone gets

>arrested the first thing he thinks of is how he can get a

>lawyer to help him do the exact same thing.

 

My requests for advice were to help me to better understand the charge and what would be the best route to go. After researching the ordinance in question, a similar ordinance in Columbus, the Ohio Revised Code ordinance that allowed for local governments to establish their own rules regarding "massage" and discussing it with the PD friend, I realized that the charge was legitimate.

 

My "bashing" was specifically regarding certain posters who feel the need to point out that they are attorneys in every other post and in my reference to my now ex-boyfriend who loves to argue about the most inconsequential things and tries to apply his "lawyer logic" to whatever the issue is at hand.

 

I don't believe that being an attorney is any more "noble" a profession than being a prostitute. We all serve a vital function in this world. Some people think that SIMPLY because passed the bar or because they got their medical degree they should automatically be given more respect or consideration. I think that's the ego looking for some sort of validation.

 

>Sure is funny.

 

It sure is funny, especially the responses to this thread by people who are normally the ones "baiting the hook". Hilarious stuff, thanks for making my day!

 

JEFF [email protected]

[Guest DickHo]

You can add IT to that group too. I'm in IT and everyone is always asking me for advise on computers or asking me why something doesn't work.