The Long Island man smuggled it out of a pet store under his jacket and used credit card fraud for another aquarium acquisition, notes Lowering the Bar. When the next fish you steal/Is a dangerous eel/That’s a moray….
Posts Tagged ‘humor’
Microblog 2008-12-24
Desiderata from the web, mostly off-topic:
- How the mighty have fallen: A German solar power company offered to buy out GM’s Opel subsidiary, which survived the worst of the Great Depression, two World Wars, Nazi expropriation, allied bombing, and Soviet takeover, for a billion Euros, but GM had to front the Euros on credit. Fortunately the American government intervened, offering billions of Euros with no preconditions. The linked article, translated from French, is recommended to those who find “Engrish” funny, as well as those who want to know what Europeans think of stupid Americans, safe in the knowledge that their articles won’t be translated into Engrish;
- That was pretty long for a microblog, wasn’t it? This is shorter: The Mos Eisley Spaceport of the Blogosphere;
- A very funny web comic (a la xkcd) explaining the mortgage crisis – strong language (Via Nancy Friedman);
- Out of the mouths of babes, a Christmas parable, complete with dinosaurs;
- Disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer observes that “sunlight is the best disinfectant” (Via Above the Law);
- Money for nothing. Focus groups where participants get cash for attendance may come with a catch;
- Buy a lemon of a used car, go directly to jail, and get a tax lien from the IRS – an automotive horror story from TaxProf Blog;
- What Barack Obama isn’t telling about contacts with Rod Blagojevich.
We’ll have something of substance up later today.
“Can I take the shot? CAN I TAKE THE SHOT?”
Before your weekend begins, though this may be old news to some, I wanted to share this shocking story of waste, fraud, and abuse committed by staff at the United States Attorney’s office for the Central District of California, all on the taxpayer’s dime: Remembering The Greatest Prosecutor Practical Joke Ever.
Fortunately no one’s life, liberty, or property was lost in the perpetration of this act.
“Man With Apple Hovering In Front Of Face Sues René Magritte’s Estate”
Humor, from The AppleOnion (Nov. 27).
“Trial Lawyers for Jackpot Justice”
An attorney I worked with in Alaska has a sense of humor in this fake letter complaining about this real op-ed. (Don’t call the fake 1-800 number.)
“American Bar Association Recalls 230,000 Defective Lawyers”
It’s just a parody, from The Onion (audio, auto-play). They would never actually recall defective lawyers.
Worst footnoted fine-print disclaimer ever
From Scarlett Johansson, via ALOTT5MA. (Original link likely to expire in a few weeks.)
Lawsuit board game
It seems someone has patented one. Per its description:
This game unabashedly introduces kids to the realities of being a legal eagle, including:
* crippling law school debt;
* outrageous hourly fees;
* filling your office with expensive and intimidating leather bound books;
* product-liability cash cows;
* and the hazy definition of “emotional distress.”
(Patently Silly, Oct. 19, 2004) More: LawsuitGame.com.
Coyote v. Acme
Ian Frazier’s classic New Yorker humor piece on a product liability suit that is truly Looney Tunes (Feb. 26, 1990; at Beebo.org)(book).