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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Really?
First problem with drinking with lawyers: disproportionately a bunch of urban white dudes with urban white dude stories. If you go drinking with a group of politicians, especially Democratic ones, you'll get a mix of religions, races, and these days even genders. If you go drinking with entrepreneurs, they'll come from all over the world. I mean, lawyers are better than corporate middle management, but....
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Each profession has its own Esperanto; a language known only to the initiated. Having that common ground I think allows for a rapport.
Doctors? Engineers? Come on. Dull. Teachers can be hilarious.
The only people I enjoy drinking with as much as lawyers are soldiers. In my neck of the woods, within shouting distance of the Pentagon, many are my neighbors. About every third or fourth house near me has a soldier, sailor, airman, or vet. Most have views which are, to put it mildly, rather different from mine. But I can speak their particular Esperanto as a result of putting in two years as a draftee.
