LawTalkers - Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Wait, THIS is the Bilmore of the day. SOrry RP, I gave it some thought and yours was not quite as corny and bilmore in fifteen years esque, plus it didnt have the extra bonus credit of flaming a poster.

hand the Golden Benny to Burger.

I apologize folks. THis has been an unprecendented day for would be Bilmores.

Shut up, wackadoo.

TM

leagleaze

09-23-2003 05:32 PM

Blindness

Quote:

Originally posted by NotFromHere

So here's the question...ever just walk out on a job? Say fuck it I'm out of here?

Yes, when I was a kid and working at some corner store. I got fed up for a variety of reasons, found the owner, said I quit, and left.

Penske_Account

09-23-2003 05:34 PM

Strange Poll

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Shut up, wackadoo.

TM

Translation: I wish I was witty enough to win a Bilmore of the Day award but unfortunately listening to profane and misogynist rap music has destroyed my creative abilities.

TexLex

09-23-2003 05:42 PM

Poll: walking out

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So here's the question...ever just walk out on a job? Say fuck it I'm out of here?
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Essentially, yes. I was told to sign an agreement stating that if I didn't do everything exactly when where and how the partner wanted that I agreed that I was resigning immediately and that I agreed to forfeit all vacation time, etc. (nice, huh?). I told him I refused to sign and he said that by refusing to sign I was agreeing to quit. I said no, you're firing me (gotta keep those unemployment benefits in mind whan you've got nothing else lined up!). It was about then that I was escorted out of the building. No regrets here.

I have a good friend who worked all weekend getting his files in order with accompanying memos and a letter of resignation. He walked out on Sunday and never looked back. It didn't hurt his career at all.

-TL

Bad_Rich_Chic

09-23-2003 05:45 PM

Random non-reality TV (Angel)

So, Angel premiers next Wednesday, with little or no advertising that I've seen, and James Marsters now apparently gets higher billing than Alexis Denisof.

And Harmony is going to be in 17 episodes???

leagleaze

09-23-2003 05:46 PM

Random non-reality TV (Angel)

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Talking about Angel the tv show

I know, it doesn't look too good does it? Here's hoping they surprise us.

Bad_Rich_Chic

09-23-2003 05:47 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by TexLex
I was told to sign an agreement stating that if I didn't do everything exactly when where and how the partner wanted that I agreed that I was resigning immediately and that I agreed to forfeit all vacation time, etc. (nice, huh?). I told him I refused to sign and he said that by refusing to sign I was agreeing to quit. I said no, you're firing me (gotta keep those unemployment benefits in mind whan you've got nothing else lined up!). It was about then that I was escorted out of the building.

That is extremely fucked up.

Bad_Rich_Chic

09-23-2003 05:57 PM

Random non-reality TV (Angel)

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Originally posted by leagleaze
I know, it doesn't look too good does it? Here's hoping they surprise us.

I am hopeful that a Spike detached from Buffy won't suck. He was a pretty entertaining character once, before he got a soooouuuull and his scripts were reduced to an angstey "good God, gull" every third line. James Marsters is excellent at snark, and hopefully will simultaneously mock angel's hair and Boranaz's acting. But I would be way pissed if I was Denisof. And Harmony just pisses me off, she never had enough snap to do that princess-bitch schtick as well as Cordelia.

TexLex

09-23-2003 05:58 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
That is extremely fucked up.

He had just had someone successfully claim unemployment and was trying to figure out how to get rid of me without firing me - greedy little pig. My replacement cost much more than I had been getting (not hard since I was making peanuts) and also cost the firm a large malpractice settlement shortly thereafter. Sometimes what comes around does go back around.

I got some great experience there, but completely lost faith in employers. In large part, that's why I no longer have one - and so far it's working out well.

-TL

ThurgreedMarshall

09-23-2003 05:58 PM

We're all next on Paigow's ignore list

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
[Back and forth, back and forth ending with "so I'm not even certain your original hypothesis holds any fucking water.

I finally see fringey and SD as they really are.

http://www.infoaomori.ne.jp/~sinohara/images4/vinny.jpg

SD: Now tell me, does my position hold watah!

ltl: No! Your position is wrongue!

Thurgreed(although ltl wishes she looked like Marisa Tomei)Marshall

leagleaze

09-23-2003 05:59 PM

Random non-reality TV (Angel)

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Buffy stuff

No doubt, if Buffy had said, but he's different now, he's god a souuuuul one more time, I might have become Texan and shot my television set.

He was a great bad guy though and a decent half bad guy for a time.

The only time I ever liked Harmony is when she attacked Spike.

robustpuppy

09-23-2003 06:00 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
That is extremely fucked up.

And I thought my story about triumphantly quitting the fast food joint before Barry the Assistant Manager could write me up for giving another employee a soda when she was off duty (nb: sodas were free for on duty employees) was dramatic. That's my only triumphant quitting story.

Edited to query whether the phrase "I think you have an attitude problem" was coined by a fast food assistant manager.

And further to remove a hyphen (hi, Atticus!).

ThurgreedMarshall

09-23-2003 06:05 PM

Strange Poll

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
And I'm worried about the IT people. TM, what exactly is your firm's internet use policy? Because I would not dare to visit the sites you do in your quest for humorous pics. In fact, I just clicked off the show images toggle. For those of you who don't show links instead of images, just right click and select properties. You'll be amused by this one.

Straight Google. I saw the web address, but got there through google, so it's not like I was surfing gay sites. Either way, I don't really give a shit.

TM

Bad_Rich_Chic

09-23-2003 06:06 PM

Random non-reality TV (Angel)

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Originally posted by leagleaze
More commisserating about the recent insipid moaning on Buffy.

I keep waiting for the revisionists to swing back and defend the last season of Buffy, the way they tried to restore credibility to the Initiative season (with some success). I just don't see it happening.

Shape Shifter

09-23-2003 06:08 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
And I thought my story about triumphantly quitting the fast food joint before Barry the Assistant Manager could write me up for giving another employee a soda when she was off duty (nb: sodas were free for on duty employees) was dramatic. That's my only triumphant quitting story.

Edited to query whether the phrase "I think you have an attitude problem" was coined by a fast food assistant manager.

And further to remove a hyphen (hi, Atticus!).

I had a similar experience. No wonder my career is in the toilet. Fuck those assistant managers and their Permanent Records.

I am pleased to read that you got your hyphen removed.

Replaced_Texan

09-23-2003 06:08 PM

Random non-reality TV (Angel)

Quote:

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I am hopeful that a Spike detached from Buffy won't suck. He was a pretty entertaining character once, before he got a soooouuuull and his scripts were reduced to an angstey "good God, gull" every third line. James Marsters is excellent at snark, and hopefully will simultaneously mock angel's hair and Boranaz's acting. But I would be way pissed if I was Denisof. And Harmony just pisses me off, she never had enough snap to do that princess-bitch schtick as well as Cordelia.

The greatest moment ever in either series was the opening monologue that Spike did on his only appearance on Angel. I am hopeful that is what we will get with Spike on the show.

Fugee

09-23-2003 06:08 PM

Strange sights & Sebby Advice

The strangest thing I've seen is only strange in the context that I was at the time still pretty sheltered. I was out and about during the Gay Pride parade the first year I was in NYC I stopped to watch for a bit and saw this guy wearing platform silver boots, a long silver lame cape and a hot pink cock sock (I'm sure there is a technical name) and not another stitch of clothing. If I hadn't realized before, I figured out I wasn't in Kansas anymore.

A very strange thing I *didn't* see happened in my family. My grandma died in Montana and wanted to be buried in Minnesota. The family had the $$ to ship her body the normal way but one uncle decided he really wanted to be the one to bring grandma home (I never claimed the Fugee family wasn't a tad odd but this is a non-wingnut uncle so you can't blame it on that). So he loaded the coffin in the back of his pickup and tied it down with a tarp (the coffin was a little too long for the truck bed so it was propped up over the tailgate). It was hunting season in Montana and hunters were required to stop certain places so the game warden could check their licences. My uncle saw the signs but he hadn't been hunting so he sped on past. The sheriff was the truck go by with a large tarp covered object and gave pursuit. I like to think of the sheriff's face when my uncle pulled back the tarp to show him the coffin.

Sebby, I sure hope you are working on your exit plan because you are beyond burned out on law. You need to find something that will make you excited to go to work in the morning -- or at the very least something you don't hate as much as you seem to hate being a lawyer. Life is too short to be so miserable.

Atticus Grinch

09-23-2003 06:09 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
That is extremely fucked up.

Communist.

WRT "Angel," I'm just glad they're bringing back the lab dude who was the smartass psych major from the "Conversations with Dead People" episode of Buffy. "I'm here to kill you, not judge you." That dude rox.

Penske_Account

09-23-2003 06:09 PM

Strange Poll

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Straight Google. I saw the web address, but got there through google, so it's not like I was surfing gay sites. Either way, I don't really give a shit.

TM

Translation: My mamma got me a subscription to that site for my birthday and I didn't have the heart to tell her that I like my men clean shaven (read: like Slave), nttawwt.

notcasesensitive

09-23-2003 06:10 PM

Poll: walking out

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You still beat me. My only quitting story is that I quit selling some product (don't remember what now) door-to-door after a day and a half because I couldn't stand intruding on people in their homes and I hated selling. It was for some charity too, but it did not mean enough for me to stick around. And fuck if no one warned me that lawyers are expected to be salespeople too. Crap.

Theres and Thats

09-23-2003 06:10 PM

Poll: walking out

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I now feel like you are stalking yourself. More like a kitty than a puppy. Is my work done here?

robustpuppy

09-23-2003 06:12 PM

Strange sights & Sebby Advice

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Originally posted by Fugee
hot pink cock sock

I just liked this phrase and thought it bore repeating.

Now, if this sock were not hot pink in color but rather were limited in purpose to covering hot pink c--ks, how would you hyphenate it?

Hot pink-cock sock? What if it were not covering c--ks that were hot pink, but c--ks that were hot and pink (this is of course, more likely)? Hot-pink-c--k sock?

Hi, IT!!

Bad_Rich_Chic

09-23-2003 06:13 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
WRT "Angel," I'm just glad they're bringing back the lab dude who was the smartass psych major from the "Conversations with Dead People" episode of Buffy. "I'm here to kill you, not judge you." That dude rox.

Oh, that guy is coming back? Cool, he rocked.

Jack Manfred

09-23-2003 06:18 PM

Strange Poll

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I saw 200 cowboys line dancing to Don't Cry For Me Argentina, the Madonna version, at a gay rodeo in a Maryland fairground in 1999.

Did they eat pudding before or after the song and dance routine?

Atticus Grinch

09-23-2003 06:23 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Oh, that guy is coming back? Cool, he rocked.

Just to be clear, he's not coming back as the psych major character --- he's just on the Joss Whedon Permanent Employment Plan (i.e., if you're killed or your series gets cancelled, there's always a place for you here at Mutant Enemy).

His character is named Knox. I call bullshit. There is no one in L.A. named Knox. Irregardless, he'll be doing the buttlove with Fred soon enough.

A quick point about L.A.'s unique status as the armpit of America: The name of every major American city can be used to add cache to a cheap-ass chain restaurant.

Column A:
San Francisco
Boston
New York
Miami
Chicago
Tulsa

Column B:
Bagel
Soup
Cookie
Pretzel
Hot Dog
Churro

Take any city from column A and add it to any food item in column B, add "Company" to the end --- bingo! You have a brand. It works no matter which cities are in Column A, except "Los Angeles." Try it. Adding "Los Angeles" to any cheap-ass chain restaurant name actually manages to cheapen it.

I came up with this myself.

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand

09-23-2003 06:26 PM

Poll: walking out

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It is indeed triumphant, but not quite this triumphant...

From 'Fast Times', the scene at All-American Burger where a customer confronts Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold) about getting his money back for his breakfast:

Customer: It says one hundred percent guaranteed, you moron!

Brad Hamilton: Mister, if you don't shut up I'm gonna kick one hundred percent of your ass!

Bonus 'Fast Times' trivia: This young 'Fast Times' star won a Tony Award in 1981, but was not one of the many young actors to go on to megastardom after the movie...

ANSWER: Brian Backer, who played Mark "Rat" Ratner, the movie usher, won the Best Featured Actor Tony Award in 1981...

Flinty_McFlint

09-23-2003 06:27 PM

We're all next on Paigow's ignore list

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Exactly, you fucking moron. Tenancy by entireties is STATE LAW. Some states have it, some states don't. Some states allow for partition, some don't.

And we were never limited to merely discussing Federal law here. You were forced to argue in that context becuase the cite you provided was irrelevant to my point.

My point, in case you haven't forgot, is that no ordinary (not fed tax lien holding) judgment creditor is going to punch through a tenancy by entireties. You've cited nothing to the contrary expect a wholly inapplicable case involving exclusively tax liens. To suggest that you reasonably assumed that in my initial statement where I said I was judgment proof, I was referring to Federal tax liens would strain credulity. You brought a tax lien argument to a standard judgment creditor v. tenancy by entireties argument. That sort of argument, my dear, is alawys politely dimissed as "misplaced."

Oh, and by the way, honey, I've used t by e with success against fed forfeiture claims, so I'm not even certain your original hypothesis holds any fucking water. Stay in the library and leave the arguments to those who've actually made them before.

Whosawhatits? Huh?

Just when I thought I was starting to catch the hang of the FB (paigow not classy, TF no anal, TM not the Man, Penske no sock NTTAWWT, etc.) you all start talking in different languages again.

Shit.

Did you just call me Coltrane?

09-23-2003 06:27 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by robustpuppy

Edited to query whether the phrase "I think you have an attitude problem" was coined by a fast food assistant manager.

It reminds me of "Fast Times", which reminds me that "Fast Times" was on Encore last night, which reminded me that Phoebe Cates' TITS are phenomenal. Like the description in "Weird Science" phenomenal.

ltl/fb

09-23-2003 06:28 PM

Strange Poll

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Originally posted by bilmore
Actually, it was an end-around way to find out what kind of resources provide authority in ltl's field.

It's pretty much alien to my practice history, and you never know when you might want to know something like that.

Did official announcements and policies of the EEOC meet your standards? Or are those liberally biased sources?

taxwonk

09-23-2003 06:29 PM

We're all next on Paigow's ignore list

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

http://www.infoaomori.ne.jp/~sinohara/images4/vinny.jpg

ltl wishes she looked like Marisa Tomei

She'd settle for looking like Joe Pesci

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand

09-23-2003 06:32 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
It reminds me of "Fast Times", which reminds me that "Fast Times" was on Encore last night, which reminded me that Phoebe Cates' TITS are phenomenal. Like the description in "Weird Science" phenomenal.

Ahem. Fast Times is my territory, Coltrane (see above). But Phoebe Cates' TITS! are universal...

Phoebe Cates and her husband Kevin Kline are quite a couple. He's got the Oscar, she's got, well, those...

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

09-23-2003 06:32 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch

Take any city from column A and add it to any food item in column B, add "Company" to the end --- bingo! You have a brand. It works no matter which cities are in Column A, except "Los Angeles." Try it. Adding "Los Angeles" to any cheap-ass chain restaurant name actually manages to cheapen it.

I came up with this myself.

Yes, the Boston Churro Company is already a smashing success in the nation's capital. The name just screams authenticity.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

09-23-2003 06:35 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand

Bonus 'Fast Times' trivia: This young 'Fast Times' star won a Tony Award in 1981, but was not one of the many young actors to go on to megastardom after the movie...
.

I haven't seen the name Nicolas Coppola show up in the credits for too many movies either, although his was a bit role.

taxwonk

09-23-2003 06:35 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Irregardless

???????????

Tell me I'm hallucinating again.

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand

09-23-2003 06:36 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I haven't seen the name Nicolas Coppola show up in the credits for too many movies either, although his was a bit role.

Nice. He decided to stop trading on the family name...

ltl/fb

09-23-2003 06:38 PM

We're all next on Paigow's ignore list

Quote:

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I finally see fringey and SD as they really are.

http://www.infoaomori.ne.jp/~sinohara/images4/vinny.jpg

SD: Now tell me, does my position hold watah!

ltl: No! Your position is wrongue!

Thurgreed(although ltl wishes she looked like Marisa Tomei)Marshall

If only you had left out the parenthetical, I might have loved you for a day.

Also, in no way shape or form do I talk like a fucking NYer. Bite your tongue (or your fingers).

taxwonk

09-23-2003 06:38 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
But Phoebe Cates' TITS! are universal...

And she was disarmingly vulnerable and cute in Drop Dead Fred.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

09-23-2003 06:38 PM

Poll: walking out

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Yes, the Boston Churro Company is already a smashing success in the nation's capital. The name just screams authenticity.

You don't like Molasses in your refried beans?

Molasses Disaster Link (nothing titilating here)

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