Floyd Eye
Well-known member
Word.
TGP has a joke thread going. Lets do our raunchy NSF TGP version
70 Mach 1
Well-known member
Then people bitch and moan why insurance premiums keep increasing.
Dial 1 800 10,000,00 commercials and billboards all day long.
They know sooner or later right or wrong the insurance companies cant afford to fight it any longer and settle
Dial 1 800 10,000,00 commercials and billboards all day long.
They know sooner or later right or wrong the insurance companies cant afford to fight it any longer and settle
Floyd Eye
Well-known member
Insurance companies are all owned by banks now. They can afford it. Every insurance policy I have either doubled or tripled in the last 8 years.
If congress was interested in making life better for average citizens they would do something about insurance companies and utility companies.
70 Mach 1
Well-known member
I been in the business for 40 yrs.
It gets to a point where it doesn't pay to litigate it any longer. Its cheaper to settle
Add in professional law suit people who look for any defect to sue. Always the same people claiming injuries. Then crooked lawyers who take the cases.
Rates have quadrupled nationwide the last 5 yrs
On the property side the good states are paying for the disaster states like the CA and HI fires.
Hurricanes down south. Tornados in the plains.
It all contributes to excessive premiums
Floyd Eye
Well-known member
The company I work for is self insured. They settle cases they would win easily. Because of legal fees. Even though there is a whole floor of lawyers in their downtown headquarters.
311boogieman
Well-known member
A man and a woman who have never met before find themselves in
the same sleeping carriage of a train. After the initial
embarrassment, they both manage to get to sleep, the woman on the
top bunk, the man on the lower. In the middle of the night, the
woman leans over and says, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm
awfully cold and I was wondering if you could possibly pass me
another blanket."
The man leans out and, with a glint in his eye, says, "I've got a
better idea....let's pretend we're married."
"Why not," giggles the woman.
"Good", he replies. "Get your own damn blanket."
the same sleeping carriage of a train. After the initial
embarrassment, they both manage to get to sleep, the woman on the
top bunk, the man on the lower. In the middle of the night, the
woman leans over and says, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm
awfully cold and I was wondering if you could possibly pass me
another blanket."
The man leans out and, with a glint in his eye, says, "I've got a
better idea....let's pretend we're married."
"Why not," giggles the woman.
"Good", he replies. "Get your own damn blanket."
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
All well-and-good to say this and most would prolly agree... until you actually need one, at which time you'd be grateful they exist.
Kinda like many things - you can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em. IMHO
Floyd Eye
Well-known member
I have one on retainer, but let's just say the retainer is lenient. He fucking owes me big time and he knows it. He used to be a county prosecutor here, which is handy as fuck. He's a shyster. Pitbull, but a shyster.All well-and-good to say this and most would prolly agree... until you actually need one, at which time you'd be grateful they exist.
Kinda like many things - you can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em. IMHO
NoHassle
Well-known member
Actually not true...You can represent yourself as you're aware.All well-and-good to say this and most would prolly agree... until you actually need one, at which time you'd be grateful they exist.
Kinda like many things - you can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em. IMHO
If being processed by Westminster law, which I believe Australia is ruled by, barristers and QCs tell all their clients (as trained to do) as they literally enter an open court that they're now at the mercy of the court which means the judge. Case law is 99% applied regardless of your representation. Precedents created by a lawyer, barrister or QC rarely if ever happen so again, your representation doesn't really matter. Courts are a process farm by design but you're not told this directly by any of them.
MadAsAHatter
Well-known member
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Of course.
I said, "... until you actually need one, at which time you'd be grateful they exist".
There's a myriad reasons why an individual or company / organisation might decide it needs one.
Floyd Eye
Well-known member
The legal system is set up to where you pretty much need one period. A man who represents himself has a fool for a client isn't just a catchy jingle.Of course.
I said, "... until you actually need one, at which time you'd be grateful they exist".
There's a myriad reasons why an individual or company / organisation might decide it needs one.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Agreed.
Most wouldn't possess the competence or confidence to represent themselves. Easily-done in a movie but RL is a different story.
Most wouldn't possess the competence or confidence to represent themselves. Easily-done in a movie but RL is a different story.
311boogieman
Well-known member
A businessman boards a flight and is lucky enough to be
seated next to an absolutely gorgeous woman.. They
exchange brief hellos and he notices she is reading a
manual about sexual statistics. He asks her about it
and she replies, "This is a very interesting book about
sexual statistics. It identifies that American Indians
have the longest average penis and Polish men have the
biggest average diameter. By the way, my name is Jill.
What's yours?" He coolly replies,
"Tonto Kawalski, nice to meet you."
seated next to an absolutely gorgeous woman.. They
exchange brief hellos and he notices she is reading a
manual about sexual statistics. He asks her about it
and she replies, "This is a very interesting book about
sexual statistics. It identifies that American Indians
have the longest average penis and Polish men have the
biggest average diameter. By the way, my name is Jill.
What's yours?" He coolly replies,
"Tonto Kawalski, nice to meet you."
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
I'm guessing that that joke is a derivative of the old original about the dude who meets a hot chick on a bus.
She said she liked Jewish cowboys so he replied, "Bucky Goldstein. Pleased to meet you."
She said she liked Jewish cowboys so he replied, "Bucky Goldstein. Pleased to meet you."
70 Mach 1
Well-known member
id represent myself if i were guilty of something with overwhelming evidence against me.
Im getting 20 yrs anyway, why waste the $$$ on a defense
Im getting 20 yrs anyway, why waste the $$$ on a defense
311boogieman
Well-known member
The boss had to lay off somebody, and he narrowed it down to one of
two people, Debra or Jack. It was an impossible decision because they
were both super workers. Rather than flip a coin, he decided he would
fire the first one who used the water cooler the next morning.
Debra came in the next morning with a horrible hangover after partying
all night. She went to the cooler to take an aspirin. The boss
approached her and said, "Debra, I've never done this before but I
have to lay you or Jack off."
Could you jack off?" she says. "I feel like shit."
two people, Debra or Jack. It was an impossible decision because they
were both super workers. Rather than flip a coin, he decided he would
fire the first one who used the water cooler the next morning.
Debra came in the next morning with a horrible hangover after partying
all night. She went to the cooler to take an aspirin. The boss
approached her and said, "Debra, I've never done this before but I
have to lay you or Jack off."
Could you jack off?" she says. "I feel like shit."
J
JDs Couch
Well-known member
Floyd Eye
Well-known member
Not likely since it doesn't have an A string. Not really a joke either. More of another retarded Trump meme.
311boogieman
Well-known member
There once was a boy named Dan
He lived by the river in a van
He couldn't play guitar
Because the electrical box was too far
So he found a good sized stump
And started pumping Trump
It was only a matter of minutes
And he realized he was finished
The emasculated had ejaculated
He lived by the river in a van
He couldn't play guitar
Because the electrical box was too far
So he found a good sized stump
And started pumping Trump
It was only a matter of minutes
And he realized he was finished
The emasculated had ejaculated
