Blogging is quite addictive. I found this list which originated from an American columnist;

1. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be meetings.”

2. There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”

3. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

4. You should not confuse your career with your life.

5. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.

6. Never lick a steak knife.

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Two items caught my eye today. The first looked Pythonesque but is actually a true court room story;

"CLERK: Please repeat after me: "I swear by Almighty God..."

WITNESS: "I swear by Almighty God."

CLERK: "That the evidence that I give..."

WITNESS: That's right.

CLERK: Repeat it.

WITNESS: "Repeat it".

CLERK: No! Repeat what I said.

WITNESS: What you said when?

CLERK: "That the evidence that I give..."

WITNESS: "That the evidence that I give."

CLERK: "Shall be the truth and..."

WITNESS: It will, and nothing but the truth!

CLERK: Please, just repeat after me: "Shall be

Blogger John Bolch of Family Lore has come up with an American story about Corri Fetman, lawyer with a Chicago firm, who is columnist in Playboy and not only posed for photos for the magazine but also for some unusual adverts for her firm. The first features sparsely clad male and female bodies with the slogan "Life's short. Get a divorce" and the second she appears as a dominatrix with the slogan "Take control. Get a divorce."

As one commentator put it Corri Fetman has "succeeded in reducing the practice of law from an honorable profession to the level of a minimum wage drive-thru burger