Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for December 27, 2013
December 26, 2013
January 02, 2014
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Harvey Richards Lawyer for Children 1-800-KKidLaw The Extra "K" is for Extra Kounsel Harvey: ...so I ask him to send me a retainer, and the brat mails me THIS slobbery thing! Secretary: Mr. Richards, Joey Kirk is on line 2. Trouble at the Elm Playground. Harvey: Tell him I'll be right there! Harvey: What's the problem, Joey? Joey: I found this cool old truck behind that fence! Joey: But Larry O'Neil says it's HIS! He's just a big, fat LIAR! Harvey: Ordinarily, I'd say that even if the truck WAS his, under the "FINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERS" doctrine, it's now lawfully yours! Joey: Right! It's an open-and-shut case! Harvey: But in this case, I advise you to HAND THE TRUCK OVER TO HIM! Joey: WHAT? Harvey: Look at him, Joey! He's a BRUTE! He'll pound you into PULP! Harvey: A lawyer must consider not only LEGAL factors, but PRACTICAL ones as well...and I'd say you'd better give that truck to Larry NOW! Joey: THAT'S NOT FAIR! Harvey: Need I cite the classic doctrine, "LIFE'S not fair!" I'll send you my bill --
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edclectic almost 11 years ago
You can’t always get what you want…
carlosrivers almost 11 years ago
but if you try sometime………a lawyer will get it for you
wjstuhr almost 11 years ago
He should learn at an early age that there is no justice in the justice system….
kapock almost 11 years ago
Larry = Wall StreetJoey = average AmericanHarvey = U.S. governmentHarvey’s secretary = LIBOR
seablood almost 11 years ago
but it actually WAS Larry’s truck !
ChessPirate almost 11 years ago
But Harvey, you didn’t even try citing the “I’ll tell my mommy” Doctrine!
jpozenel almost 11 years ago
I’m not sure what that “slobbery thing” is, but I wouldn’t be handling it like that.
kapock almost 11 years ago
@steverino
The truck is actually just a cool, old truck. That one’s tricky.
However:
Slobbery retainer = Obama
tobybartels almost 11 years ago
Following kapock’s analogy, I’d think that the obvious choice is truck = money (or maybe other assets such as housing).
leemartinlee almost 11 years ago
jtpozenel, that thing is a kid’s retainer, part of the gear for straightening crooked teeth. And the lawyer was dumb enough not to specify just what kind of retainer he meant. Great gag!