Posted on 12/01/2021 8:38:54 PM PST by algore
“In fifteen years of marriage, I never won an argument,” said Harvey Stiles, referring to Sheila Watson, his lawyer/wife. “I thought ‘Well, that’s exactly what I want in a lawyer. So I hired her!
“Besides, lawyers cost about four hundred dollars an hour. I’m just paying her the money she’s probably going to eventually get anyway.”
Ben Finagle, a legal scholar, said that while this arrangement was unprecedented, it was actually brilliant.
“There’s an old expression, ‘Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.’ Well, in a divorce, the ‘ex’ is the enemy, so what’s closer than hiring her to represent you in court?”
SHE’S CONFIDENT SHE’LL WIN
Watson said she was eager to be involved in the case, one way or the other.
“I’m not one for sitting on the sidelines. I was going to represent myself, but there’s that old adage, ‘A person who represents herself has a fool for a client,’ and I’m no fool. So when Harvey asked me to be his lawyer, I immediately agreed.
“Frankly, it’s the first smart thing Harvey’s done since he asked me to marry him.”
Still, Watson acknowledged that it placed her in a challenging position.
“As Harvey’s attorney, part of my job is to hide and protect his assets. But as his estranged spouse, now I know where everything is, which makes MY lawyer’s job easier.”
Stiles admitted he had another ulterior motive for hiring his wife. “At home, Sheila never let me get a word in edgewise.
As my lawyer, she has to listen to my side of the story. Maybe she’ll even end up sympathizing with me, and we can stay together.”
But Watson says that if Stiles thinks that’s going to happen, he’s dreaming.
“Harvey’s okay as a client. As a husband, he’s, to use a legal term, ‘objectionable.’
I’m glad to see that the “Weekly World News” is still at it!
He’s either a genius or certified madman. Probably both.
Seems like an amicable divorce, to me.
Instead of the cartoon “Spy versus Spy”, we now have “Lawyer versus Lawyer”, the latest episode of “All in the Family”!
What could possibly go wrong?
I had to look and see if it was the Babylon Bee. 😀🙃
Amusing, but probably fiction.
Well, he was stupid enough to marry her...
Weekly world news makes up outrageous news stories. I hate to admit it but when it was sold as a tabloid type newspaper....I would read it and my stomach muscles would hurt as I was laughing uncontrollably. Some of the stories was about Bill Clinton picking up a streetwalking female Bigfoot beast or Hillary having a secret space alien lover..
Hmmm, no conflict of interest there.
Sounds to be a concurrent law honeymoon is in effect.
Until legal fees do us part.
Utter horsecrap - anyone who knows anything about legal ethics knows that this is a complete conflict of interest.
This is Weekly World News
Its another Babylon Bee
Some of the stories was about Bill Clinton picking up a streetwalking female Bigfoot beast or Hillary having a secret space alien lover..
Wait...those were not true???
Day-um.
Seems like a huge conflict of interest to me.
Sounds like the Biden administration DOJ.
“Why that’s just crazy enough to work!”
Both write stuff that is so much like the crazy world we live in, that you have to do a double take when you read their articles.
Does the Weekly World News still have a print edition, or is it only online now? It seems like a long time since I’ve seen it at the supermarket. I used to pick up a copy once in a while to see what Bat Boy was up to.
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