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Pair arrested after telling lawyer jokes
Newsday ^
| January 12, 2005
| ZACHARY R. DOWDY
Posted on 01/12/2005 3:20:35 PM PST by swilhelm73
The line leading into First District Court in Hempstead Monday morning was long and frustrating, but it was the punch line in a lawyer joke that got two rabble-rousing comedians arrested.
"How do you tell when a lawyer is lying?" Harvey Kash, 69, of Bethpage, said to Carl Lanzisera, 65, of Huntington, as the queue wound into the court. "His lips are moving," they said in unison, completing one of what may be thousands of standard lawyer jokes.
But while that rib and several others on barristers got some giggles from the crowd, the attorney standing in line about five people ahead wasn't laughing.
" 'Shut up,' the man shouted," Lanzisera said. "'I'm a lawyer.'"
The attorney reported Kash and Lanzisera to court personnel, who arrested the men and charged them with engaging in disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New York
KEYWORDS: freespeech; lawyers; theprotectedclass
To: swilhelm73
That lawyer was obviously part of the 99% that make the rest look bad.
To: swilhelm73
The truth obviously hurts...at least in this incident.
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:29:54 PM PST
by
rj45mis
To: swilhelm73
Ridiculous. It shows just how bad the legal situation has become.
Bottomfeeders.
To: swilhelm73
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:37:00 PM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: ScottM1968
I hope these two men own a substantial part of the Nassau County courthouse and the lawyer's net worth before this is finished.
Scott, I guess you know the joke:
What's the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?
One's a bottom feeder the other is a fish.
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:43:14 PM PST
by
MKM1960
To: swilhelm73
I read the whole article. Some really good lawyer jokes at the end. Definitely a case of overkill by the authorities. It doesn't sound like the two perps are sorry in the least. Hang the scofflaws!!!!!
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:43:26 PM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(We won. We don't need to be forgiving. Let the heads roll!!!!!!!!!)
To: shotokan
That lawyer was obviously part of the 99% that make the rest look bad
Good One
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:44:45 PM PST
by
Vision
(The New York Times...All the news to fit a one world government)
To: swilhelm73
"Shut up, I'm a lawyer."
Does being a lawyer also make you a Nazi?
To: crazyhorse691
Yeah, and this was probably WHY they got such bad treatment once taken in...
Harvey Kash and Carl Lanzisera poked fun of lawyers while in line at First District Court in Hempstead yesterday - but court officers weren't laughing. Here are some of the jokes that got them in hot water:
Q: What do you say to a lawyer with an IQ of 50?
A: Good morning, Your Honor.
Lawyers one thing, but then to top it off, a judge joke...OUCH!
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:59:58 PM PST
by
Gondring
(They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
To: swilhelm73
To: popdonnelly
"Shut up, I'm a lawyer." "Hey, Harvey...better repeat it slower and with worse grammar."
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:01:12 PM PST
by
Gondring
(They can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!)
To: Vision
Good one....but an old one. Most of the lawyers I work with are pretty thick skinned and we trade jabs frequently. I probably would have been flogged in the scenario of the article 8>)
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To: Great Prophet Zarquon
Yeah, I think you would have to have been there to pass judgment.
To: swilhelm73
How long has this lawyer worked for the ACLU ?
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:26:10 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: Gondring
What's the difference between a porcupine and a Mercedes full of lawyers?
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:23:56 PM PST
by
Abcdefg
To: swilhelm73
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:48:11 PM PST
by
agitator
(...And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark)
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