After going through Doug's article on legalese, I thought this is an apt metaphor:
A Contract Law professor asked one of his students, "If you were to give someone an orange, how would you go about it?"
The student replied, "Here is an orange"
The professor was outraged. "No! No! Think like a lawyer!"
Finally the professor replied, "Okay, I tell you.
"I hereby give and convey to you all and singular, my estate and interests, rights, title, claim and advantages of and in, a fruit, popularly known as orange, together with all its rind, juice, pulp, and seeds, and all rights and advantages with full power to bite, cut, freeze and otherwise eat, the same, or give the same away with and without the pulp, juice, rind and seeds, notwithstanding anything contained herein before or hereinafter or in any other deed, deeds or instruments of whatever nature or kind to the contrary."
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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2 comments:
This is hilarious!!!!
I wonder if Doug got this. Hilarious!
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