Soldato
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A Typical Lawyer:
A local charity office realised that the organisation had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to try and persuade him to contribute.
"Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least £500,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give back to the community you live in in some way?"
The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, "First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has private medical bills that are several times her annual income?"
Embarrassed, the Charity rep mumbled, "Um ... no."
The lawyer interrupts, "or that my brother, a disabled Gulf veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?"
The stricken Charity rep began to stammer out an apology, but was interrupted again.
"Or that my sister's husband recently died in a traffic accident," the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with three children?!"
The humiliated Charity rep, completely beaten, said simply, "I had no idea..."
On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again, "So if I don't give any money to them, why the **** should I give any to you?"
A local charity office realised that the organisation had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to try and persuade him to contribute.
"Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least £500,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give back to the community you live in in some way?"
The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, "First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has private medical bills that are several times her annual income?"
Embarrassed, the Charity rep mumbled, "Um ... no."
The lawyer interrupts, "or that my brother, a disabled Gulf veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?"
The stricken Charity rep began to stammer out an apology, but was interrupted again.
"Or that my sister's husband recently died in a traffic accident," the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with three children?!"
The humiliated Charity rep, completely beaten, said simply, "I had no idea..."
On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again, "So if I don't give any money to them, why the **** should I give any to you?"
