[at-l] What a lame-ass idea

[KellyGoVols@aol.com (KellyGoVols@aol.com)]

First, this IS intended for the list, and second IT IS TRAIL RELATED!  I'm 
standing at the clerk's office and I'm banging my head against the wall 
because if the clerk's moved slower, they'd be moving backwards, but lets not 
get me started.  Anyway, two Attorney's we're talking amongst themselves (no, 
this is not a sad attorney joke) and they were talking of a colleague who 
decided to close up shop, gave his employees four months notice, is locking 
up his doors, and is headed out to the Appalachian Trial (trial!!! TRAIL!) 
for six months to "find himself".  This was said in such a sarcastic manner 
that I stopped banging my head against the wall to join in the conversation, 
stating that I had planned to do the same thing this year, had to cancel but 
am planning for 2003.  They looked at me as if I were from Mars.  People 
around me starting asking questions about what you did for food, how you 
bathed, all the normal questions, I had fun (for once, at the clerk's office) 
answering the questions of everyone, until one of the attorney's said, "Well, 
I think it's just a lame-assed idea. For the love of God, who would do 
something so stupid?"  Well, we all know MY big mouth, so I said to him, "Who 
would spend $100,000.00 to go to school for 8 years, become a lawyer and work 
his ass off defending client's who are, nine times out of ten,  GUILTY, just 
so they can live in a 600 square foot condo on the beach in the smog filled, 
traffic infested, crime ridden, big city and drive a dick-mobile Corvette and 
take strippers to  nice restaurants once a week?  

For the first time in the history of man, an attorney had absolutely NOTHING 
to say.  It was a wonderful day, folks.  I managed to argue an attorney into 
silence, defend a thru-hike, AND have fun at the clerk's office.  It was a 
wonderful day indeed.  

The only thing, I sooooo wish I would have gotten the name of the attorney 
who's doing a thru this year….  

Kelly