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Oh. My. God. This is hilarious ... and incredibly sad. When people talk about disdain for the legal system, this is the kind of stuff they're talking about. Er, at least some of the time.
Oh. My. God. This is hilarious ... and incredibly sad. When people talk about disdain for the legal system, this is the kind of stuff they're talking about. Er, at least some of the time.
Thanks for that!
The late Judge Jerry Buchmeyer had a column in the Texas Bar Journal that consisted of exerpts from legal communications, court hearings, pleadings amend depositions that ranged from the merely amusing to the amazingly ridiculous. Some have been posted on their website:
http://saywhat.texasbar.com
One of my faves was this one:
http://www.txpd.org/TPJ/18/law_disorder.htm
that was funny. And as played, that IT guy was either especially obtuse or was coached to be that way.
Anybody in IT knows that Xerox is common parlance for photocopier, as Kleenex is to tissue paper. So much so, it's a point of discussion in technology classes.
that was funny. And as played, that IT guy was either especially obtuse or was coached to be that way.
Anybody in IT knows that Xerox is common parlance for photocopier, as Kleenex is to tissue paper. So much so, it's a point of discussion in technology classes.
The problem being that 'Xerox' is still a trademarked term and one they've fought long and hard to prevent becoming diluted and 'genericised' (aka, Zipper, Aspirin, Escalator). Being an engineer and thus used to very precise language, the poor guy is probably unwilling to say to a lawyer that his office (like most) routinely abuses that word. He probably thought it would open him up to a lawsuit.
The problem being that 'Xerox' is still a trademarked term and one they've fought long and hard to prevent becoming diluted and 'genericised' (aka, Zipper, Aspirin, Escalator). Being an engineer and thus used to very precise language, the poor guy is probably unwilling to say to a lawyer that his office (like most) routinely abuses that word. He probably thought it would open him up to a lawsuit.