October 13, 2005

You meet someone and the first thing he has to say is that people like you should be shot -- twice!

And yet the man was attempting to make a good impression. What could possibly be happening?

Another "He is the box"-style topic for Althouse commenters.

ADDED: The speaker was definitely referring to a gun. Not a camera, as many commenters have guessed. And his attempt to make a good impression did not succeed.

10 comments:

Sloanasaurus said...

Perhaps he is an ex-communist engaging in some "totalitarian humor" regarding your use of the freedom to speak.

SippicanCottage said...
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Unknown said...

Not this old saw, again.

Peter Hoh said...

Someone who would like to sell you a stereoscope portrait.

Robert said...

You're a lawyer, and he's trying to be funny.

Ruth Anne Adams said...

Clearly he's a photographer trying to engage a new model.

Peter Hoh said...

Playboy is scouting for a "Babes of Blogland" pictorial, and the photographer sent to Madison wanted to get two of Ann -- one nice and one naughty.

Ann Althouse said...

Ryan: Very close. The other post was about a salesman at Marshall Fields who told that joke "What do you call a bus load of lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start." This guy, who was introduced to me and another female lawprof, announced that he had a joke -- it's an old one -- "What would you do if you had a gun with only two lawyers and in front of you were Saddam Hussein, a snake, and a lawyer?" Answer: "Shoot the lawyer twice." I told him it was an old joke. I didn't bother saying, it's pretty gauche to say you think people like me should be shot. Or: telling jokes is really not very cool and is in no way an indication of a good sense of humor.

Ann Althouse said...

John: That varies. Most of us were admitted somewhere, me in NY for example. I don't keep my membership current, so I'm officially "retired" from the practice of law, and I've never been a member of the Wisconsin bar though I've lived here 20 years. I don't practice law, so in that sense I'm not a lawyer. I was a lawyer. I wonder if someone wanted to shoot lawyers if I could convince him not to shoot me!

CM said...

You could always respond, "Hey, that's a good one. Here's one for you: a salesman walks into a bar. The bartender shoots him and everyone applauds."