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[Tim Strzechowski]

<laughing>  Here's to painfully mixed metaphors, everyone!  Drink up!

Tim

wood jim wrote:

> But the jury, with more experience in court than either the judge or
> the advocates, can't help but consider the fact that Doug is your only
> client.
>
> I too think it a sin and a shame to kill a Mockingbird. However,  it's
> not a Mockingbird apeing a screaming blue-jay in the junk yard that
> you defend. No one has let the dogs out, but blue jays can't expect to
> keep all their feathers if they keep screaming the names of the cats
> everytime the dogs bark.
>
> I doubt that the jury will like this argument. It may in fact hurt
> your case. Doug is no Fina. If he gets banged he doesn't get to spit
> and teach Benny a god damned thing.
>
> Right, but you will not convince this wise old  jury that your client
> is an virgin  mockingbird. Perhaps a plea bargaign?  can you convince
> your client to stay
> out of the cathouse? While no one wants to clip J. Livingston
> Seagull's wings, we all know the song, if that mockingbird don't sing,
> but this jury can't be bought.
>