MDDM23: An Infallible Sign of Hatred

[Dave Monroe]

   "'Sir, he does not wish me well,-- I cannot say
wahy,-- I hear, that he has hired an Attorney,-- an
infallible sign of Hatred, if you ask me....'" (M&D,
Ch. 37, p. 376)

Main Entry: duck 
Pronunciation: 'd&k
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ducks
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English duk, doke, from Old English
duce
Date: before 12th century
1 or plural duck a : any of various swimming birds
(family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck
and legs are short, the body more or less depressed,
the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes almost
always different from each other in plumage b : the
flesh of any of these birds used as food
2 : a female duck -- compare DRAKE
3 chiefly British : DARLING -- often used in plural
but sing. in constr. ...

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

"an Attorney," anatidae ...

"if Angels be the next higher being from Man, perhaps
the Duck had 'morphos'd into some Anatine Equivalent,
acting as my Guardian,--" (M&D, Ch. 37, p. 379)

Main Entry: platy·pus  
Pronunciation: 'pla-ti-p&s, -"pus
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural platy·pus·es also platy·pi 
/-"pI, -"pE/
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek platypous
flat-footed, from platys broad, flat + pous foot --
more at PLACE, FOOT
Date: 1799
: a small carnivorous aquatic oviparous mammal
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of eastern Australia and
Tasmania that has a fleshy bill resembling that of a
duck, dense fur, webbed feet, and a broad flattened
tail 

http://www.misterrogers.org/mister_rogers_neighborhood/cast_puppet.asp#anaplatypus

And ...

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

--William Shakepeare, Henry VI, Pt. 2, Act IV, Scene
ii, 

http://classics.mit.edu/Shakespeare/2henryvi/2henryvi.4.2.html

And see as well ...

http://www.spectacle.org/797/finkel.html

http://firms.findlaw.com/LegalJournal/memo10.htm

http://firms.findlaw.com/UWLAlawreview/memo21.htm

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