SPENCER LAW FIRM NEWSLETTER Superfluity does not vitiate! Recent Cases & Misc. Other Legal Stuff Answer: Mr. Natural to Flaky Fount (Zap Comics No. 1) May Day May Day 2001 COMPUTER STUFF Bob’s your uncle. Russell Crowe said it in a post-Oscar interview, and seeking further and better particulars concerning this somewhat enigmatic British phrase, a visit was paid to that excellent search engine www.google.com; this, in turn, lead to www.word-detective.com. If you’re the sort who likes to explore the rest of the story- about words and phrases, say for example you want to find out the etymology of dead as a doornail, this is your site. Click over there, use the handy alphabetical listings in the archive of back columns and then, Bob’s your uncle! DON’T BE A IDIOT Seeking justice the other day in the Court of Appeal (trying to overturn one of the most odious and moronic decisions in the history of American jurisprudence issued two years ago by the San Mateo County Superior Court) the following was over heard: An attorney arguing another case, and clearly trying to emphasize a critical point, stated, with deep solemnity and unctuousness of tone (and with a look of complete self-satisfaction on his face): Your Honors, as my old law dean used to say: If my grandmother had spoke, she’d be a bicycle! The collective look on the justices’ faces probably mirrors the look on your face right now. (At least he didn’t throw himself on the Ignorance of the Court.) [Home] [March News 1] [March News 2] [May News 1] [May News 2] [May News 3] [Contact Us] P.O. Box 2300 Sausalito, CA 94966 Tel: 415.331.2400 or Toll Free: 877.999.5200 Fax: 415.331.2908 spenlaw@pacbell.net