A lawyer from the big city was visiting Florida. He wanted to take home a pair of genuine alligator loafers in the worst way, but he was reluctant to pay the high prices the local stores were demanding.

He was certain that with all of his legal training he could negotiate a better price, but at shop after shop he had no luck. After getting frustrated with one salesperson who wouldn’t budge, the lawyer shouted, “Well then, maybe I’ll just go out and catch my own alligator!”

The salesperson smiled, “I’d like to see you try.”

The lawyer marched out of the store and headed out toward the swamps, determined to catch an alligator.

Later in the day the saleswoman was driving home and she spotted the lawyer standing waist deep in the murky swamp water, shotgun in hand and a huge 9-foot gator swimming rapidly toward him.

The saleswoman pulled over as the lawyer took aim, shot and killed the creature. With a great deal of effort, the lawyer hauled it onto the swamp bank — right next to four more dead alligators.

The saleswoman stood on the side of the road watching the lawyer struggle to flip that gator on its back.

Then, looking up toward the sky in great frustration, the lawyer shouted, “No! This one is barefoot too!”

If you have a bad lawyer joke or humorous workplace story you’d like to share with the world, please send it to blawg@na.manpower.com. If we publish it, we’ll send you a fabulous prize. Thanks for your submssion, Drenna!

Thanks for sharing, Mike.  (Frankly, I’m surprised they only found 230,000.)

A man walked into a lawyer’s office and inquired about the lawyer’s rates.  “$500 for three questions,” replied the lawyer.  “Isn’t that awfully steep?” asked the man.  “Yes,” replied the lawyer.  “What’s your third question?”

Thanks, Doug!  (For the record, Doug’s original submission set the lawyer’s rate at $50.  I upped it a bit to reflect current reality.)

If you have a bad lawyer joke or humorous workplace story you’d like to share with the world, please send it to blawg@manpower.com.  If we publish it, we’ll send you a fabulous prize.

Q:  What do you call a bus full of lawyers with one empty seat hanging over the side of a cliff?

A:  A darn shame.

Thanks, Mary Ann.  For your efforts in helping to elevate the status of my esteemed and noble profession, we’ll send you a fabulous prize.

As always, please send your humorous workplace stories, bad lawyer jokes and anything else you think we’d find interesting/entertaining to blawg@manpower.com.