You wouldn't think they would go after anyone. But that's what I thought when I traded live tapes in the late 80's. Then the music publishers sued some of us into the poorhouse. Now for my rampant paranoia. Say you buy a $1 chip from the XYZ casino for $5000. Some lawyer buys the rights to the XYZ casino name and sues you to get the chip back for a buck. He wins. You surrender the chip. He turns around and ebays it himself. Then repeats the process. Hmmmmmmmmm....the lights just went on. I just got me an idea about how to enhance my retirement in 15 years.

Sheldon--your wife is a lovely lady who just made the wrong career choice (along with my older sister). Why do we need lawyers? Because the laws are hard to interpret, so we need lawyers. But who makes the laws so convoluted? You think it's a coincidence that most politicians are lawyers? And just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE FOLLOWING

Regarding Mr. Siskin's subject line: "Blame the legislature, not the lawyers" : lawyers, politicians....we ain't talking Raymond Burr and Jimmy Stewart here. If there's a buck in it, the little guy gets the green weenie. After all, you know why lawyers/politicians wear neckties? It keeps the foreskin from riding up.