Everyone seems to be talking about the problems we're having in this country lately -- illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida ....the constitution, religion in the workplace and more. But not me....

The Presidential election was too close to call. Neither the Republican candidate nor the Democratic candidate had enough votes to win. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., nightmares that went back to the Bush /Gore Election, but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the sportsmanlike way to settle things. The candidate that caught the most fish at the end of the week would win the election.
Therefore, it was decided that there should be an ice fishing contest between the two candidates to determine the winner.

Ok, I laughed out loud quite a few times! These are from a book called Disorder in the American courts, and are things people (mostly attorneys actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying straight faced while these exchanges were actually taking place. 

This story was picked up from Craigslist a while back.

Mom, I know you're there.
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Date: 2008-03-11, 4:38PM   Mom, I know you’re out there, reading this. How do I know you’re out there?  Let’s begin with that ad of mine that you recently responded to, shall we? You know the one I’m talking about. It was entitled, “Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?—m4w--22” That ad ran for three days before I got a response, and I can’t tell you, Mom, how my heart fell when I saw the photo that accompanied the response. It was your Realtor’s headshot, the one on your business card. Even worse was the text of your response. I’m so, so sorry I know now what you’d do to me if we ever “hooked up.” On the other hand, Dad must’ve been a very, very lucky guy back in the day. I dunno, maybe he still is.