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Category Archives: Monday smiles

Monday smiles – Naming laws in Iceland

March 11, 2013

Today I welcome a tongue-in-cheek guest post from Kevin Underhill, of the great legal humor blog Lowering the Bar that I posted …

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Monday smiles – Spots before the eyes

March 4, 2013

Hope you like this one to start your week off!

Monday smiles – Hoofed ruminants

February 25, 2013

If you are over 40, and especially if you are English, you probably know the drink Babycham. A cute leaping …

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Monday smiles – First known quintuple negative

February 18, 2013

Australian Experts Report First Known Quintuple Negative A person whose native language is said to be English created the following …

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Monday smiles – A five-foot-long contract

February 11, 2013

Sometimes WIRED publishes great stuff – as they did earlier this year with the article A Lawyer’s Amazingly Detailed Analysis …

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Monday smiles – Privacy

February 4, 2013

Since data protection and privacy are hot topics at the moment (see, for example, yesterday’s article in the New York Times), …

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Monday smiles – Jack and Jill

January 28, 2013

I thought it was time for another ‘lesson’ in legalese from nursery rhymes (see this post – Roses are Red), …

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Monday smiles – Juvenile Court

January 21, 2013

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Monday smiles – Interstellar land claims

January 14, 2013

According to the Legal Post, the most-read Canadian court decision of 2012 is Langevin, 2012 QCCS 613 (CanLII). A claimant …

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Monday smiles – Dogs (don’t) have to be bilingual in Montreal

January 7, 2013

Following Friday’s post on bilingualism in Canada… A spoof news report led to quite a few red faces in Quebec …

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