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24Mar2014

Monday smile – Un fauteuil pour deux

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5744525278_0610f11e97_zRoulant au milieu du désert américain, une femme se fait arrêter par la police puisqu’il est interdit d’y rouler seul.

Lors de son procès, celle-ci s’est défendue sous prétexte qu’elle n’était pas seule puisqu’elle était enceinte. Ceci l’acquitta !

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17Mar2014

Monday smile – ET phone your lawyer

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Enjoy your week!

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10Mar2014

Monday smile – A well(-)adjusted lizard

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800px-Drag_(2563573605)A smile and some grammatical assistance in English today, from the Translation Bureau of the Canadian Government.

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3Mar2014

Monday smile – A law with a 2179-word title

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52668137_6c21e7c318_zJust have to share this with you – an Act from South Carolina in the United States with a title that is 2179 words long.

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24Feb2014

Monday smile – Duffingate

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12221280153_bf27883593_cFollowing hot on the heels of cronuts, zonuts and doissants, I have discovered Duffingate – described as a a ‘David and Goliath’ trademark dispute between a small London bakery and Starbucks. It even inspired its own Twitter hashtag.

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17Feb2014

Monday smile – Rubber duck racing directives

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5583456438_159beaf8eb_zLast week I discovered a whole new world – that of rubber duck racing. Am I the only one to have remained in the dark?

It turns out that rubber duck races are used for fundraising worldwide. However, the Wisconsin legislature has decided to ensure that these fiendish activities are carefully regulated…

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10Feb2014

Monday smiles – Sausages & laws

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800px-Kielbasa7Meno le persone sanno di come vengono fatte le salsicce e le leggi e meglio dormono la notte.

“The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they sleep at night.”

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3Feb2014

Monday smile – Copycats

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Another take on the ongoing patent wars between mobile phone giants.

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27Jan2014

Monday smile – Law library dog

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DownloadedFile-1I happened upon this wonderful story about Yale University Law School and their officially certified therapy dog.

Monty the Jack Russell-border terrier mix can be ‘booked’ for time slots and has been ’employed’ at the law library since 2011.

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20Jan2014

Monday smile – Questions, questions

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Today’s smile is in French…

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