There is at least one book in every one of you.
Take Giovanni Diviacchi, for instance, a standup comic out of D.C....
Like all standup comics, Giovanni had some jokes about lawyers. However, one night "some attorney friends...were complaining about the lawyer jokes in my act," Diviacchi says, "so we decided to turn the tables and write a joke book for lawyers."
And that's just what he did. Now, his book is probably the best possible kitschy gift you can give to a lawyer friend or attorney relative.
Also, the book (
How Many Clients Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?) was a
Stephen T. Colbert Award for the Literary Excellence...nominee. I know, because it's got a little sticker-stamp on my copy of the book that says so.
And just because it's better to let the work speak for itself, here's some text from between the pages:
A client asked his long-time family lawyer to come to his deathbed with a Bible.
"Would you like me to read to you?" asked the lawyer of his client.
The client shook his head weakly and said, "No, I want you to find the loopholes."There you have it. If you would just get off of the couch, you, too, could write a book that gets a stamp about a nomination for an award that's pretty much made up, from a certain point of view. Now get moving! The book isn't going to write itself unless you're rich!
