By Chilli Pepper
Laugh Pronounced 'Law' is Peppercorn's collection of legal jokes
Baden Scales of Red Flags
The Baden Scales are a useful way to evaluate whether your friend is picking up on red flags or whether they are choosing to ignore them.
1. Actual knowledge – Your friend acknowledges the red flag
2. Wilfully shutting one’s eyes to the obvious – Your friend pretends like the red flag doesn’t exist but it genuinely does like it’s so obvious wth
3. Wilfully and recklessly failing to make such inquiries as an honest and reasonable person would make – The red flag definitely exists but your friend doesn’t ask anything or question it like... what?
4. Knowledge of circumstances which would indicate the facts to an honest and reasonable person – You tell everyone else about the red flag and they’re like “yeah that’s a red flag” so for sure your friend must know it’s a red flag I mean come on
5. Knowledge of circumstances which would put an honest and reasonable person on inquiry – Your friend like actually witnesses the red flag and actually heard that comment the person made but still never questioned it and everyone else who you tell about it was like “that’s actually messed up I would have said something”
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Court Leaves
What do you do when you need to bring a leaf into the courtroom?
You seek leaf of the Court
What do you do when you have lost your leaf in the courtroom?
You seek leaf in the Court
What do you call your leaf when you find it?
Special leaf
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Justice Jane Austin
If you accidentally take a copy of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice from the Airbnb you rented, how will you be charged?
You’ll be charged without Pride and Prejudice save as to costs
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Pass the Bar
What does a lawyer do when they’re walking around and trying to avoid a drink?
They pass the bar
What is the next step for a nerdy lawyer?
They pass the Bar
What does an in-house lawyer with a chocolate bar at the office Christmas party do to win over their boss?
They pass the bar