[Shotgun Willie]

Originally Posted by SeriousEric

I'm glad the California defense holds for killing Asian drivers. You seemed to have concerns there for a moment about me having confessed some sort of "illegal acts". Needless to say I was a bit shocked and even hurt by your harsh legal interpretation of my picture. I was about to reply in grumpy tones that it's not a hate crime. Not at all. Hadn't I shown you that my rage is a manifestation of my impairment? ... You might even say a traumatic response to a longterm and pervasive condition of threat and abuse that I face day after day. I wouldn't go so far as to compare my commute to work with a Humvee patrol in Ramadi but I would ask you to consider the constant and grinding sense of fear, stress and outrage that I am subjected to for several hours on a daily basis. Have some compassion for the occasional pre-emptive swerve into the front quarter panel of a blundering Toyota mini-van. It really is me or them. Just look at the white crust of Malox around my lips and the veins standing out like boiled sausages in my neck and I think you can feel my pain. Harsh interpretations are what I deal in daily, as stated we have a defense, I just have to be aware of all potential issues and advise you appropriately. Not really worried about the Asian driver issue at all, we just have to have our story straight about everything else.

As for our professional attorney/client status I can assure you there is no issue. As of the moment that I shipped you two frozen crabs and a wooden Chinese popgun you were fully on retainer. Aren't those little popguns fun? And do look inside the barrel for an ...errr... organic gratuity before becoming so excited that you go blasting the little thing off in your partners meeting. I thought this was because we were BFF?

So are we on track for the M3? It's sounding to me like it's only a matter of time. I hope it has a nice big cupholder for the Mylanta bottle. See? I do listen to my attorney's advice.

What color do you want?