In a week where I interviewed Tim Kevan by podcast for my blawg, wrote about The Modern Attorney-General (with appropriate apology to Gilbert & Sullivan) and announced my own death on my blog – I woke on Sunday morning to consider how to put together my monthly report for Personal Injury Brief Journal.
I am not able to put my report together on a Sunday at The Bollo. as in previous months, because they have taken the step of banning smoking on Sundays to encourage well heeled young professionals to bring their hyperventilating, ‘E-numbered up’, children in for Sunday lunch. I am not into ‘passive parenting.’ I had to go elsewhere.
I did imagine a bizarre scenario: Child, running about, bumps into waitress. Hot food spills onto customer, scalding her. Aged Grandmother, taken to lunch, has heart attack. Husband of woman scalded leaps up, knocks glass over. Child then steps onto broken glass. serious injuries. Mother of child has nervous shock attack at sight of her bleeding child... I knew it was time to leave when I started to imagine asking for a free bottle of Rioja for the 'disturbance' caused to my Sunday.
The Observer (Sunday 11 March) ran a story about the recreational uses of Viagra and, the aptly named ‘Levitra’ among a younger crowd who do not actually need enhancement.
Somewhat surprisingly, one evening fairly recently, I was given one of the diamond shaped blue Viagra pills by a former partner at a very serious law firm in The City. We are of the same vintage - early fifties. Aside from the issue of using unprescribed drugs, I have had neither cause, desire nor opportunity, as yet, to try this Viagra pill and it is sitting at the bottom of my motorbike 'bumbag'. I did some reserach. Viagra is a failed heart drug with a side efffect beneficial for those with erectile difficulties or, it seems, given The Observer story, a great recreational drug for the young who want turbo-charged sex. I suppose that I could always give the pill to to one of my more amusing colleagues, next time he asks for a raise.
I have been following the coverage of The Attorney-General’s flurry of injunctions in the cash for honours matter and started to think about Gilbert & Sullivan. I may have had too much Rioja – but here is my adaptation of the famous G&S song…
The Modern Attorney-General
“I am the very model of a modern Attorney-General,
I’ve information political, immoral, and analytical,
I know the judges of England, and I quote the laws historical
Domesday to Archibold, in order categorical;
I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters apolitical,
I understand donations, both the simple and problematical,
About restraining injuctions, I’m teeming with a lot o’ news,
With many cheerful facts about who is going to lose.”
ALL: Chorus....
With sincere apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.
PODCASTS and other matters...
Thoroughly enjoyed doing a podcast interview with Tim Kevan and, as I enjoy doing them, I am going to broaden my coverage and do a range of podcasts with interesting lawyers (and others) on a range of topics apart from blogging. Recently, I met with Dan Hull, a US lawyer, name partner of Hull McGuire and author of the What About Clients? blog
I interviewed Dan for my Podcast No 5 - most interesting, particularly what he said about practising law, client service and the work life balance. If you wish to listen to it - please click here.
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