Monday, September 19, 2005

Bob Atkinson is a Baller

This afternoon I saw Bob, Assistant Attorney General for Oregon, argue in a moot court to prepare for his oral arguments before the Supreme Court. As you might guess form the title, I was pretty impressed. You have to be insanely good just to hold your ground up there. The exchanges went like this:

"It is Oregon's position that -"
"Counsel, isn't it true that your arguments are complete bullshit?"
"No, your honor. We argue that -"
"Counsel, you're not very smart, are you?"
"I disagree, you honor. I -"
"Moron."
"We believe that pursuant to rule 703 in the -"
"Counsel, wouldn't you agree that you're ugly, too?"

3 comments:

shell said...

I'm always behind on new urban words.
Exactly what does "baller" mean again? I've heard it on one of the Destiny's Child songs...

Trevor said...

I generally take it to mean "one who excels or is otherwise impressive," which I suppose according to Urban Dictionary is a broader definition that is generally accepted.

Anonymous said...

"baller" is a guy that plays basketball.

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