25 years old and deep in debt

[crazy canuck]

"This litigation strategy you have proposed is clever and audatious, but doomed to eventual defeat. It will give the client hope, and when your unexpected preliminary motions hit you will be seen as a saviour; your request for interlocutory injunctions may well succeed; but in the end the other side will win and get their costs on an indemnity scale.

It's the Bar Kokhba revolt of litigation".

 

Well Done!

[Malthus]

"This litigation strategy you have proposed is clever and audatious, but doomed to eventual defeat. It will give the client hope, and when your unexpected preliminary motions hit you will be seen as a saviour; your request for interlocutory injunctions may well succeed; but in the end the other side will win and get their costs on an indemnity scale.

It's the Bar Kokhba revolt of litigation".

 

"I don't know...sometimes when things are dragged out, the unexpected can happen...For example, Frederick the Great's campaigns in the Seven Years War began much like the Bar Kokhba revolt, with unexpected early success against great odds. But just before he could be ground down, Peter III became czar and changed the political landscape, and Prussia avoided defeat and was able to consolidate its gains in the War of Austrian Succession."

"That is a good point, but bold gambles can lead to spectacular failures. I can't help but think of the Second Punic War and the Battle of Cannae. The Fabian Strategy wore down Hannibal, and I think pursuing our aims through a series of smaller lawsuits that we will win is the course we should take."

At this point I imagine rest of the conferrence room is completely bewildered and can't figure out what is happening.

A cross between the Far Side and Dilbert would do this dialogue justice. 

[Ideologue]

College Grads Dropping Out Of Labor Force

'The labor force participation rate among people with bachelor's degrees fell by more than a percentage point from a year ago. In contrast, the rates for those without high-school diplomas held nearly steady in the past year.'

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/09/06/why-is-u-s-work-force-shrinking/

Interesting.  Is the one-income family returning?

[merithyn]

Today, I took my first student loan out since 1993.

Let the troubles begin.

[crazy canuck]

Today, I took my first student loan out since 1993.

So, you're going to Europe 

[garbon]

Today, I took my first student loan out since 1993.

Let the troubles begin.

They sound dreadful.

[merithyn]

Today, I took my first student loan out since 1993.

So, you're going to Europe 

Heh. Nope. I'm paying my tuition and replacing a text book that got washed away in the flood at our last camping weekend.

I didn't take THAT much out.

[Ideologue]

I'd like to take out another $100k in student loans and buy a house in France.

[Ed Anger]

and buy a house in France.

Copycat.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I'd like to take out another $100k in student loans and buy a house in France.

Get it in Malta.

[Ideologue]

and buy a house in France.

Copycat.

I think we're both taking a page out of the Roman Polanski playbook.

[Ed Anger]

WAS THAT ANOTHER WIFE IS UNDERAGE CRACK?

[garbon]

and buy a house in France.

Copycat.

I think we're both taking a page out of the Roman Polanski playbook.

Okay definitely reporting you to local authorities!

[Scipio]

Cal will never forget the Polish Boy he ate up there.

He's still wanted for questioning in the Wladyslaw Kielbasa death.

[Caliga]

Cal will never forget the Polish Boy he ate up there.

The trip was worth it just for that.

SAAAAAAAAHSAGES