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Going through the mail today, I opened up an invoice from my lawyer, which gave me a good chuckle and reminded me how much I like the guy.
Now getting an invoice doesn't usually make me smile, but from Ken (my lawyer), it's always a special treat, because:
A) It reminds me that he's never let me down (he's a damn shap barrister).
B) It reminds me how much of a lovably absent minded perfesser he is.
The invoice in question covers a minor court kefluffle from last September with my ex wife (she of the "Give me more money" and me of the "Get a job" mentality.) Ken made both her and her lawyer look silly.
And yes, I just got the invoice for this today. From something that happened in September. I knew he'd get around to billing me eventually. But the time frame it took to send it, a startlingly quick (for Ken) 9 months, reminds me of how he handles every aspect of his life, other than when he's in court or dealing with legal matters.
He'll get around to it. Eventually.
Ken's house is a massive, shambling, suburban pile, that is not quite aging gracefully. Home repair is not his forte. There are rooms that haven't been accessed for as long as anyone can remember, because at some point in the distant past, the door handle fell off. Rather than fix the handles, Ken merely determined that the rooms in question were "excess" and stopped using them entirely.
He has a four car garage and a large drive pad that can hold another four cars. All this space is occupied by a collection of pretty much every vehicle he has owned since college. None of which currently work. His two functioning vehicles are parked on the street. At least I believe they function. I have my suspiscions, though, as Ken usually shows up at meetings by taking a cab.
Lightbulbs also seem somewhat beneath his attention. When you enter a room of his house, he'll flip the room light switch, to no effect, scratch his head, then wander into the darkened space to rummage around for a lamp to plug in. When done, he'll unplug the lamp and set it someplace inconvenient. He once told me he does this specifically to remind himself to change the lightbulb.
And when the bulb in the lamp burns out? He picks up a new lamp on the way home. He has a stunning collection of lamps that range in quality from expensive antique to dime store utilitarian. Excess lamps simply accumulate in the corners of various rooms.
His filing system is also a marvel of efficency, and at the same time a disaster. He has a row of filing cabinets behind his desk in which all his legal filings, court papers, ongoing case work, etc., are immaculately and thoughtfully arranged.
Everything else from houselhold bills, to incoming and outgoing invoices, newspapers, old magazines, personal correspondance, is in a teetering pile on the right side of his desk. Beside his desk to the right, is an even larger pile conatining everything that has avalanched off over the years.
I've never seen his kitchen. I'm quite sure I don't want to.
Now keep in mind, this is a brilliant, and very successful barrister. It's just everything else in life he has trouble managing.
Anyone else in here have a favorite "absent minded prof" in their corner of the world?
Too funny :)!
Anyone else in here have a favorite "absent minded prof" in their corner of the world?
I am my favorite "absent minded prof" in my corner of the world! ;) (Actually I'm not really absent-minded, just clumsy...)
