Legally Rambling (10/11/2009). A cool, misty day in Dallas, but Legally Rambling and Oprah both made it to the State Fair of Texas today. Now while I was at the State Fair the idea that kept coming to my mind was "Big." I'm not talking about Carrie Bradshaw - Big, or Tom Hanks - Big, but well just big!
It all goes back to family vacations with my grandfather. We would be sitting on a beach and all he would want to do was point out all the really, really "big" people on the beach. Or, if we went to the grocery store, he would exclaim - "look at that person over there - big." Now he didn't do it in a mean way, and I'm sure he would have been best friends with all of these people - their size well, it was just interesting to him. Just like every newspaper article about big people that he ever saw.
So, as I was thinking about my grandfather today and contemplating whether to write on this topic, I was about to get on the adult hang-glider ride with my eight year old son. Like any good lawyer, as I was waiting in line I read the legal on the ride. And, in front of my eyes was this statement, and I paraphrase - "We apologize to some of our bigger guest that you will not be able to ride this ride as our harnessing will not fit you." I laughed! Big!
So why are big people so fascinating? Is it that pointing others out makes us feel better about well - us? Or, is it that we are fascinated about the differences in us all. I really don't know. What I do know is that I didn't see any really big people today. Yes, the State Fair has been cleaned up - I didn't even see the worlds biggest _________ (you fill in the blank) - no shows like when I was a young kid, but hey no dancing girls like they used to have in my grandfather's day. Progress - who knows - perhaps for another entry! What I did see today - a lot of interesting people!
I suppose that these same people look at me on a daily basis and say look at the guy in a suit - look a guy in a suit! Ramble On!
It all goes back to family vacations with my grandfather. We would be sitting on a beach and all he would want to do was point out all the really, really "big" people on the beach. Or, if we went to the grocery store, he would exclaim - "look at that person over there - big." Now he didn't do it in a mean way, and I'm sure he would have been best friends with all of these people - their size well, it was just interesting to him. Just like every newspaper article about big people that he ever saw.
So, as I was thinking about my grandfather today and contemplating whether to write on this topic, I was about to get on the adult hang-glider ride with my eight year old son. Like any good lawyer, as I was waiting in line I read the legal on the ride. And, in front of my eyes was this statement, and I paraphrase - "We apologize to some of our bigger guest that you will not be able to ride this ride as our harnessing will not fit you." I laughed! Big!
So why are big people so fascinating? Is it that pointing others out makes us feel better about well - us? Or, is it that we are fascinated about the differences in us all. I really don't know. What I do know is that I didn't see any really big people today. Yes, the State Fair has been cleaned up - I didn't even see the worlds biggest _________ (you fill in the blank) - no shows like when I was a young kid, but hey no dancing girls like they used to have in my grandfather's day. Progress - who knows - perhaps for another entry! What I did see today - a lot of interesting people!
I suppose that these same people look at me on a daily basis and say look at the guy in a suit - look a guy in a suit! Ramble On!
You ever notice how many of our colleagues are either really big or really small? No happy medium! LOL.
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