Friday, January 25, 2008

Letter of Recommendation

My husband recently asked my brother for a letter of recommendation. Since both my husband Paul and my brother George are attorneys, Paul thought George would be a great choice. My husband is a self employed attorney, who will not practice criminal defense...period. My brother on the other hand is a Public Defender (we think he was adopted). This makes for some very funny jabs back and forth between my husband and little brother at all family gatherings. Though both of them couldn't be on more opposite sides of the law, their humor is very much the same. We laugh ALOT!

I had to share with you the letter that we received in the mail from George, on his county letterhead and everything. This is the letter of recommendation that my brother George wrote for my husband to turn in with his application.

This will let you see exactly what I am talking about......


To the administration of _____________,

I have known Paul ____ for over forty-seven years (actually only 13). When we were much younger he saved my life after I was accidentally decapitated from a freak deer hunting accident involving an axe and a poorly misplaced slingshot. He stitched my head back on and proceeded to make a fire that with the smoke signals alerted the local forest rangers who working together with the natives got me to safety.

Twenty-five years ago, Mr. _____ learned the ways of the force and became a Jedi like his father. He ended up single handedly destroying the dreaded Death Star with a perfectly timed torpedo, and ended up killing the emperor after convincing his once heroic father to drop him down an abyss.

Fourteen years later Mr. ______ actually found the cure for cancer but lost it after saving the life of twelve Guatemalan refugees while they attempted to flee their home country from the viscous militia. There Mr. ______ honing his guerrilla warfare skills learned in the Green Beret and Army Rangers fashioned a meticulous and overly complicated trap to thwart the rebel army and bring lasting peace to Central America. On a side note, had it not been for Mr. _____, Israel's Six Day War would have probably lasted many decades.

In conclusion, I would recommend Mr. _______ for a position at _____________, for the reasons stated above.

Sincerely,

Deputy Public Defender
George _______ Esq.

11 comments:

Mari said...

How funny! I think your family would get along well with mine - we love to laugh!

Chelle' said...

I can't believe I have reason to post this... AGAIN-

From this day forward, henceforth, Paul shall be referred to only as-

SUPERMAN.

*also- the last line was clearly the funniest, "On a side note, had it not been for SUPERMAN, Israel's Six Day War would have probably lasted many decades."

Hilarious.

Your posts make me feel better... instantly.

Jess said...

I'd hire him.
Sounds like the kinda man who'd be good to have around.

:)

~jess

Rebekah said...

that is too funny. I can see that your family does, indeed, have a great sence of humor. I love the Jedi thing, oh and the hunting accident. LOL

Aly said...

Although I firmly believe we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us...this takes the cake! Paul is SUPERMAN in disguise. Just amazing!!! Still laughing, heartily out loud. I'm sure my boss is wondering what the heck I'm doing. :O) blessings, Aly

George said...

And to think it only took me 5 minutes to write up.

Mari said...

Stop by my blog to pick up an award!

Megan said...

That is hilarious, LOVE it! Thanks for sharing!!

AlaneM said...

Too funny, they sound like great fun to be around.
Alane

Me said...

Thanks for stopping by, Joanne! It is nice to meet you. :)

This was a super funny post. I look forward to reading more of your blog.

God Bless!
Leigh

Terri said...

That's so funny.It made for a great laugh today!

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