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I actually laughed at this one. I'm a criminal defense attorney, so if anyone can give you advice on this subject, it's me. No one, and I mean no one has successfully gotten an officer to "bac…

Top stories for Long   Are cops afraid of lawyers? For example, if someone tells a cop that they are a lawyer, will the cop back off? Stephen Link, J.D. from SIU School of Law • Answered June 18, 2018 I actually laughed at this one. I'm a criminal defense attorney, so if anyone can give you advice on this subject, it's me. No one, and I mean no one has successfully gotten ... Read more » 1M 3.4K   Am I rude if I ask a waiter to send back a burger because I forgot to ask for no mustard or ketchup on it? Rebekah Sparks, BA Psychology & Family Studies (2012) • Answered November 3, 2021 I'm a server at a small local restaurant. I think of it through this lens. Say your burger costs $12. Also say it costs the restaurant $4 to make. You made a mistake and wan... Read more » 2.2M 5.7K   Do hotel staffs know if guests take towels from the hotel room? Elizabeth Henderson, former English Teacher. • Updated March 22 Yes. When you check out downstairs at Reception they phone the housekeeping department and say "Room 213 checking out". That gives a chambermaid time to run to your room and ... Read more » 997.1K 1.1K   What is one thing you wished you never heard or saw on a Zoom meeting? Kevin Chen • Updated May 22 I was on a Spanish class zoom and a girl in my class, Jasmine, unmutes herself to answer the question. She answered it and class moved on, but Jas had forgotten to mute her... Read more » 9M 25K   If Adam and Eve never had any daughters only two sons Cain and Abel, where did Cain and Abel's wives come from? Charles Rumberger, studied Biomedical Engineering at Indiana University - Purdue University Indiana... • Answered November 2, 2021 They did have daughters. Cain, Abel, and Seth are the only children whose names are mentioned, but there were other children as well. "And the days of Adam after he had be... Read more » 2.9M 1K   What does MIT do if you show up in one of their classes to sit in and if you're not an MIT student? A Richard Manner, studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Answered September 28, 2018 I have a fond memory of the time a friend visited me and attended my last lecture for 18.03 (differential equations). When the lecture ended there was mild applause and as ... Read more » 1.7M 15.4K   What's an Indo-European language most people don't know is an Indo-European language? Andrei, knows Romanian • Updated October 1, 2021 I would reword the question as What's the Indo-European language thought to be non-Indo-European by the largest number of people? so that the answer gets more interesting t... Read more » 304.2K 1K   You usually come to work early, but one day because of heavy traffic, you arrived 20 minutes late on payday. You noticed that your employer deducted an amount of tardiness. What do you do? Bryan White, Software Developer with over 45 years commercial experience • Updated November 26, 2021 I would talk to my employer and ask "Are you SURE you want to watch the clock so closely?" If they say "Yes", I say "Fine. OK. That's how we'll do it from now on." I would s... Read more » 1.1M 11.1K   Why were the Romans so decadent? Had someone introduced these ideas into their society to break it? Jason Almendra, I took "Greek & Latin Roots of English" in college • Answered September 20, 2021 The sex lives of the rich and famous Romans are really freaky. One they conquered so much territory. They captured so many slaves. They had to invent many crazy ideas to ma... Read more » 152.1K 198   Do British people prefer to spell "fetus" like "foetus"? Chris Graham, Novelist • Answered April 14 "Do British people prefer to spell "fetus" like "foetus"?" No… I'm British, and I prefer to spell it correctly: it's neither 'fetus'(which is American English) or 'foetus' (... Read more » 257.9K 1.9K   If prosecutors are shown evidence that proves the defendant is innocent in the middle of trial, what do they do? How do they reconcile this with all their claims during trial and save their credibility? Martin Birnbaum, former Retired DA/ crim defense lawyer, municipal judge • Answered August 1, 2018 Many years ago when I was a defense attorney, I represented a woman charged with assaulting her husband by hitting him in the head with a table lamp. Her claim was that she... Read more » 396.1K 4.2K   Yesterday, I fainted in science period. After class, my teacher pulled me aside and said it wasn't appropriate behavior, and she does not tolerate it. Should I tell the principal? Michael Mombourquette, Chemistry Professor at Queen's University at Kingston (1996-present) • Answered October 21, 2021 I teach university chemistry. This year in one of my labs I was giving the prelab talk to the students. In a matter of 2 minutes four students fainted. I never assumed any ... Read more » 3.8M 9K Read more in your feed

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