CHAPTER ONE<br >GENETIC STRUCTURE<br >Bluffing -- Childhood<br > If your first words were Tll sue，" you may not become a lawyer<br >but you ll be a good client. Real lawyers choose their first words<br >carefully， as in "If， as you state， you are my mother， prove it."<br > There are other early indicators. Allergic reactions to everything<br >except blue or gray pinstriped diapers with your initials (at least<br >three) sewn on; a physiological need for milk spiked with whiskey<br >(particularly at the one o clock， four o clock and bedtime feedings);<br >the ability to manipulate other children into paying for your break-<br >fast， lunch， dinner， wardrobe， and prostitutes (sorry， mistresses and<br >an illegitimate child or two) in exchange for nothing; and the ability<br >to bluff.<br > Let s dwell on that last point for a moment.1 The gene for<br >bluffing is essential to the ribonucleic make-up of any budding<br >lawyer. Not intelligence， because that can be bluffed. Not savvy，<br >because that can bluffed. In fact， everything can be bluffed except<br >one physiological occurrence， and that is only limited to male attor-<br >neys. Nowadays， though， even that can be bluffed. The budding<br >attorney can say: "Not that， not yet， I have a fear of getting an<br >incurable disease and since it s no good using a prophylactic，" etc.，<br >etc.2<br > Thus， a child who is born to be a lawyer is born with the knack of<br >bluffing. Bluffing means being able to sound impressive (again， not<br >intelligent， since that s immaterial to the law)， while saying abso-<br >lutely nothing and knowing even less. This type of child is typically<br >termed "precocious." For example:<br >
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