He's not even a lawyer and he's kicking your ass.

No! Bad lawyer! I need a loophole!

He's not Judge Judy and executioner! He is!

I'm sorry, but my mother always said if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

Will that hold up in court? No, I've tried it before.

Stop. Ask a question a lawyer would ask, please. I am a lawyer.

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Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is Episode 398. We are closing in on 400. I'm Thomas. That's Andrew. How are you doing?

I'm doing fantastic Thomas. How are you?

Yeah, I'll bet you. I'll bet you're doing fantastic. You're on a nice trip. I'm insanely jealous.

I don't want to out you, but I think your sound is going to be a bit different.

People know something's up and it sounds lovely and I wish I were there.

A little family trip to the beach. I thought, I'll take a week off.

What's the worst that could possibly happen? I thought, what could possibly go on in the news that could prevent me from enjoying weeks relaxation with my family socially distant away from everyone else at a nice beach?

You're interesting. In retrospect, let's say we get out of this in 2020 or whatever.

That's funny. I said in 2020 because we'd said that for four years, waiting for the next election, but in November I suppose.

It'll be interesting to look back and say, what was the least eventful week of that four years?

I know there was some in there, but I was going to make the joke like you can't take a vacation. You dummy.

There's no, yeah. What have you not been paying attention for the last four years? There's no week that's going to not have a thing happen.

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