The Big Apple: “What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?” (lawyer joke)

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Entry from March 28, 2016

“What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?” (lawyer joke)

One popular lawyer joke is:

Q: What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
A: A gigolo only screws one person at a time.

The joke has been cited in print sine at least 1990.

Google Groups: rec.humor
Ulysses S. Grant started the lawyer jokes! ^2
s...@ollie.seas.ucla.edu
10/15/90
(...)
Q. What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
A. A gigolo only screws one person at a time.

Google Groups: alt.tasteless.jokes
Lawyer Jokes
Ben Magid
11/8/92
(...)
Q. What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
A. A gigolo only screws one person at a time.

Google Books
Netscape & HTML Explorer
By Urban A. LeJeune and Jeff Duntemann
Scottsdale, AZ: Coriolis Group Books
1995
Pg. 419:
Q. What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
A. A gigolo only screws one person at a time.

Google Groups: rec.humor
Canonical List of Lawyer Jokes
The Shadow
6/28/95
(...)
Q. What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
A. A gigolo only screws one person at a time.

Google BOoks
The Lawyer’s Joke Book:
There Are Some Things a Rat Just Won’t Do
By John Patrick Dolan and Dale Irvin
Charleston, SC: Advantage Media Group
2008
Pg. 12:
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
The gigolo only screws one person at a time.

Google Groups: uk.rec.humour
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
bart
8/26/09
A gigolo only screws one person at a time.

Twitter
Bob Kostic
‏@causticbob
Q: What’s the difference between a lawyer and a gigolo?
A: A gigolo only screws one person at a time.
1:33 PM - 6 Mar 2016

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Monday, March 28, 2016 • Permalink