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What Happened to Professional Courtesy?

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Yeah, yeah; you know the old joke:

Why won’t sharks attack lawyers? Professional courtesy.

*Rimshot*
Well, Harvey Miller, a Toledo, Ohio attorney, and a Hawaiian shark did their best to dispel that notion.

Miller, a 36-year-old attorney, was snorkeling off of Bellows Field Beach Park Thursday afternoon when a shark chomped on his leg.
“I punched it and I started to swim,” he said. “And then, that’s when I knew it wasn’t good because I did not have use of my left lower extremity. I couldn’t kick.”

[KHNL (Honolulu NBC affiliate)]
It wasn’t good! No kidding! A shark just missed gnashing up your junk.
But it could have been much worse. Thankfully Miller managed to avoid any damage to his blood vessels, and suffered only broken bones and nerve damage. And he, is course, ALIVE, which is inherently in doubt when you have a face-to-face (or in this case face to leg, and then fist to face) with a shark while snorkling.
We’ll also note that we find it a little amusing that he’s quoted as saying he didn’t have use of his “left lower extremity.” We’re not taking a deposition, doctor. Just tell us your leg wouldn’t work.
Anyway, to the shark we say you should have known better than to mess with one of us. And don’t look for any referrals anytime soon.

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