> . . . a nice little audio file comes our way and we're
> reminded that Manhattan lawyers are kind of like
> hungry rottweilers with expensive degrees. Take,
> for instance, a voice message left from an associate
> at legal behemoth Winston & Strawn for someone
> at uber-firm Latham & Watkins . . . . that he doesn't
> "give a flying fuck" about several snarl-worthy legal
> issues. Charming -- he's probably single, ladies!
> * * * <http://www.gawker.com/topic/lawyer.mp3>
Granted, the speaker's verbal communicative abilities are less than elegant (and, perhaps, an inadvertent indication that, at bottom, the fellow may himself be more than a little insecure). But isn't the less uninteresting question, What is it that the attorney to whom he was directing those remarks did or failed to do that triggered the comment in question?