I was down in Washington, D.C. recently to catch the 88th Joseph Henry lecture run by the Philosophical Society of Washington. There was a dinner beforehand to honor Brian Keating, the speaker, and it was officially black tie. I put on a pinstripe suit and walked through the door of the Cosmos Club, which was apparently hosting some other events that night as well. Here’s the exchange:
- Cosmos Club hostess: “You’re a lawyer here for the American Bar Association event?”
- Me: “Now why would you say a thing like that to a person you just met?”
It was the highlight of my evening! (For everyone else, though, it was “The Big Bang and Inflation; Glimpsing the Beginning of Time from the Ends of the Earth” (YouTube))
My Dear. People are still allowed to tell lawyer jokes at the Cosmos Club in DC? Where are the #MeTooEsquire people when you need them?
Did you immediately accuse the hostess of anti-Semitism? If not, why not?