The Lawyer's Billable Hours | 律师的计费时间

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Joe, a lawyer, died suddenly at the age of 45.

He arrived at the gates of Heaven, where an angel greeted him, "We've been waiting a long time for you."

"What do you mean?" Joe replied. "I'm only 45, in the prime of my life. Why did I have to die now?"

"Forty-five? You're not 45; you're 82," the angel countered.

"Wait a minute. If you think I'm 82, you have the wrong person. I'm only 45. I can show you my birth certificate."

"Hold on. Let me go check," said the angel, disappearing inside.

After a few minutes, the angel returned.

"Sorry, but according to our records, you are 82. I checked all the hours you billed your clients, and you have to be 82."

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