Name our attorneys' golf team!

June 1, 2008 10:11 PM

Asking for a friend: If you were the captain of a golf team full of lawyers, what would you name your team?
posted by estherbester to grab bag (52 answers total)

Shark's Eighteen
posted by b1tr0t at 10:15 PM on June 1, 2008

Something pun-ish replacing Par with Bar ...
posted by gyusan at 10:15 PM on June 1, 2008

The Hellbound.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 10:18 PM on June 1, 2008

The Golfing Assholes
posted by Meatbomb at 10:20 PM on June 1, 2008 [12 favorites]

L'Eagles
posted by birdsquared at 10:24 PM on June 1, 2008

The Objections
posted by amyms at 10:37 PM on June 1, 2008

Or, Mulligan Sue
posted by amyms at 10:41 PM on June 1, 2008

The Good Starters
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:43 PM on June 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

Laws of Golf
posted by telstar at 10:44 PM on June 1, 2008

The Devil's Advocates
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 10:46 PM on June 1, 2008

Something pun-ish replacing Par with Bar ...
The Par-Passers
or
Passers of the Par
posted by rmless at 10:46 PM on June 1, 2008

Bar for the Course
posted by amyms at 10:49 PM on June 1, 2008 [4 favorites]

Or, [Insert number of team members here] Under Bar
posted by amyms at 10:49 PM on June 1, 2008

Parristers
posted by telstar at 10:53 PM on June 1, 2008

The Holey Briefs?
All The Precedents' Men? (if they are, indeed, men)
posted by bunglin jones at 11:00 PM on June 1, 2008

Or, [Insert number of team members here] Under Bar

I really like this one.
posted by Precision at 11:02 PM on June 1, 2008

Dewey, Cheatem and Howe.
posted by stavrogin at 11:15 PM on June 1, 2008

Putt Trials with Judge Reinhold. Extra points if you can get Judge Reinhold to play with you.
posted by bunnytricks at 11:20 PM on June 1, 2008

Bar for the Courts.
posted by ORthey at 11:23 PM on June 1, 2008

Actually Par for the Courts might make a little more sense.
posted by ORthey at 11:40 PM on June 1, 2008

(Hereby referred to as GOLFERS)
posted by self at 11:48 PM on June 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

I would name the team "John".
posted by sour cream at 11:48 PM on June 1, 2008

A Loophole In One.
posted by Class Goat at 11:54 PM on June 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

Past the Bar and Under Par

Par Sharks

Friends of the Course

Tortfeasors

Learned Hands

Rainmakers

Made Whole in One
posted by DB Cooper at 1:15 AM on June 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

The snakes in the grass
posted by phredgreen at 1:19 AM on June 2, 2008

The Perfect Lie
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:39 AM on June 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

Slicing Shysters
posted by charris5005 at 3:45 AM on June 2, 2008

Driver, Puttit and Sinker
posted by StephenF at 4:57 AM on June 2, 2008

THE INCINERATORS
posted by Laugh_track at 5:39 AM on June 2, 2008

The Morally Handicapped: we like a good lie for the green
posted by popechunk at 5:52 AM on June 2, 2008

Stroke of Justice
posted by tomcooke at 6:24 AM on June 2, 2008

A Good Start

If anyone asks why, ask them in return:

"Well, what do you call a bunch of lawyers buried in the bottom of sand trap?"
posted by Freon at 6:31 AM on June 2, 2008

The Necessary Evils.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 6:34 AM on June 2, 2008

Shriveled White Balls
posted by briank at 6:45 AM on June 2, 2008

I like Par for the Courts (above).
posted by phunniemee at 7:01 AM on June 2, 2008

Permission To Approach
posted by bunglin jones at 7:03 AM on June 2, 2008

The 4 puttses.
posted by Daddy-O at 7:30 AM on June 2, 2008

The Weasels? nothing to do with golf, but everything to do with lawyers...
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 7:32 AM on June 2, 2008

Peritus Turba (I believe this would be skillful crowd?)
posted by alrightokay at 8:28 AM on June 2, 2008

Rough justice
posted by zippy at 9:04 AM on June 2, 2008

Harvey Birdmen
posted by terpia at 9:23 AM on June 2, 2008

The Golfing Lawyers.

Or, The Lawyering Golfers.
posted by ORthey at 10:01 AM on June 2, 2008

Learned Hands
posted by chan.caro at 10:33 AM on June 2, 2008

[insert state here] Par Association
posted by andrewraff at 11:10 AM on June 2, 2008

The Party of the First Putt
posted by Philbo at 11:20 AM on June 2, 2008

[insert state here] Par Association

or the Below Par Association might be a better variation.
posted by andrewraff at 11:27 AM on June 2, 2008

How about 'A Good Start'?

As in...

1. Q: What do you call 5000 dead lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A: A good start!
posted by littleredwagon at 1:25 PM on June 2, 2008

Class Action.
posted by obiwanwasabi at 5:20 AM on June 3, 2008

The Affidivets.
posted by obiwanwasabi at 5:22 AM on June 3, 2008

I was going to suggest 'Friends of the Course' (rather than the court, curiae), but don't know the Latin - amici tractus?
posted by obiwanwasabi at 5:47 AM on June 3, 2008

Par Review

Although maybe that would be better for a law school golf team.
posted by diggerroo at 1:03 PM on June 3, 2008

The Parristers

Bars, Birdies and Bogeys
posted by prudie at 1:06 AM on June 4, 2008