Me: [Explains in great detail why client's requested motion sucks]

Client: Well, I still want to file it.

Me: Ok.

Client: I mean, either the judge will grant it, or he won't, right?

Me: Uh .. right.

Client: So, I have a fifty-fifty chance.

Me: No, wait…

Client: Yeah! Either he'll grant it, or he won't. That's fifty-fifty.

Me: It doesn't work that way.

Client: Yes it does.

Me: No it doesn't. The fact that there are two possible outcomes doesn't make them equally likely.

Client: But two possible outcomes makes it fifty-fifty.

Me: No. I'm sorry, but no. The chances of you winning remain very small.

Client: I still think it's fifty-fifty.

Me: Look, either Angelina Jolie will blow me tomorrow or she won't. Right?

Client: ….

Me: Right?

Client: I guess…..

Me: But do you think there is a 50% chance that Angelina Jolie will blow me tomorrow?

Client: [very, very sad] I guess not.

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