Stop complaining about your lawyers

The next time you're wading through legalese and grumbling about lawyers who refuse to use plain language, just remember: it could be a lot worse, my friend.

See the documents above? Aren't they stunning?

They're actually imperial decrees--legal documents--that date from the Ottoman era.

See the swooshes on the central document? That's the text of the decree. Imagine trying to decipher that.

Those Ts & Cs don't look so bad now, do they?