Paravocabulary

A parachute is something you use when skydiving to slow down your rate of descent. In parasailing, you use a parachute to keep you aloft. A paratrooper uses a parachute and lands in a battlefield ready for battle. All these have "para" in the beginning of the word. So I think that a paramedic should be a guy that jumps out of a plane and lands at car wrecks and stuff to provide medical assistance. And a paralegal should be someone who jumps out of a plane and helps you in court. They would have to land on top of the court house I suppose. Wouldn't want to land in the street somewhere. They might get their parachutes stuck on light poles and whatnot.