Guest Submission: Play A Prank on Fellow Bartakers

This is a guest submission from "WP4":

Here is a suggestion for a post. My friend and I took some time from studying to entertain ourselves. We are students studying for the Maryland exam. This is what we came up with.

I know, it's getting close to when we have to finally take this horrible exam. The hours go by slow and the days have become even longer. The monotonous studying has taken its toll on all of us. One thing that you can do to help pass the time or at least put that long forgotten smile back on your face (even if for just a moment) is to play a harmless yet funny prank on others who are studying for the bar.

Now this will require some characteristics that most law students do not possess. 1) A sense of humor, or at least what may appear to be a sense of humor, and 2) The mindset that 15 minutes wasted will not be the reason why you fail. Let's be honest, we are all going to fail for many other reasons. When you plot out your prank, it is best to plot against a friend or at least someone who does not hate you. This way they are less likely to jump up and strangle you. Also, you want to do the prank in the library, where there are a lot of people studying. Sure, the other people around will probably be annoyed. That just adds to the fun. There are few things better than seeing a crowd of law students get upset because someone or something has distracted them while studying.

The first prank that we pulled was a good ole surprise trust fall. If you don't know what they are, and you probably don't, because you have been too busy studying to keep up with the show Tosh.o, but nonetheless, the concept is in the name. Our buddy was in the library's computer lab watching a lecture on corporations given by Mr. Belding in preparation to take his NY bar.

The second took a little more planning and effort in order to execute. It was played out in a crowded area of the law library. The plotting is all laid out in the video itself. Law students can relate, because it is probably the most annoying thing that can happen in the library.

We have already caught some flack from other bar takers, but the response has been mostly positive. I think that people will ultimately enjoy the effort that you have put in to try and make others laugh, or just make yourself laugh. Either way, when the exam is over and you are living in your parents basement, jobless, twenty pounds heavier and swimming in school loan bills, at least you will be able to look back and know that you had some fun while preparing to the fail the bar.