ATL, a semi-respectable legal blog, recently reported that Massachusetts may be mailing bar results today. If you took the MA bar, that means you may get your results tomorrow, sometime this week, or, if you are living in Somaliland or some other territory/state the US doesn't recognize, never. If only there were some form of quick, reliable "electronic mail" they could use to send the results to everyone at the same time. Alas.
Anyway, if you took the MA bar and you are currently working (a very small sample size, I know), you should probably come up with an excuse for missing work in the near future. Because going to work after getting really, blackout drunk the night before is not fun, and you will want to do this after getting your results. If you pass, you will want to party. If you fail, you will need alcohol to lessen the pain.
Here, in no particular order (actually, the order that I think of them), are some ideas:
1. I was abducted by aliens. If getting probed by little grey/green/magenta/some other color aliens is not a reason to get off work, you got a job at BigLaw and you are deferred.
2. My goldfish died. Pretty sure flushing Swimmy is worth a day off.
3. My favorite teddy bear attacked me last night. This is both sad (my best/only friend turned on me) and terrifying (I WAS ATTACKED BY A BEAR).
4. I was attacked by a bear. More manly but lacking the emotional appeal of number 3.
5. My boyfriend/girlfriend/favorite prostitute just died. If you are working at a law firm, only the third option is believable.
6. I am trapped in a South American mine with a bunch of other dudes. This is both plausible and timely. If you make the correct insinuations, it may also get you some diversity points.
7. The Green Line broke down. Only works if you live in Boston. Always works if you live in Boston.
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Dude, isn't this reporting cyclical? You say the results are coming out, ATL says you say the results are coming out, and then you say that ATL said the results are coming out. Is there any source to this rumor other than Doodie?
ReplyDeleteHey Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteWith logic skills like that you're definitely going to pass the bar. Congrats. Don't worry about waiting for results.
My bad . . . I guess Breacher was the source.
ReplyDeleteTotally my point. http://tinyurl.com/stddej
ReplyDeleteBut I don't get it. The reporting IS cyclical.
ReplyDeleteMy logic must have wowed you into silence.
ReplyDeletePeeps at the courthouse --> The Breacher --> Stufftodo bar result prediction --> ATL link to bar result prediction --> Doodie referring to ATL link to bar result prediction. That's so meta.
ReplyDeleteI also picked up on the cyclical blogging. It seems dodgy to try to use the credibility of another source to boost your own when their only source is your original non-credible story.
ReplyDeleteI live in Boston proper and today's mail has already come. No results. Bummer, all these rumors had me convinced.
ReplyDeletethe source at the superior court is probably some bitch ass law school graduate. honestly, who really thinks that shuffling papers at the superior court leads to advance insight to the BBE!?
ReplyDeletefurther, it's not even much of a tip. the bar results have been coming out the last week of october for 2 years in a row!
Note: http://stufftododuringbarbri.blogspot.com/2010/10/have-mercy-on-ma-board-of-bar-examiners.html
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