So I’m in Corporations, reading1 a slide about the Business Judgment Rule. My classmate sitting next to me starts to lean back in his chair and we hear a snap:
A-BOOM-a-noom! Both of us crash down to the floor and hit our heads on the ledge behind our seats…and hilarity ensued.2
Professor M: “Oh my god! Are you guys okay?”
(The entire class laughs, as we scramble back up)
Me: “Yes, but you now have to change your seating chart, ‘cus we’re moving!”
(We dust ourselves off and move our stuff, the laughing intensifies).
Professor M: “Yes! I’ll do that right now actually!”3
Law school is all grace and poise, don’tcha know?
1 Seriously, this is the karma I get for paying attention…
2 Total “But No Thanks” reference.
3 Yes, Professor M actually changed the seating chart as we moved over to non-broken seats. We sat in launch position for the rest of the class lest we repeat the crash scene.
lol! I see a personal injury claim here…
Hahhaha. I hope you are well on your way to recovery.
Thanks for the tag- you’ve officially contributed to my already over-inflated ego.
OMG. That is hilarious (glad neither of you were injured, obv). Those kinds of chairs are Dangerous! A kid in my section crashed to the floor in a similar blaze of glory during orientation. None of the profs could figure out why nobody wanted to sit in that part of the room the next week.
Also, A-boom-a-noom??? For some reason that put the “manamana” song in my head….thanks
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Maybe, but I love my school too much!
It’s not possible to over-inflate an ego in law school.
Hah! After consulting with some 2Ls and 3Ls, I’ve learned that this happens quite often. Most of the time it happens when two people lean back.
And yes, A-boom-a-noom! B-Scott uses it all the time…for example, in his Scarlet Takes a Tumble video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oNcDqnCwCs