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My favorite kind of LS douchebag: The Podium Sprinter.

These faggots start edging to the front of their seats as th...
Electric church building
  01/13/09
hey i do this once in a while so i dont get stuck behind an ...
fishy friendly grandma electric furnace
  01/13/09
You are an uber-gunner you stupid douchebag. That is why yo...
Electric church building
  01/13/09
What do you ask while you're up there? You are aware that t...
cerise thriller legend space
  01/13/09
Not to mention, profs ask a 1000 times DURING CLASS if anyon...
Electric church building
  01/13/09
my property professor did not allow students to ask question...
supple trailer park
  01/13/09
I e-mailed my crim law professor a question once. He asked ...
Laughsome Chestnut Sex Offender
  01/13/09
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flickering arrogant theater stage
  08/10/09
So did you give him your number?
very tactful insane cruise ship genital piercing
  01/17/10
Awesome.
very tactful insane cruise ship genital piercing
  01/17/10
I would like an answer to my first question please.
cerise thriller legend space
  01/13/09
Podium sprinters may hail from institutions where fraternizi...
puce impressive codepig university
  01/13/09
You contradicted yourself. And I never understand your post...
cerise thriller legend space
  01/13/09
Other than fry cook, in your opinion, what is an ideal occup...
puce impressive codepig university
  01/13/09
you have awful writing skills.
brilliant locus
  08/12/09
Not copy editor. Why did you feel the need to use two semi-...
disgusting violet public bath wrinkle
  01/16/10
90% of the time it's a question having to do with logistics ...
fishy friendly grandma electric furnace
  01/13/09
This puts you in the top 1% of gunners.
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  01/13/09
ty
fishy friendly grandma electric furnace
  01/13/09
I don't think that was a compliment. But whatever it takes ...
Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action
  01/13/09
ive podium sprinted maybe 15 times in my LS career. j...
razzle drab hell
  01/13/09
I guess that's not so bad. The only justification I can see...
cerise thriller legend space
  01/13/09
Dude, you need professional help.
Electric church building
  01/13/09
Email? Office Hours?
excitant aquamarine orchestra pit
  01/13/09
yeah, it's so much more convenient to wait for fucking offic...
fishy friendly grandma electric furnace
  01/13/09
Alternatively, it's much less convenient to shoot out a 3 li...
wonderful psychic
  01/13/09
asking a question is less of an imposition than sending an e...
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
Holy fuck. You have GOT to be flame, or else you must be ne...
wonderful psychic
  01/13/09
I've never understood why people email questions to their pr...
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
Yeah, how dare they not monopolize their professor's time, a...
wonderful psychic
  01/13/09
The large majority of professors prefer to answer questions ...
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
No, the large majority of professors prefer to answer questi...
wonderful psychic
  01/13/09
No, no, I think you're wrong, please explain yourself at gre...
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
I love when it's obvious that these people are missing the e...
cerise thriller legend space
  01/13/09
Trust me. Profs loathe every single one of the podium sprin...
Electric church building
  01/13/09
I definitely agree, but what do you mean "Trust me"...
Curious flesh kitty cat forum
  01/13/09
WTF? The Podium Sprinter really *IS* my favorite type of gu...
cobalt depressive
  01/13/09
They are my favorite as well. Just giving the straight dope...
Electric church building
  01/13/09
Word.
cobalt depressive
  01/13/09
Usually when I go to the podium after class it's when I have...
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
but what the fuck are you asking that can't be answered by a...
Boyish sickened library
  01/13/09
usually something from the reading that caught my interest o...
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
"usually something from the reading that caught my inte...
Electric church building
  01/13/09
sorry you have no interest in the subject you're spending 3 ...
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
That's correct. LS is a means to an end. IT IS NOT FUCKING...
Electric church building
  01/13/09
tools are interesting
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
very credited. i feel like the biggest mistakes made by my ...
Glittery halford
  01/13/09
tcr.
very tactful insane cruise ship genital piercing
  01/17/10
Podium sprinters are all about FORM over FUNCTION.
Electric church building
  01/13/09
We have one of these guys at my school. He talks to the pro...
hideous meetinghouse ratface
  01/13/09
lol. This behavior almost disappeared after 1L year
hot hominid giraffe
  01/13/09
This guy does it as a 3L
hideous meetinghouse ratface
  01/13/09
in ug i once got caught in a conversation with a prof and en...
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  01/13/09
i go up to the podium once in a while. i don't think it's t...
Glittery halford
  01/13/09
Moore v. Regents is bad, but any gay rights case is inevitab...
Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action
  01/13/09
Gay rights and abortion. Thankfully I haven't seen either s...
Electric church building
  01/13/09
In my class the abortion discussion was very stilted because...
Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action
  01/13/09
i'm kinda excluding ConLaw because that seems like a given f...
Glittery halford
  01/13/09
what the fuck? i've never heard of any of these cases lo...
razzle drab hell
  01/13/09
me neither, except for the last one, which i think is the ca...
Motley pearl ticket booth sandwich
  01/13/09
Campbell is the big copyright case with "Pretty Woman&q...
Glittery halford
  01/13/09
Campbell v. Acuff Rose is the parody case about "Pretty...
Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action
  01/13/09
we combined with it Grockster and contributory infringement ...
Glittery halford
  01/13/09
Sounds like you were just surrounded by idiots. Neither of ...
Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action
  01/13/09
what a noob. ive heard of all but one.
fishy friendly grandma electric furnace
  01/13/09
Tarasoff is the torts case about the shrink who didn't discl...
wonderful psychic
  01/13/09
so you're not a torts noob but you're a rest of 1L noob. pwn...
fishy friendly grandma electric furnace
  01/13/09
I haven't had con or property yet, so I'm not sure about the...
wonderful psychic
  01/13/09
i don't think i've ever talked to a professor outside of cla...
Vigorous Voyeur Den
  01/13/09
That is because you are relatively normal.
Electric church building
  01/13/09
I couldn't ever see the point of seeing them out of class. ...
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yeah, i thought maybe i should consider talking to one of th...
Vigorous Voyeur Den
  01/13/09
If you answer the odd question intelligently in class and ge...
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yeah, that's kinda what i figured. I did well on cold calls ...
Vigorous Voyeur Den
  01/13/09
This. The only time I talked to a prof was when I ran i...
180 topaz temple faggotry
  01/16/10
Podium sprinters are harmless because by the time they are d...
bat shit crazy jet background story deer antler
  01/13/09
Equally annoying are the striver douches who raise their han...
green exciting newt
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My profs would politely tell tehm to shut the fuck up. Nobod...
Laughsome Chestnut Sex Offender
  01/13/09
The non-trads in the front row are always the worst for this...
bat shit crazy jet background story deer antler
  01/13/09
bumping for the rising 1Ls.
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Right - so the advice to the 1L's is, don't ask professors q...
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  08/10/09
titcr
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lololol
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It's just that there is simply no reason ever to ask a profe...
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curiosity?
contagious trump supporter
  08/10/09
Read the supplement and answer it there.
Coiffed elite nursing home turdskin
  08/10/09
Kill self.
titillating stage police squad
  08/10/09
LOL. Please tell me you are a 1L.
titillating stage police squad
  08/10/09
It's OK to ask the occasional directly relevant, intelligent...
bat shit crazy jet background story deer antler
  08/12/09
176.
disgusting violet public bath wrinkle
  01/16/10
This thread is 100% CREDITED.
titillating stage police squad
  08/10/09
Best post in a while. Well done.
Opaque Vivacious State
  08/10/09
My favorite Gunners are the ones who sprint to the podium to...
Galvanic center
  08/12/09
If you've never shoved someone out of the way during your po...
Pink Factory Reset Button Theater
  08/12/09
those little inquiries end up making a big, big difference w...
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lol
titillating stage police squad
  01/15/10
This is just one of the many reasons I wear trainers everywh...
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baff
Electric church building
  01/15/10
Podium sprinters at least have a clue that the rest of the c...
180 topaz temple faggotry
  01/16/10
Guy in my law school is a total aspie gunner. He's on law r...
up-to-no-good dragon quadroon
  01/16/10
next time he speaks, someone should loudly say what time it ...
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  01/19/10
im more of a podium WALKER (id prefer to be the last up ther...
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  01/17/10


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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:52 PM
Author: Electric church building

These faggots start edging to the front of their seats as the professor begins to wind down their lecture. As soon as the prof finishes, they LEAP OUT of their fucking chairs and SPRINT to the PODIUM as fast as they can. Then they ask the prof a rehearsed question designed to make themselves appear intelligent OR alternatively tell a FUCKING STUPID anecdote about how THE LAW in this particular class has crawled into their daily lives.

So PATHETIC. DIE PODIUM SPRINTER. DIE.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10713999)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:53 PM
Author: fishy friendly grandma electric furnace

hey i do this once in a while so i dont get stuck behind an uber-gunner who asks a 10 minute long question. so fuck you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714012)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:54 PM
Author: Electric church building

You are an uber-gunner you stupid douchebag. That is why you are at the podium.

Silly faggot. Podiums are for gunners.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714018)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:55 PM
Author: cerise thriller legend space

What do you ask while you're up there?

You are aware that there is a casebook, hornbooks, E&Es, Emmanuels, Crunchtimes, Understanding Series, Casenotes, the Internet, and a million other supplements, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714024)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:56 PM
Author: Electric church building

Not to mention, profs ask a 1000 times DURING CLASS if anyone has any questions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714029)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:58 PM
Author: supple trailer park

my property professor did not allow students to ask questions-- ever. if you incorporated a question of your own into a response, he would shout: "I ask the questions!" one time I made the mistake of emailing him a question-- he told me to figure out the answer myself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10715040)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 10:02 PM
Author: Laughsome Chestnut Sex Offender

I e-mailed my crim law professor a question once. He asked for my number and gave me his to discuss it further.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10715076)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 7:34 AM
Author: flickering arrogant theater stage

174

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12469059)



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Date: January 17th, 2010 1:51 PM
Author: very tactful insane cruise ship genital piercing

So did you give him your number?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13831333)



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Date: January 17th, 2010 1:51 PM
Author: very tactful insane cruise ship genital piercing

Awesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13831328)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:58 PM
Author: cerise thriller legend space

I would like an answer to my first question please.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714049)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:29 PM
Author: puce impressive codepig university

Podium sprinters may hail from institutions where fraternizing with the profs (ostensibly for purely intellectual gains, after class) is condoned behavior and rewarded or reflected in the GPA of students willing to learn the turns of the fraternization dance. Some schools actually foster this kind of behavior in the thinking that a student's opinion or his analysis on a topic being taught shoud be of no interest whatever to his prof until the student is, at least, a third year post-grad; and his job until then is to subjugate his impuses, which he may have to represent his experience or knowledge; and to focus instead on passively listening and adding new knowledge, in as great a volume and, as quickly and effectively as possible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714298)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:40 PM
Author: cerise thriller legend space

You contradicted yourself.

And I never understand your posts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714370)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:19 PM
Author: puce impressive codepig university

Other than fry cook, in your opinion, what is an ideal occupation 4 me? Copy editor?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714722)



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Date: August 12th, 2009 9:23 AM
Author: brilliant locus

you have awful writing skills.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12485353)



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Date: January 16th, 2010 1:33 PM
Author: disgusting violet public bath wrinkle

Not copy editor. Why did you feel the need to use two semi-colons in a single sentence?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13822229)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:11 PM
Author: fishy friendly grandma electric furnace

90% of the time it's a question having to do with logistics of the class or wondering about a certain due date for something or something of that nature. once in a while i might have a brief question i want clarified. once in a blue moon i have a more detailed question i want to ask that i dont want to bore the rest of the class with.

ive podium sprinted maybe 15 times in my LS career.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714164)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:12 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action

This puts you in the top 1% of gunners.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714173)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:12 PM
Author: fishy friendly grandma electric furnace

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714177)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:14 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action

I don't think that was a compliment. But whatever it takes to make you feel self-actualized.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714198)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:12 PM
Author: razzle drab hell

ive podium sprinted maybe 15 times in my LS career.

jesus christ. kill yourself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714179)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:12 PM
Author: cerise thriller legend space

I guess that's not so bad. The only justification I can see is to figure out how much emphasis a prof will put on a specific topic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714180)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:15 PM
Author: Electric church building

Dude, you need professional help.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714203)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:56 PM
Author: excitant aquamarine orchestra pit

Email? Office Hours?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714034)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:11 PM
Author: fishy friendly grandma electric furnace

yeah, it's so much more convenient to wait for fucking office hours than to just go ask the prof after class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714169)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:41 PM
Author: wonderful psychic

Alternatively, it's much less convenient to shoot out a 3 line email than to look like an uberdouche as you bolt to the front of the classroom.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714379)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:43 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

asking a question is less of an imposition than sending an email that requires answering. also, you sound a little self-conscious about how you look to your peers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714397)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:46 PM
Author: wonderful psychic

Holy fuck. You have GOT to be flame, or else you must be new here.

You're going to get eaten alive, poor guy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714421)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:50 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

I've never understood why people email questions to their professors. That would drive me crazy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714463)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:52 PM
Author: wonderful psychic

Yeah, how dare they not monopolize their professor's time, and leave it to him to answer questions at his leisure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714477)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:55 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

The large majority of professors prefer to answer questions in person rather than by email. You can tell which ones don't -- they leave as soon as class is over, explaining that they have another commitment to attend to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714507)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:58 PM
Author: wonderful psychic

No, the large majority of professors prefer to answer questions via email or during office hours, which is why they say "come to my office hours/send me an email if you have a question" as opposed to "feel free to waste my time immediately after class if you have any questions," and you can tell which ones hate you -- they leave as soon as class is over, explaining that they have another commitment to attend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714540)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:59 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

No, no, I think you're wrong, please explain yourself at greater length.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714557)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:54 PM
Author: cerise thriller legend space

I love when it's obvious that these people are missing the entire point of the lecture. The professor probably thinks they are complete assholes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714016)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 7:55 PM
Author: Electric church building

Trust me. Profs loathe every single one of the podium sprinters that approaches. Unless they are hot chicks, which clearly, is NEVER the case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714025)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 10:01 PM
Author: Curious flesh kitty cat forum

I definitely agree, but what do you mean "Trust me"? Any stories?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10715063)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:02 PM
Author: cobalt depressive

WTF? The Podium Sprinter really *IS* my favorite type of gunner. Doesn't bother me if they want to be a douche on their own time (and the prof's). I'm out the door. Podium Sprinter has no bearing on my life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714077)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:02 PM
Author: Electric church building

They are my favorite as well. Just giving the straight dope.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714087)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:04 PM
Author: cobalt depressive

Word.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714098)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:30 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

Usually when I go to the podium after class it's when I have a question I'm interested in but isn't really pertinent to the day's lecture. I hate when people drag the lecture off topic and waste everyone's time, so I refrain from doing it myself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714302)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:33 PM
Author: Boyish sickened library

but what the fuck are you asking that can't be answered by another student or in an e-mail?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714318)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:36 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

usually something from the reading that caught my interest or related to something in another class or something, but that the prof didn't get to. I'd rather ask a question immediately because because I would probably forget it otherwise and thus not email the professor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714338)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:38 PM
Author: Electric church building

"usually something from the reading that caught my interest"

HAHAHA. Gunner douchebag.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714355)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:39 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

sorry you have no interest in the subject you're spending 3 years and over $100k studying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714365)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:44 PM
Author: Electric church building

That's correct. LS is a means to an end. IT IS NOT FUCKING INTERESTING. I REPEAT. IT IS NOT FUCKING INTERESTING. It is not an intellectual exercise. Lawyers are plumbers who amass a tool box of skills. We are not intelligencia.

You want to read something interesting? Pick up a copy of SI.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714405)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:48 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

tools are interesting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714440)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:48 PM
Author: Glittery halford

very credited. i feel like the biggest mistakes made by my fellow 1Ls involves attempts to intellectualize 1L areas of the law like the FRCP that -- let's face it -- involve zero intellectual thought and should be exclusively used as tools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714441)



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Date: January 17th, 2010 1:57 PM
Author: very tactful insane cruise ship genital piercing

tcr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13831390)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:37 PM
Author: Electric church building

Podium sprinters are all about FORM over FUNCTION.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714347)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:37 PM
Author: hideous meetinghouse ratface

We have one of these guys at my school. He talks to the prof until the next class starts and then walks with the prof to his office.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714346)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:39 PM
Author: hot hominid giraffe

lol. This behavior almost disappeared after 1L year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714368)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:47 PM
Author: hideous meetinghouse ratface

This guy does it as a 3L

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714426)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:48 PM
Author: Motley pearl ticket booth sandwich

in ug i once got caught in a conversation with a prof and ended up walking all the way across campus from where i wanted to go. i think that's the last time i approached a prof.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714439)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:45 PM
Author: Glittery halford

i go up to the podium once in a while. i don't think it's the worst behavior, unless, as the OP mentioned, you're sprinting to it.

the worst podium people ask way too many policy questions in class, and then continue their policy banter after it, as if the prof really cares about how res ipsa and information forcing shouldn't apply to 19 defendants in Wolf or Ybarra.

here are two of the worst questions that i recall from podium people:

"So why can't cats count as strict liability? What if they scratch a person once? Is that like the one bite rule?"

"So why doesn't the dissent allow a possessory interest in (insert kidney transfer nonsense/inalienability here)?"(actually, anything about Moore v. Regents. That case is the worst for attracting dumb questions.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714414)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:47 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action

Moore v. Regents is bad, but any gay rights case is inevitably worse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714427)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:48 PM
Author: Electric church building

Gay rights and abortion. Thankfully I haven't seen either since Family Law 2 semesters ago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714445)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:55 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action

In my class the abortion discussion was very stilted because no one really felt comfortable. The prof even mentioned that we were unusually reticent, for which I thanked Jesus because I did NOT care to hear what everybody thought on that particular subject.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714509)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:51 PM
Author: Glittery halford

i'm kinda excluding ConLaw because that seems like a given for inciting banal discussion.

Moore is definitely terrible. i would be a very happy law student if i never had to discuss the following cases again:

Moore v. Regents

Tarasoff

Indiana Harbor Belt v. American Cyanamid Co.

Campbell v. Acuff Rose

Mount Laurel I and II (exclusionary zoning)

Regina v. Dudley and Stephens (this one is particularly terrible if you have some philosophy strivers in your class)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714467)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:52 PM
Author: razzle drab hell

what the fuck? i've never heard of any of these cases

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714473)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:53 PM
Author: Motley pearl ticket booth sandwich

me neither, except for the last one, which i think is the cannibalism case

edit: indiana harbor belt and mount laurel are vaguely familiar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714492)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:54 PM
Author: Glittery halford

Campbell is the big copyright case with "Pretty Woman" and 2 Live Crew. Souter wrote it. basically, if it's a parody designed for a different market, then it doesn't infringe copyright.

Regina is the cannibalism/necessity case for Crim. it's fairly useless on the exam, but profs like to use it for retributive/utilitarian arguments.

Mount Laurel is the Jersey case with exclusionary zoning. the city zoned in a way that excluded low rent housing, therefore keeping the city racially segregated.

Tarasoff is the case with the psychologist and the duty to warn.

Indiana Harbor is the strict liability case in which there was toxic leakage in a suburban area.

i won't dwell on why these cases encourage bad discussion, but just look at the topics: zoning and segregation, incompatible industrial uses, psychologists and the right to privacy, and retributive/utilitarian punishment arguments.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714495)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:54 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action

Campbell v. Acuff Rose is the parody case about "Pretty Woman." That was actually a fun case; I don't see what the problem is. The other cases I've never heard of.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714496)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:57 PM
Author: Glittery halford

we combined with it Grockster and contributory infringement for two days of sheer "well, downloading music is blah blah blah but Mr. Smith thinks that copyright should no longer apply because parody is everywhere blah blah blah."

just imagine a really bad policy copyright bull session with three or four friends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714529)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:58 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Scarlet Affirmative Action

Sounds like you were just surrounded by idiots. Neither of those cases should involve long whiny policy discussions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714538)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:55 PM
Author: fishy friendly grandma electric furnace

what a noob. ive heard of all but one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714508)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 8:55 PM
Author: wonderful psychic

Tarasoff is the torts case about the shrink who didn't disclose to a P that his patient threatened to kill them.

Indiana Harbor was the Posner case about the chemical spill; ultrahazardous activities, I think.

Those are the only 2 I recognize.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714511)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:03 PM
Author: fishy friendly grandma electric furnace

so you're not a torts noob but you're a rest of 1L noob. pwnpwnpwn.

what LS are you at, dooder?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714586)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:48 PM
Author: wonderful psychic

I haven't had con or property yet, so I'm not sure about the rest of the cases.

An accredited one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714965)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:04 PM
Author: Vigorous Voyeur Den

i don't think i've ever talked to a professor outside of class unless i bumped into him at whole foods or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714599)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:14 PM
Author: Electric church building

That is because you are relatively normal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714683)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:16 PM
Author: bat shit crazy jet background story deer antler

I couldn't ever see the point of seeing them out of class. It either makes you look stupid because you need to have something explained that you should be able to figure out yourself or like a douche who wants to suck up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714704)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:18 PM
Author: Vigorous Voyeur Den

yeah, i thought maybe i should consider talking to one of them at the end of class or going to office hours so i could justify asking for a recommendation, but i never had any idea what i'd want to say. just don't get it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714715)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:20 PM
Author: bat shit crazy jet background story deer antler

If you answer the odd question intelligently in class and get a good grade you'll get a good recommendation. You don't need to go become the prof's buddy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714727)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:22 PM
Author: Vigorous Voyeur Den

yeah, that's kinda what i figured. I did well on cold calls and raised my hand every now and again, so i think i'll just ask whoever gives me the best grade.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714738)



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Date: January 16th, 2010 2:37 PM
Author: 180 topaz temple faggotry

This.

The only time I talked to a prof was when I ran into my conlaw prof at the grocery store once.

He was one of those conlaw profs that took delight in confusing people and freaking out gunners. 80% of the class had no clue what he was talking about.

He asked me how his lectures were going and whether we were getting it.

I told him everything was cool, bought a case of beer and a frozen pizza, and went on my way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13822642)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:06 PM
Author: bat shit crazy jet background story deer antler

Podium sprinters are harmless because by the time they are doing their thing I am out the door and it's only the prof's time they are wasting.

The really annoying gunners are ones who ask stupid questions in class. Those gunners actually waste everyone's time, not just the prof's.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714611)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 9:29 PM
Author: green exciting newt

Equally annoying are the striver douches who raise their hand the entire class in order to give their opinion on something, just so they can let the class know how they feel.

This dood in one of my classes probably raises his hand on average every 2-3 minutes, just to say 'I noticed that...' or 'I really think Judge OldDouche is attempting to...'

Those fuckers drive me crazy, and there's always at least one of them every semester.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10714805)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 10:05 PM
Author: Laughsome Chestnut Sex Offender

My profs would politely tell tehm to shut the fuck up. Nobody did it after the second or third week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10715103)



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Date: January 13th, 2009 10:14 PM
Author: bat shit crazy jet background story deer antler

The non-trads in the front row are always the worst for this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#10715159)



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Date: August 9th, 2009 11:57 PM
Author: garnet bbw step-uncle's house

bumping for the rising 1Ls.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12466754)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 12:20 AM
Author: talented stage marketing idea

Right - so the advice to the 1L's is, don't ask professors questions after class, but it's also douchey to email them or see them during office hours, or ask questions during class, or ever display, at any point, to anyone, the slightest sign that you are interested in the material or do not completely understand 100% of the law.

This thread is like the threads that explain why YLS is a TTT because all the students are head-in-the clouds idiots, HLS is a TTT because it's a diploma mill, and every other school is a TTT because it's not Y/H.

Yours in Christ,

boredtroll

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12467039)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 12:42 AM
Author: Confused corner twinkling uncleanness

titcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12467252)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 12:43 AM
Author: Bronze chest-beating gas station skinny woman

lololol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12467260)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 2:36 AM
Author: Coiffed elite nursing home turdskin

It's just that there is simply no reason ever to ask a professor a question, period. As stated above, anything that could possibly come up on an exam can be answered by looking at any number of supplements.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12468129)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 2:40 AM
Author: contagious trump supporter

curiosity?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12468153)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 2:43 AM
Author: Coiffed elite nursing home turdskin

Read the supplement and answer it there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12468170)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 7:57 AM
Author: titillating stage police squad

Kill self.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12469097)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 7:59 AM
Author: titillating stage police squad

LOL. Please tell me you are a 1L.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12469098)



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Date: August 12th, 2009 10:39 AM
Author: bat shit crazy jet background story deer antler

It's OK to ask the occasional directly relevant, intelligent and short question in class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12485598)



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Date: January 16th, 2010 2:34 PM
Author: disgusting violet public bath wrinkle

176.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13822625)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 7:59 AM
Author: titillating stage police squad

This thread is 100% CREDITED.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12469099)



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Date: August 10th, 2009 5:11 PM
Author: Opaque Vivacious State

Best post in a while. Well done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12471718)



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Date: August 12th, 2009 12:47 PM
Author: Galvanic center

My favorite Gunners are the ones who sprint to the podium to ask a question which could/ should have been brought up in class, but they want exclusive rights to the prof's insight to have a leg up come exam time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12486332)



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Date: August 12th, 2009 12:51 PM
Author: Pink Factory Reset Button Theater

If you've never shoved someone out of the way during your podium sprint, you have much to learn about GUNNING.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12486348)



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Date: August 12th, 2009 12:57 PM
Author: provocative haunted graveyard dilemma

those little inquiries end up making a big, big difference with regard to who makes it as an associate and who fails.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12486367)



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Date: January 15th, 2010 2:27 PM
Author: titillating stage police squad

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13815319)



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Date: August 12th, 2009 12:58 PM
Author: razzmatazz bistre business firm prole

This is just one of the many reasons I wear trainers everywhere I go.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#12486371)



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Date: January 15th, 2010 2:20 PM
Author: Electric church building

baff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13815264)



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Date: January 16th, 2010 2:38 PM
Author: 180 topaz temple faggotry

Podium sprinters at least have a clue that the rest of the class doesn't give a shit about their questions.

I told a handful of gunners in LS to save their questions for after class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13822652)



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Date: January 16th, 2010 2:46 PM
Author: up-to-no-good dragon quadroon

Guy in my law school is a total aspie gunner. He's on law review and I think is a 3L. In Evidence, he literally took almost half the class period sometimes engaging in useless hypos with the prof. Now, I'm in another class with him and he's trying the same thing though this prof has less patience.

Whenever he asks a question, people look at each other.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13822692)



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Date: January 19th, 2010 1:10 PM
Author: Flushed tantric area stock car

next time he speaks, someone should loudly say what time it is, followed by "I told you that DB would talk today before [X time]! You owe my $5!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13850436)



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Date: January 17th, 2010 2:13 PM
Author: Shaky goal in life

im more of a podium WALKER (id prefer to be the last up there) when it is a well known prof that i want a future rec letter from

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=915540&forum_id=2#13831558)