Sunday 14 June 2009

Anything but ordinary* - Avril Lavigne

Law students and Law lecturers are a special breed. We speak in our own language. Just like the other day when i went for lunch with some other law lecturers. Here are some excerpts from our conversation:-

J: Have you heard? Jaya Supermarket has collapsed!
H: Occupier liability!!!!!

M: I think i wanna order the 'Crispy Roast Goose'...
S: Let me warn you that it's not crispy at all!
M: Oh really? Then we can sue them under SOGA ('Sales of Goods Act')...
S: For what? It doesn't fit the description?
M: Exactly!

And this is lifted from a student's FB profile:-

"you know you're a law student when you tell people that you just watched monsters AND aliens in the theatres"

[Explanatory note: For civil cases eg Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] AC 562 , Foakes v. Beer (1884) 9 App Cas 605 etc., the correct way to say it is to replace 'v' with 'and'. So it's said like 'Donoghue AND Stevenson', 'Foakes AND Beer' etc.]

Hate us or love, we lawyers are anything but ordinary! :-)

*Track 8 from her debut album.

2 comments:

Chermaine said...

lol hard!

Mel said...

I say Monsters and Aliens also.
Habits die hard!!!