Law School: The Board Game

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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:09 pm

I was recently browsing at one of my favorite used book stores when I found this little baby in the games section. Cosmic Encounter? Pandemic? Power Grid? Who needs those when we have "the FUN game that challenges your knowledge of everyday law"?

It looks to be a pretty bog-standard Trivial Pursuit knockoff that "create[s] the fun as we attempt to answer the questions and race through law school". But, on the positive side, it does come with these awesome fake diplomas:

The best, part however, is the blurb on the side of the box:

Over 1000 questions, and one to two hours of fun. Yes, that is pretty much the question-to-fun ratio of law school.

Best ten bucks I've spent in a looong time... Very Happy

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 1:01 am

^
Whatever floats yer boat Smile

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 12:36 pm

Ack, that's horrible, TLH! It was bad enough doing the real thing, a board game would be a nightmare!

Burn it.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

I'll take Actus Reus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea for $100 Alex.

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:52 pm

/\/\/\ Nice one, PF. Mens Rea I can pronounce, but I wouldn't even want to take a stab at the rest of the complete phrase.

True story: Down here in the Great State of Texas, we don't take too kindly to them fancy foreign language speakers, so we have our own Texan versions of legal terms. Voir Dire, for example, is when the opposing attorneys vet the potential jurors to try to shake out any biases they may have and to decide who will be seated. The rest of the country uses the correct French pronunciation ("vwar deer") while we call it "vore dyer".

What this means is, whenever I speak to a non-Texan attorney, they end up wondering what kind of buffoon I am. (Which, to be fair, I get from pretty much anyone anyway...)

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

It's basically, "No intent, No crime". *

* Source: Catholic grade school Latin and some law classes. I still suck at conjugating verbs.

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:02 am

TheLoneHaranguer wrote:

True story: Down here in the Great State of Texas, we don't take too kindly to them fancy foreign language speakers, so we have our own Texan versions of legal terms. Voir Dire, for example, is when the opposing attorneys vet the potential jurors to try to shake out any biases they may have and to decide who will be seated. The rest of the country uses the correct French pronunciation ("vwar deer") while we call it "vore dyer".

That's hilarious. I have a friend who does patent law who is looking for jobs in Austin (he's from New York). I don't want to tell him this story, just so I can look out for his reactions! Very Happy

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:29 am

^^^^
It's mangled nationwide-in the Mitten, it's pronounced "vwor dir". And universally mistranslated as "to speak the truth".

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

In Minnesota it's "voy de-airr".

Wyoming Double Glazed Joined: 11 Mar 2016 Posts: 367

Pastor Frank wrote:

In Minnesota it's "voy de-airr".

oh Yeah!

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 1:01 am

Padme wrote:

I have a friend who does patent law who is looking for jobs in Austin (he's from New York). I don't want to tell him this story, just so I can look out for his reactions!

Well, if your friend is moving to Austin, he might be OK. They're ... a bit different ... from the rest of us Texans. Awesome city, though -- great food, amazing live music, a college town vibe, and the infamous bat cave...

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