jesus christ

[Bob]

so I thought that law school and the subsequent soul crushing void of unemployment and no job prospects had voided me of my ability to feel things but i go down to the mailbox today and there's a letter from the board of bar examiners. i was literally shaking as i tried to open the envelope and unfold it and it turns out i passed and i literally said "oh thank god" out loud even though i was alone and my heart is still pounding and i'm still kind of shaking and the tunnel vision is only just now starting to fade and i think i'm going to go have a lie down for a while but oh thank god i passed that fucking thing, i did not want to do it again

i thought this moment wouldn't be particularly exciting because, you know, you have to have a job to be a lawyer but nope that was pretty fucking tense

whoooooo

phewww

[Freebasser]

Seems as if all your christmases are coming at once, Bob.

Congrats (y)

[Knuckles]

Quite a day.

Bob passed the bar and (thanks to my wife's seven layer bean dip) I passed a lot of gas.

Congrats to you, sir.












I would also like to add that I think I am officially Bob's biggest internet fan. I was the first to reply to this and to his facebook update.

:o

[Knuckles]

Ok, maybe Freeb is a bigger fan than me.



:(

[Bob]

hey i guess i have something to talk about on my date tomorrow

and if it goes badly and she decides she's just not that into me after all i don't think i'm going to be brought down about it, this is pretty ideal timing

[RobMoney$]

She should be swooning when you tell her you're offically certified to practice law now.


Congrats man.
That's awesome(y)

[Rock]

(y) good on ya brolmes.

[paul jones]

I thought this was about the son of god:(

[saz]

congrats bro, now i've got an excuse to party tonight

[cosmo105]

My condolences to your liver this weekend, Bob. Woooo! (y)

[yeahwho]

Congratulations bob! I would be doing cartwheels, you must be pumped.

So yeah, you could be out on your second date and lets say you walk by some watering hole nonchalantly you can stop and say "Hey we just passed a bar, BTW baby....

You're gonna get lucky

[Bob]

My condolences to your liver this weekend, Bob. Woooo! (y)

me too. i'm going to have to drink a ton more to make it "special occasion" drinking rather than "it's a day that ends in y and it's dark out" drinking


So yeah, you could be out on your second date and lets say you walk by some watering hole nonchalantly you can stop and say "Hey we just passed a bar, BTW baby....


hahaha. i might do that. i probably won't say "baby" though

[Dorothy Wood]

be sure to say "bee tee dubs"

"bee tee dubs, little lady, who's got two thumbs and just passed the bar exam?"


CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, BOB

[jennyb]

HOLY SHIT THAT'S STUPENDOUS!!!!! (y)

[mikizee]

Bob now's the ideal time to do a world tour.

And make t shirts. Lots of merch.

Need a cool name for the tour though.

[Documad]

FANTASTIC NEWS!

[ericlee]

HOLY SHIT THAT'S STUPENDOUS!!!!! (y)

BOB'S NOT STUPID!! HE JUST PASSED A TEST YOU DUMB DUMB!!

Congrats Bob! Make the next thread about getting your pee pee wet after that date!

[b i o n i c]

awesome! today's the first day of the rest of your life or something like that(y)

[Dorothy Wood]

getting your pee pee wet after that date!


gross! eric! jesus! :(

[b i o n i c]

theres money in armored car chasing.. you're a lawyer for fuck's shit!

[Bob]

god i keep reading the letter to make sure i haven't screwed it up somehow but nope i've definitely passed. i mean overall i wasn't immensely worried that i'd failed, because i studied hard (though i didn't take the $2,750 review course, a wise decision in retrospect), there's a 80-90% pass rate, i was in the zone for the exam and i've generally been pretty damn good at standardized tests but you know still, walking down to the mailbox and seeing that board of bar examiners return address, shit, at that moment it felt like i had a 50/50 chance of passing and it literally felt like my heart was made of diarrhea, i really don't know how else to describe it, i did not want to take that test again

figured a certain way this is a kind of hollow victory because to be totally honest i'm basically in exactly the same position i was in before i learned i'd passed in terms of my chances of getting a job but fuck that, i'm putting my cynicism aside for like at least a week and i'm determined to be thrilled about this

boy i'm drunk and posting on the internet at 3:30 A.M. again.

[Adam]

Congrats - but go to bed.

On your date: When she goes to pay her part of the bill you could shout "I OBJECT" really loud to let everyone know you're a real lawyer. Then buy the house a round of drinks while lighting a cigar with a $20 bill so you can feel like the big shot you are

[checkyourprez]

holler back son.


you dont want to come out with this information on the date, or it seems like your bragging. let her bring it out of you, like the old ooo anything new in your life type of question. then your like blah blah blah. then shell be all very impressed and thinking about getting seeded up. in which case you dump her and go find someone hotter.

[Guy Incognito]

well in bob(y)

i'm sure she'll be very pleased with your news.dont big it up too much though, just casually drop it in. like maybe mention it in a list of things you have done this week. went shopping, bought a book, passed the bar. glad things are on the up for you dude.

[Bob]

i actually had a whole big spiel planned about how i cleaned my room but now it feels slightly unimportant

[Bob]

though maybe that's for the better because to be 100% honest the only reason i cleaned my room was because of the off chance that i'd be doing her in it tomorrow. obviously i'm not planning on it but you know, it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it

i'm beginning to wish i hadn't posted about this girl because i can bloody guarantee there's been less attention paid to these dates on her end than on mine, not that i meant to make a big thing of it in the first place (though i'm not sure what i thought would happen)

[trailerprincess]

Well done Bob!

[na§tee]

i am super delighted for your achievement, bob! now that's a good thing to talk about on a date!

[ms.peachy]

you dont want to come out with this information on the date, or it seems like your bragging. let her bring it out of you, like the old ooo anything new in your life type of question.

I dunno. Are you meeting at a bar or a restaurant? Because I think it would be totally alright to say something like "What do you say we start with a bit of champagne? I'm in a great mood, I just learned yesterday I passed the bar exam and I feel like celebrating." Then she says stuff like "hey that's great!" and you say stuff like "yeah I tell you what, I was pretty sure I passed but you know when the envelope came in the mail my hands were totally shaking" and you make a toast to passing the bar, and then you say, "OK enough bragging from me, now let's toast to this wonderful evening, I'm really happy to see you" and then get her to talk about herself for a while.

Oh and um also, hey congrats Bob!

[Helvete]

Many congratulations, Bob. Maybe this is the sign that things are really going to come together for you. Just you watch, everything is just going to fall into place.

[jabumbo]

was the letter itself slightly disappointing though?

i mean, when i got a similar type of result letter back, it was pretty much a blank sheet that had my name and the word pass on it. nothing more, nothing less.

i was thrilled to have passed but sort of thinking to myself "so what does this really mean?"

[Kid Presentable]

I dunno. Are you meeting at a bar or a restaurant? Because I think it would be totally alright to say something like "What do you say we start with a bit of champagne? I'm in a great mood, I just learned yesterday I passed the bar exam and I feel like celebrating." Then she says stuff like "hey that's great!" and you say stuff like "yeah I tell you what, I was pretty sure I passed but you know when the envelope came in the mail my hands were totally shaking" and you make a toast to passing the bar, and then you say, "OK enough bragging from me, now let's toast to this wonderful evening, I'm really happy to see you" and then get her to talk about herself for a while.

Oh and um also, hey congrats Bob!

The ramblings of a married woman.

[NicRN77]

Fabulous news Bob! Congrats!(y)

[ms.peachy]

The ramblings of a married woman.

And I haven't even had any wine! Impressive, right?

[Adam]

ms.peachy line is pretty good. you should do that (y)

[nodanaonlyzuul]

AWESOME! Congrats. I'm so happy for you :)

[jennyb]

dude. totally talk about this MAJOR thing in your life... and FUCK ... brag all you want, if you feel happy and whatever. I hate hate hate all this "you should do this and don't do this" talk about dating, guess that's why I never ever was into it. It's not a game, it's life and interactions with people. You need to be yourself and not filter shit. If humans can sniff anything out it's bullshit and people tend to gravitate more toward someone who's genuine. If you talk about most of the same shit you do on here, you'll charm her just like you have most of the ladies on the board with your cunning wit and your LAWYERNESS!!!!:D

...oh, and uh eric...


Main Entry: stu·pen·dous
Pronunciation: \stu̇-ˈpen-dəs, styu̇-\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin stupendus, gerundive of stupēre
Date: 1640

1 : causing astonishment or wonder : awesome, marvelous
2 : of amazing size or greatness : tremendous
synonyms see monstrous

— stu·pen·dous·ly adverb

— stu·pen·dous·ness noun :rolleyes:

[Ty Webb]

say hello to the devil for me

[Helvete]

...oh, and uh eric...


Main Entry: stu·pen·dous
Pronunciation: \stu̇-ˈpen-dəs, styu̇-\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin stupendus, gerundive of stupēre
Date: 1640

1 : causing astonishment or wonder : awesome, marvelous
2 : of amazing size or greatness : tremendous
synonyms see monstrous

— stu·pen·dous·ly adverb

— stu·pen·dous·ness noun :rolleyes:

Now, you could be doing the same, and in which case I apologise. But I'm pretty certain eric was joking, I think he knows what the word means. I'm sure you're just joking around aswell, but quoting the dictionary seems to have a certain air of seriousness about it.

[jennyb]

yes, you're correct, the dictionary is very... very serious business

of course I knew eric was joking, can I get a lawyer to back me up here?!

[skra75]

triple congrats bub! looks like all your hard work paid off.

I recall when I got the call that I got my first job in my industry, I literally threw the phone into the air, it smashed as it hit the ground and I ran out onto the street in the middle of winter barefoot with no shirt and screamed at the top of my lungs. It was an exhilarating feeling, I nearly passed out from sheer joy.