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The Best of Jill

Woman working at desk, by Bench Accounting via Unsplash

Jill’s top 10 moments:

10. Jill vs. Professor P.

Prof P: “Let’s see this is a very hard case… Jill let’s start with you!”
Jill (loudly): “ARGH!”
Prof P: “What was that?”
Jill : “Oh nothing!”
Prof P: “I thought I heard ‘no’, because if that’s so then I could just move on…”
Jill: “Wait, is that an option!?”
Prof P: “I wouldn’t recommend it.”


9. Jill Keeps it Real

SSG Instructor: “You guys haven’t had multifactor balancing tests yet right?”
Jill: “Yeah, in legal writing last semester, but that was a disaster too…”


8. Jill’s Bloodlust

Professor R: “Is this an incentive for the suspect to run? Often the suspect is younger, doesn’t have heavy equipment, and hasn’t been to the doughnut shop as much…”
Jill: “There’s a middle ground! You don’t haveta shoot him! You can taser him, or beat him with a baton!”


7. Should Jill bring a catheter?

Jill: Are there any bathroom breaks during our six hour deliberations? I want to know whether I should pack a catheter …


6. Roach Crouton…

Professor T: “So you’re eating at Café X and you crunch into a crouton, which you find out is a roach. What do you do?”
Jill: “Sign up for Fear Factor!
Professor T: “What’s that? I’m so disadvantaged for not watching TV…
Jill: “Oh, it’s a show where they pay people to eat bugs.”
Professor T: “And can you get paid by Café X?”
Jill: “Sure.”
Professor T: “And why are they going to pay you?”
Jill: “Because they are scared of getting sued.”
Professor T: “And what if you just saw the roach in your salad and didn’t bite into it?”
Jill: “Well, then I bite into it and then sue.”


5. Jill is Harsh

Professor R: “I want to schedule a makeup class for April 28 at noon. Does anyone have any conflicts with this?”
Jack: “I do! I do! There is some lunch thing with potential employers on that day.”
Jill (loudly): “Don’t worry. You’re not going to get hired anyway!”


4. Sugamomma.

Professor T: “Jill, does your husband have any interest in you?”
Jill: “Besides my sugamomma status?”
Professor T: “Yes a consortium…damages.”
Jill: “But I’m irreplaceable!”
Professor T: “We all are. Well, most of us. Not all of our dogs love us…”


3. Ms. D dropped out… (a long time ago)

Professor L: “Ms. Dennel? Demmel?”
Jill: “Her name was De-mal. Sarah Demal.”
Professor L: “Yes, so Ms. Dememel? Dennel? Oh forget it! I’ll just call you Ms. D!”
(Class laughs)
Professor L: “So Ms. D…”
Jill: “Actually, I’m Jill. Jill Smith.”
Professor L: “Huh? Where’s Ms. Demmel? Is Ms. Demmel, Dannel, Dennel not here today?”
Jill: “Sarah Demal sat in front of me. She actually dropped out the first week of class…”
Professor L: “OH! That explains things! I just had a note here that she wasn’t here the last time I called on her… hm.”
Jill: “…So do you want me to answer?”
Professor L: “No. I didn’t even want to call on you! Forget it!”
(Class laughs)
Professor L: “This is literally sound and fury signifying nothing…THERE! I got a Shakespeare quote in! ”


(later)
Professor L: “Okay, let me turn to…Ms. Chang…oh, she’s not here. She didn’t drop out too right?”


2. Jill on backpacks.

Jack: “Are you looking at my rolly backpack?”
Jill: “Yes. And judging accordingly.”
Jack: “What? I got it for my birthday and I’m so excited about it.”
Jill: “That’s nice.”
Jack: “…I just got sick of carrying so much shit around. I had so many bags and I looked like a homeless person.”
Jill: “You can buy cute bags though. Note my big purse and briefcase. Or, you can try using your locker for books you don’t need.”
Jack: “And I just want my rolly backpack to be socially acceptable!”
Jill: “It never will be.”


1. How Jill Became that Girl:

Jill’s computer starts speaking during Professor L’s class: “CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE WON!” The entire class laughs.

Professor L: “I won’t even try to exercise discipline, because the embarrassment is enough. HOW EMBARRASSING!

Jill: “Sorry…I had to buy these tickets…and…”

Professor L: “And apparently you’ve won something! I’m sure you’re not the only one who has done such a thing in class, you’re just the only one who has done it with the volume on!

11 Comments

  • molly
    May 14, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    haha, the last one is great.

    Reply
  • Chere
    May 14, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    LOL…is this the same Jill in all these situations?

    Reply
  • Jamie Gorton
    May 15, 2009 at 12:43 am

    This brought a huge smile to my face. I don’t know enough Jills. Out of curiosity, how did you keep track of all of these? Great job with what a nerdier person than me would call “ubiquitous capture.”

    Oh, I shouldn’t even pretend anymore.

    Reply
  • E. Fink
    August 19, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    I definitely need to start keeping tabs on law class hilarity!

    These are great…

    Reply
    • Jansen
      August 20, 2009 at 12:14 am

      Thank you kindly! Just remember to use nicknames/composite characters!

      Reply
  • Laurie
    September 21, 2011 at 8:39 am

    I do miss these quotes.

    Reply
    • Jansen
      October 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm

      The highlight of lawschool, really.

      Reply
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