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Illinois Bar Exam: The Insane Baby Problem
The Illinois Bar exam is in exactly one week. I don’t feel like I’m prepared—let alone feeling like I’m close to prepared—but I’m told that this is normal.
The subjects are all merging together; I can’t remember which subject I was studying yesterday morning. I think it was Conflict of Laws, but it could have been Family Law. Either way, I remember learning about what to do in the case of an “insane baby.” Mind you, I don’t remember WHAT you do when you have an “insane baby,” I just remember learning that this is an actual legal predicament.
Another predicament, I suppose, is determining that your baby is insane. With older people, it’s obvious. If they say, “The banana patch monster ate my manure sandwich tomorrow,” well, that would be a give away. But with babies, it’s not so obvious. Most of the things that mark as an adult as insane are normal for babies.
The point is, if an “insane baby” question comes up on the bar exam next week, I’m screwed.
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You should be more sensitive
You should be more sensitive to people with friends or relatives who suffer from mental illness. Contrary to what you write, those diseases are not always "obvious" in adults nor do they manifest themselves in the silly kind of statement you made up. It is medically impossible to diagnose a baby as psychotic or "insane," the latter of which is not a recognized medical diagnosis, but rather a layman's colloquialism usually used to describe any behavior with which the speaker disagrees or finds strange.
Apparently humor, like
Apparently humor, like mental illness in adults is not "obvious". Insanity is not a medical diagnosis, it's an archaic term of art used in law. I'm sure that most people realize that Insanity is a colloquialism. Law's funny that way. I mean, we're probably the only people left who call seventeen year olds infants. Pediatricians would have a field day with that.
Think insanity is funny, eh
Think insanity is funny, eh Pirates? We'll see how funny it is when I go insane on you.
The banana patch monster ate my manure sandwich tomorrow...the same day that your face ate my fist.
In response to "You should
In response to "You should be more sensitive."
Don't be so sensitive! You are what's wrong with the world today. There is someone like you who has a problem with everything and if you types had it your way, no one would be able to crack a joke.
Just because insanity isn't
Just because insanity isn't ALWAYS funny doesn't mean it is NEVER funny. I have nothing but the deepest sympathy for the tormented souls who are compelled by inner demons to injure themselves, or who are incapable of genuine emotional connection, or who are sincerely afraid that the government is going to invade their brains.
The colorful gentleman on my block who wears a flowing purple dress and sings classic ragtime songs makes me smile. Especially when he stops singing to have a conversation with people including such statements as, "Teacher says he sick of our faces... We're all graduating tomorrow!!"
Also, I have an unusually large mouth. I can fit my fist in it. So it's not at all improbable that I could in fact eat your fist.