Exam Day in Oklahoma

It is raining on the day my contracts students have to take their exam.  But in Oklahoma, we don’t have weather; we have WEATHER!!!

I’m not kidding.  When they warn us of hail, the options are marble, golfball, tennis ball, and softball-sized, and when you ask people about it, everyone has a story about getting beaned by such projectiles.  Also, some building near the state capitol is on fire, and thick black smoke was wafting across the highway on my way in to school today.  Memories of Don DeLillo’s airborne toxic event.

And so, I was concerned when there was a warning sign on my door.  Had my office flooded?  Had the ceiling collapsed?  Was there some infestation of marine creatures feasting on my law books?  

No, it was just my contracts students, showing me that their puckish wit is undiminished after a weekend of studying.  Also, I may have spun out one or two too many hypotheticals based on the facts of Syester v. Banta.