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Channeling the Other Christopher

Co-blogger L'Alex just sent me DE's e-mail about the closure of the East-West passage in front of 121-124.  I was so lazy, I used to take the shuttle DOWN to Telegraph for a 'potle run.  I can't imagine going through the library to get to the other side.  What a nightmare.  Thankfully, I'm not affected and can simply joke about it.  And if you are affected, you might want to joke about it to dull the pain.

With that in mind, there's a few ways to read the e-mail:

1.  It's really based on an previously unknown letter from Christopher Columbus to Queen Isabella.  "Look I'm telling you, I will eventually get to the spice rich East.  I may have to climb to the third story, and elbow past frat guys crashing at the library, but just trust me."

2.  "The closure is temporary until Boalt can build a new bridge.  In the meantime please use the Library, where we will collect $6 toll."

3.  "I cashed in a favor with Team Obama and got Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, and the two creepy guys from Coen brother movies to personally show up and do the digging.  Their work defies gravity."

4.  "Berkeley Law:  Come for the legal education, but stay for the trip to Middle Earth."

5.  "What better way to study tort law?  'It's like studying art in Florence or history in Athens.'"

6.  Royalties from new HGTV series ("Flip that Law School") will pay for one (1) pizza lunch per semester. 

Please add more. 

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on February 18, 2010 (boomark / email).