Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back

That sage piece of wisdom, repeated by my dad on many occasions, could do my law school some good right now. fn1.

I am in the library right now, and I just opened up Internet Explorer, which of course has the law school home page set as its default page. Before I could click to wherever I was headed (damn...I now have forgotten what I was doing), I saw this gem scrolling in the sidebar, along with other law school news:

Q: Which law school was first to offer a joint European law degree and J.D.?
A: [Insert name of my law school here]

Ok, last I checked, we're all adults here. No need to do cheesy question and answer features. And how stupid is it to put that on your own homepage. Like you'd include it if it were any other school. And can we get any more self-congratulatory?

1. My dad is a font of corny lines, which have been repeated so many times throughout my life that I now find myself saying them. Which isn't good, given that I'm prone to the corn myself. Some favorites...
- When we were kids, and people would comment on how fast we were growing: "Must be that high-quality weed food we've been feeding them."
- Whenever something becomes apparent to him: "'I see,' said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw."
- On finding something that was in an obvious location: "If it had been a snake, it would have bit me."
- On finding something that was well-hidden: "You know what they say. It's always in the last place you look."