Thornton could have had Dr. Barbay by the short and curlies. When Barbay had Marge dictate his message to Thornton, it w

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Rockhound6165 — 17 years ago(September 01, 2008 08:58 AM)

Thornton could have had Dr. Barbay by the short and curlies. When Barbay had Marge dictate his message to Thornton, it would have been on record that Barbay would not pass him no matter what. Thornton could have used this against him to accuse Barbay of academic fraud.
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cambot882 — 16 years ago(July 11, 2009 01:20 PM)

I was thinking the same thing. That would have probably been an easy lawsuit.

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willydoe71 — 16 years ago(September 05, 2009 02:41 PM)

He never said that he wouldn't pass him. He was saying that Mellon was too stupid to ever pass the course.

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stevenackerman69 — 14 years ago(May 05, 2011 04:06 PM)

No, he said, "You will never, ever pass this course." I think he doesn't like the fact that Mellon bought his way into the school by giving the school a check. If he had actually been a hard worker going back to school, it might've been different.

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stevenackerman69 — 16 years ago(November 08, 2009 05:55 PM)

Well, yeah, but remember, Thornton was supposed to be in the class taking notes, not his secretary doing it for him. Notice how Jason is cracking up when we first see him in the scene as well?

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Peppercock — 14 years ago(June 04, 2011 12:15 AM)

This is not against the rules. At a lot of large classes, you don't even have to attend. Money was no object.

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bhilburn — 12 years ago(January 10, 2014 01:21 AM)

Wouldn't have happened. That was back before pansies ran around and sued everyone when they felt that they were offended by everything.
Now, he might have got his car egged.
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faithish — 12 years ago(March 08, 2014 04:42 PM)

I think the matter would have been pretty easily settled when whatever judge oversaw the case got a look at Melon's grades. Had Barbay failed him, there would have been plenty of evidence to prove he was a lousy student.

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Lokisgodhi — 10 years ago(August 16, 2015 09:11 PM)

News flash moron, people have always sued and frequently won for reasons like this.
bhilburn wrote:
Wouldn't have happened. That was back before pansies ran around and sued everyone when they felt that they were offended by everything.