Oh, what is it about Lists like these that make
you want to go through and post your
responses? I managed to resist for several
days, but it's like some inborn, innate
desire that cannot be quenched, quelled, or
slaked. I like using big words. Here I go.

> The Student Checklist (cut-out-and-keep
version)
>
> 1) Eating peach slices out of the tin.

Never did it. I hate peaches, that's why. But I
never saw anyone else doing it either. I did eat
Ramen noodles right out of the bag once, but I
think that would fall under number 16. But
maybe not, because it wasn't because I didn't
have time to cook them.

> 2) Going to the 24 hour laundry at 1:00 in the
morning.

Well, we had laundry rooms in our residence
halls, but they weren't open after 11:00
anyway, so I never had opportunity to do this. I
have, however, thrown laundry in the washer
before running off to class, and returned to
throw it in the dryer before going to another
class. More often than not I'd find my pile of
wet laundry sitting atop the washer because
someone else needed it. Once someone
even had the gall to take my laundry out before
it was done. Grrr.

> 3) Taking two bin liners full of clothes to said
laundry.

Well, yeah. (bin liner = laundry basket?)

> 4) Doing an entire project in the student bar,
and being forced to hand it in with a
coffee/beer ring somewhere on it.

No.

> 5) Becoming one of those people with a
nocturnal life.

No, I was already like that. I actually got more
sleep *in* college than I did when I was at
home.

> 6) Growing and dyeing your own hair.

I grew it, but never dyed it. I used to pay my
roommate $6 to cut it for me. He did a decent
job, but eventually I broke down and went to a
barber who charged $10.

> 7) Dyeing someone else's hair because
they fell asleep after a bender.

No, but I once heard of someone having their
head *shaved* while they were asleep.

> 8) The Obligatory Traffic Cone Incident.

There were too many security guys roaming
around on bikes to get away with that. There
were those guys who put a box of detergent in
the fountain...but they got caught.

> 9) Being too afraid to wash one particular
dish because you haven't washed it for about
a week already and you don't want to touch it.

Yeah. That would probably still happen if we
didn't have a dishwasher. What's really bad is
when your one-year-old sticks his milk cup
under the couch and you find it a week later.

> 10) Partaking of too much caffeine, giving
you The Fear.

This has happened to me, but never in
college. I didn't start drinking coffee until I got
married, and doing the Dew was never
enough to give me The Fear.

> 11) Basing a religion/mythology around one
of your lecturers.

Huh? We made fun of our lecturers.

> 12) Sneaking into a sociology lecture and
spending the whole time pointing and
laughing. Sociologists, replace with
philosophy.

Nope.

> 13) Rolling out of bed three minutes before
a lecture, and still managing to get up and
dressed in time.

"Yes," in the "Monkeyman" sense of the word.

> 14) Spending an hour in a final year lecture,
because you got your times mixed up and you
don't want to look stupid by leaving.

No, but I did sit through a "Perceptual Design"
class my sophomore year that I signed up for
by mistake. I had already taken a nearly
identical class the previous year, and P.D.
was the same material but for a different
major.

> 15) Exploring the biochemistry department
and acting like the special forces/FBI.

I never even *saw* the biochemistry
department at my school. Except in pictures in
the yearbook.

> 16) Raw pasta because you didn't have
time.

See Number 1.

Gri"can I add "Getting your Umbrella Stolen;"
"Attending a Lost and Found Sale," and
"Waiting in Line for Fifteen Minutes for a Plate
of Crap"?"shny