Comments for Well, you do go to college to learn, right...?

Well, you do go to college to learn, right...?

2007-01-31T06:06:47Z

Jake of Freedom Folks has a chuckle to liven your morning a bit. Seems some of the intellectual toddlers attending the U of I at Chicago decided to emulate the gliteratti and protest The War by targeting -- hang on, now -- a couple of Marine recruiters.

Comment from Trias on 2007-01-31

2007-02-01T04:17:53Z

In my uni it was arts students. Arts dominated the uni maybe 50% or so mostly housed in a ginormous 70s building so hideous it's a landmark. There were housed everything vaguely arts related, psychology, languages, politics, womens studies, actual arts and so on etc. So with such numbers and so many traditionally political fields loaded with huge amounts of free time it was the natural birthplace for people-who-annoy-you. Graffiti in Engineering toilets was to 'take your arts degree here' pointing to the toilet paper roll.

Comment from Geo on 2007-01-31

2007-02-01T03:29:26Z

Then I think you will approve of our plan to hike the .75 miles to a local Communist book shop (yes, it is a communist book shop, giant red star, sickle and hammer in its windows) and ask for: My goose-stepping friend: A copy of "Mein Kampf". My other suitemate who looks like a hippie but is decidedly not: A copy of "On War" as he lacks one of his own. And for myself, a copy of "Wealth of Nations." We try to prove that there is some intellegent life left on campus. Gotta be an engineer thing.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-01-31

2007-02-01T02:54:54Z

Geo - snide laughter from a geek. Not aimed at you, I assure you, but in appreciation of the irony of your buddy's response.

Comment from Geo on 2007-01-31

2007-02-01T02:16:35Z

John, I'm not sure I understand the phrase "Snerk." Any chance of explaining it to this poor young pup? I do wonder what happened to those kids back during freshman year. I don't notice it as much after that taking engineering courses. You miss one, you might as well drop the class.

Comment from BillT on 2007-01-31

2007-02-01T01:57:09Z

Whenever we had commies on campus, we knew they were visitors. Our libs were the old-fashioned kind -- they'd agree that something is a problem but disagree on the proper method of solving the problem and close ranks with you when you were assaulted by twits. Just as we helped man their parapets when the barbarians brought up the siege engines. Most of them are now conservatives and swear they've *always* been so...

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T22:44:04Z

Heh. That's why I tested out of froshlish into sophonorscomp. Or "Writing for Sophonts" as we called it.

Comment from J-P on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T22:17:28Z

Sheeoot. Not in MY Freshman comp class. We were there every day or else. Of course it was taught by the commies, so...

Comment from ry on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T21:02:09Z

I often wonder where some of the other students find time for such activities? Between homework, labs, and classes you won't see me at anything like that.

Why, that's easy for me to answer for you Geo. What do you think all the people in your freshman English class do when there isn't an exam? Now you know where half the class is on non-test days.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T19:27:52Z

Geo - SNERK!

Comment from Geo on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T18:57:32Z

As a college student studying engineering (of the aerospace variety), I often wonder where some of the other students find time for such activities? Between homework, labs, and classes you won't see me at anything like that. My suitemate developed an effective tactic. Whenever the commies on the corner start trying to pass out fliers to us, he merely starts goose stepping as we vacate the scene.

Comment from Maggie on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T15:45:53Z

I loved that video. Thanks for posting it Bill. Murray, you are a bad boy.

Comment from Murray on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T09:14:02Z

Last one of those I went past some guy handed me a pamphlet I said "great thanks very much". Blew my nose on it and handed it back to him. "Just what I needed, thanks." He looked kind of hurt. Just not as hurt as I would have liked to have seen him. You would have thought the kit bag with my Name, rank and unit would have been his clue but sad old commies are not known for their ability to learn. Of course now we elect them to parliament. You want to know what the States would look like under Hillary just take sqiz down this way and multiply it a thousand times. You have been warned. P.S. Either invade or get me a green card people.

Comment from Sgt. B. on 2007-01-31

2007-01-31T06:04:46Z

*snort* Gawd... I luv it... And it wasn't the Marines that did the pwning - it was a gutsy young lady. Don't recruit her, get her in office!!!

Comment from J-P on 2007-01-30

2007-01-31T05:36:00Z

Fantastic! I saw something similar a while back at my campus, and, since I'm not a hot young co-ed, I just quietly went up and shook our guy's hands to thank them for putting up with this garbage too. One of the guys there, a Sergeant I think, laughed when I did this. He said "Man, thank you so much, but I hope that guy isn't getting too upset. More people have been shaking our hands than taking his brocures." I laughed all the way home.

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Well, you do go to college to learn, right...?