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Rated: ASR · Non-fiction · Educational · #892895
Funny(?) anecdotes from college life.
In my freezer there are 5 containers of ice cream. I have 3 roommates. I'm a college kid.
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Well, my sister bought me a bottle of Hershey's chocolate when I came to college. Told me that it would be great during chocolate cravings.

Well, I had a craving for chocolate, but I had no milk and no money.

I did have bread and peanut butter.

I tell you, the things you invent as a college kid. Who would have thought that a peanut butter and chocolate sandwich would taste so good?
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Today I think I had a meal. I know that I had three coffees. I am a college kid.
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If you've used an old fabric softener sheet as paper towel, you just might qualify...
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If you have your snooze timed, you might be a college kid. (My snooze is 7 minutes long.)
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You might be a college kid if you get happier over spending less than $7 on food for a week than you do over getting an 'A' on that Biology test.
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You might be a college student if you sleep with earplugs in your ears.
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A college student may be guilty of using a credit card to pay for $2 of food.
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You might be a college kid if you change the time on your alarm clock more than twice a week.
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Ever had the experience where you're calmly headed off to some free-time activity, and the clock tower goes off? I don't know about you, but my feet quicken their pace, thinking that I'm late to class.
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You might be a college kid if you rarely need to go farther than a mile from home. Literally.
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You might be a college kid if you have slept on the floor more than twice in the last month.
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The other day I was considering quitting my job because it's affecting my grades.

Then I realized that I get 3 free meals a week from working where I do, and I get to eat and drink for free while I'm working.

There was no decision to be made at that point.
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You might be a college kid if you pay more for books in a semester than you did for your car. It doesn't help that many of us don't have cars.
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You might be a college kid if you can get up at 7:49, get dressed and ready, and still make it to an 8 o'clock class four minutes early.
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The other day two friends and I went to McDonald's. We had 6 gift certificates for varying amounts of money: we ended up spending 20 cents.
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If you take 7 or more books with you anywhere you go, you might be a college kid.
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If at the end of the day, you are excited if you have your homework done only for your FIRST class, you might be a college kid.
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If you glance out the window and every stationary object has a bike chained to it, you just might be a college kid.
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My church sent me a care package about a week ago. I got it, unpacked it, and was generally very happy. It was the best care package I have received.

Well, they sent me Kool-Aid, so I'll tie the next two together:

You might be a college kid if your 'pitcher' is an old apple juice bottle.

And you might be a college kid if you use an old, rolled up assignment to get the sugar and Kool-Aid into that bottle.
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You might be a college kid if you read on the bus, in your room, and during breaks in classes.
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You might be a college kid if there are an excess of 160 people in the building you are in.
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The other night my roomie and I decided that we were hungry. We used my eggs, her milk, and butter borrowed from next door to make scrambled eggs.

I was almost finished eating when I realize that it was 2am.
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You might be a college kid if easy cheese and crackers has been your best meal all week.
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In our refridgerator, there are 9 different types of alcohol. (None of them are mine)
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The other day I made myself a taco with some browned meat that I was trying to use up. It was entirely tasteless.

I went to the food court and stole some mayonaise (it's a machine, and they don't really charge you) to put on my taco.

As gross as that sounds, it still tasted better.
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You might be a college kid if you know all the words to frat boy drinking songs, yet you aren't in a frat.
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You just might be a college kid if you went to bed at 10:00... This morning.
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And you might be a college kid if when someone asks, "Where do you live?" And you answer "East Residence Hall #9" and, "Parma, Michigan."
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A great deal of college students see more of the VERY early morning (before bedtime) than they do of the later morning (after they wake up).
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Last Friday night I went to bed at 4AM, and then I woke up for a meeting at 7AM. My roommate went to bed at 7AM and woke up to organize a picnic at 9AM.
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Today my roommate roasted marshmellows. She used a fork and our electric stove.
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You woke up with mysterious black Xs on both of your hands this morning. You're probably a college kid. (An underage one, at that.)
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