Brain Holiday

I just finished my last exam this morning! This means that I'm done yet another medical block and am one step closer to getting my MD. And best of all, I don't need to worry about ridiculously miniscule details of neuroanatomy. No more brain!!!

But before I take a holiday from thinking, I thought I would share a good prank that you can play on your friends during the next exam period. I learned about this last week in the lovely Stauffer Library here on campus at Queen's. It was about 9:30pm and I had just grabbed a tea and sandwich to help me get through another 4 hours of studying. Stauffer was super busy, as you would expect for any library when exams begin in 2 days. But Stauffer is extra busy because on top of studying, many students get all gussied up to attract all of the people that they don't get to see in class in the hopes for a pre-exam romp. In any case, there were no available seats anywhere. Anywhere except for a perfect seat along the row of single desks, completely clear, clean, and all ready to go.

I sat down, unloaded my stuff, and began to eat & study. But after 5 minutes this big angry guy came over to me and tapped me on the shoulder. He said "Did you move my stuff off of this desk? Was this desk empty when you sat here?" I was confused and was about to explain that I had no idea what he was taliing about, when he looked behind me and became super upset. I turned around and saw that all of his notes were shoved in the garbage can 1 foot behind me among the sandwich wrappers, soggy tea bags, and coffe cups. He grabbed his stuff out of there, gave me the worst look ever, and stormed off.

This leads me to the prank: if you're in a really busy place where everyone is studying and there are many people roaming the aisles for a place to sit down, then go find a seat where somebody left their stuff unattended for a few minutes and throw it away beside the desk. A new student is sure to sit down before the original guy returns. Hilarity will ensue.