tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4217681435189174255..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Not Really A ThirstyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66299563893364776672012-11-06T06:41:07.386-05:002012-11-06T06:41:07.386-05:00This response rocks! I am stealing it!This response rocks! I am stealing it!Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58808676100488488332012-11-01T16:26:26.955-04:002012-11-01T16:26:26.955-04:00I know; all kinds of rules/guidelines/whatever bei...I know; all kinds of rules/guidelines/whatever being broken here: funny-named not-quite-thirsties, left-aligned images, resurrected alpaca, etc., etc. The apocalypse is apparently upon us. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86547698306208622762012-11-01T16:23:39.860-04:002012-11-01T16:23:39.860-04:00No, but a student has used the phrase on The Site ...No, but a student has used the phrase on The Site That Shall Not Be Named to describe hir reaction to my own emails (in an online class, where they are the main form of communication, and so tend to be numerous and detailed -- a fact of which students are warned in an email sent several weeks before the beginning of classes. Of course that one probably falls in the tl;dr category for some Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74439099644162107592012-11-01T09:04:52.222-04:002012-11-01T09:04:52.222-04:00I had to look it up also, but now that I know what...I had to look it up also, but now that I know what it means, I'm very tempted to use it. I'm sure I'll have the opportunity to in a couple of weeks when the next exams are scheduled.Pat from Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005657976057072299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18603528346213001832012-11-01T08:58:47.107-04:002012-11-01T08:58:47.107-04:00you are my hero!you are my hero!Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71454657789509608862012-11-01T01:13:11.405-04:002012-11-01T01:13:11.405-04:00Tempted? I've done it a few times.Tempted? I've done it a few times.The Naughty Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234624349205271144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32225094119997517642012-11-01T00:14:49.657-04:002012-11-01T00:14:49.657-04:00I giggle maliciously at every stupid excuse that i...I giggle maliciously at every stupid excuse that is obviously a lie, and respond with, "Please let me know if you need me to sign a drop slip."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91619994300748810032012-10-31T23:23:26.615-04:002012-10-31T23:23:26.615-04:00And usually, my response is:
"I'm sorry ...And usually, my response is:<br /><br />"I'm sorry to hear this. It sounds like you have many difficulties in your life. Please let me know if you need me to sign a 'drop slip.'"<br /><br />LONG LIVE THE DUCK!The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58727784896667755892012-10-31T22:52:43.882-04:002012-10-31T22:52:43.882-04:00Yes.
I just recently got the LONGEST email about ...Yes.<br /><br />I just recently got the LONGEST email about some guy who was in a custody battle with his wife and his wife responded by kidnapping their daughter and taking her to another state.<br /><br />Except it took him about 10 pages to say this.<br /><br />I stopped reading at the word "kidnapping." In the third sentence.<br /><br />tl;drAcademic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85554925024370144732012-10-31T22:51:44.104-04:002012-10-31T22:51:44.104-04:00PANIC!!! Left-aligned image!!!!!!!!PANIC!!! Left-aligned image!!!!!!!!Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29477964114373503502012-10-31T22:33:26.287-04:002012-10-31T22:33:26.287-04:00I had to look up what "tl:dr" meant. As ...I had to look up what "tl:dr" meant. As I have mentioned before, I always answer with, "No, sorry." Usually, that ends the discussion, right there.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815313561677464295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49332746764933955712012-10-31T22:26:25.292-04:002012-10-31T22:26:25.292-04:00Well SOMETHING is leaving little "Alpaca nugg...Well SOMETHING is leaving little "Alpaca nuggets" around the compound and it isn't the duck! I told you Cal was hiding them in the Sigma Chi house but did you listen?? Noooooooo. Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68908447664009292912012-10-31T21:54:09.203-04:002012-10-31T21:54:09.203-04:00Moderators: Please post a picture of the duck so w...Moderators: Please post a picture of the duck so we know the duck hasn't been turned into stew!<br /><br />And, no, mostly I want to respond with: "What the fuck is wrong with you? How is it that you can manage to play a multiuser video game and recite the back story complete with dialogue and tell me all of your moves going back three years, but cannot read a fucking syllabus?" <brThe Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76682815494418256202012-10-31T21:45:51.832-04:002012-10-31T21:45:51.832-04:00MaM, haven't you been reading?
The alpaca are...MaM, haven't <a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2012/10/this-weeks-big-thirsty.html?showComment=1350685201117#c1849769172989985822" rel="nofollow">you been reading?</a><br /><br />The alpaca are now nothing but stew!College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75397982673439159362012-10-31T21:40:17.549-04:002012-10-31T21:40:17.549-04:00If that damn Alpaca supplants the exalted position...If that damn Alpaca supplants the exalted position of The Duck in CM, then I'm bailing. The Duck is the only thing that keeps me coming back.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.com