What is funniest thing you ever saw on a college tour?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At Dartmouth, the female guide who lost me when she went gaga pointing out the random spot on campus where Barack actually said hello to her personally and smoozed with her and a couple of other young girls.

Really? You were turned off by a personal anecdote when a young person met a president?

I do not believe this post to be real.

[Anonymous]

It is true. I asked her what her plans were after graduation. "Heading straight to DC to work in 'government'."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is true. I asked her what her plans were after graduation. "Heading straight to DC to work in 'government'."

Oh I believe the incident occurring is possible. That's not what I question.

I just don't believe you were actually turned off by it, or by the fact that a young person wanted to serve in government. I think you are a political troll. An obvious and unsophisticated one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing that they had a 'Squirrel watchers watchers club'. Many tours touted their 'Squirrel Watchers" club, but only one had the Squirrel watchers watchers club.

Was this at the University of Maryland? I think we were on the same tour!

Yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is true. I asked her what her plans were after graduation. "Heading straight to DC to work in 'government'."

Oh I believe the incident occurring is possible. That's not what I question.

I just don't believe you were actually turned off by it, or by the fact that a young person wanted to serve in government. I think you are a political troll. An obvious and unsophisticated one.

No it actually DID happen. Why would I make that up??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is true. I asked her what her plans were after graduation. "Heading straight to DC to work in 'government'."

Oh I believe the incident occurring is possible. That's not what I question.

I just don't believe you were actually turned off by it, or by the fact that a young person wanted to serve in government. I think you are a political troll. An obvious and unsophisticated one.

No it actually DID happen. Why would I make that up??

PP said s/he believes that it happened. What s/he finds unbelievable is that you were sooo turned off by it. Unless you're a MAGAt who gets worked up baput any reminder at all that Barry O'Bummer the Seekrit Keenyin MOOSLIM Atheist ever existed...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is true. I asked her what her plans were after graduation. "Heading straight to DC to work in 'government'."

Oh I believe the incident occurring is possible. That's not what I question.

I just don't believe you were actually turned off by it, or by the fact that a young person wanted to serve in government. I think you are a political troll. An obvious and unsophisticated one.

No it actually DID happen. Why would I make that up??

PP said s/he believes that it happened. What s/he finds unbelievable is that you were sooo turned off by it. Unless you're a MAGAt who gets worked up baput any reminder at all that Barry O'Bummer the Seekrit Keenyin MOOSLIM Atheist ever existed...

*about. Geez...

[Anonymous]

I was repulsed by her silly superficiality all of a sudden. Like night and day. I was also projecting how sad I feel were my own son to waste a $325,000 education on 'government.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was repulsed by her silly superficiality all of a sudden. Like night and day. I was also projecting how sad I feel were my own son to waste a $325,000 education on 'government.'

See, this is proof of your trolling. You need to get better at this. You are not even successful at it here on DCUM and the bar is waaaaaaay low.

[Anonymous]

This was actually before the tour....Was lookin at Va Tech in spring of 1986 for grad school...we arrived the night before our Tuesday tour and found out Robin Williams was performing at the basketball arena. Got a tickets, and went to the show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guy coming out of bathroom with just a towel on, in front of the tour of high schoolers and parents.

I heard this story when I was looking at colleges in the 80s. It really was shocking to parents then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Dartmouth, the female guide who lost me when she went gaga pointing out the random spot on campus where Barack actually said hello to her personally and smoozed with her and a couple of other young girls.

Really? You were turned off by a personal anecdote when a young person met a president?

I do not believe this post to be real.

Go back to Politics, bore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was repulsed by her silly superficiality all of a sudden. Like night and day. I was also projecting how sad I feel were my own son to waste a $325,000 education on 'government.'

You were turned off to an excellent college because of a comment made by a tour guide and you think she was superficial? Imbecile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was on a tour at UPITT and a couple with their son who were obviously from some strange county very foreign as could not identify the language at all and the clothes I have never seen before. Kinda like the character Latka Gravas on Taxi played by Andy Kaufman.

Well they had a small buffet table set up and the couple and son was first in line. They took the knives and forks and the three of them ate right out of buffet like it was family style. Everyone went to other table, and they ate for a good ten minutes like it was perfectly normal.

It’s just Pitt. Not like UMASS.

[Anonymous]

To the snob who was horrified at their child winding up with a government job...do you understand that NIH, the CDC and the Supreme Court are all government institutions?

I would be prouder to have my child work for one of them, than for some hedge fund or company that exists to make rich people richer.