{"id":214,"date":"2024-01-18T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2024-01-01T18:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T18:28:49","slug":"bye-bye-george-fourth-daily-dose-of-freshman-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=214","title":{"rendered":"Bye Bye George [fourth daily dose of Freshman Year]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The last time I saw George was the last day of the school year.  (He was one of the ones who flunked out and wasn\u2019t coming back.)  All year long the ten of us Sherman Housers (not including the RA) had a contest to see who was best at getting a date.  Each time we asked a girl out we had to tell the others and we kept this big scoreboard on the wall.  (Remember they were tearing the house down at the end of the year so some magic marker on the wall didn\u2019t seem like a big deal.)  Whoever had the best percentage at the end of the year won a case of beer.  Well, one of the sophomores, who actually did spend plenty of time studying rather than dating, plotted all year for this case of beer.  On the second to last day of the school year, he made his one and only call; she said yes (it was planned); and batting a thousand he won the case of beer which we all drank together (including her) the last day of the year.<\/p>\n

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Well, one thing led to another, and pretty soon we were saying, \u201cYou know, they\u2019re tearing this place down next week, let\u2019s help them get started,\u201d and we were knocking down walls and heaving stuff out the front window, when we spied the President of the University coming for a walk to see how the New Dorms were progressing.  \u201cOh Christ,\u201d we all said and ran to hide as the President made a beeline for our front door.   I found a good place to hide in a closet on the second floor, but George jumped in with me just as the President hit the top of the stairs and saw the closet door close.<\/p>\n

What a classy move that President made.  He didn\u2019t care to know who we were, didn\u2019t open the door, just knocked on it, and said \u201cI know you\u2019re in there.  I\u2019m going to finish my walk.  When I come back that front yard better be cleaned-up.\u201d  I\u2019ll be forever grateful he didn\u2019t open the door and see me crouched in a corner looking like a five year-old.  If he were still alive, this would be the first he knew that was me.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow:  Finally a New Leaf<\/p>\n

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