YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN UNIVERSITY TOO LONG WHEN...
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>You actually like doing laundry at home where the washing machines
>work.
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>*Two miles is not too far to walk for a party.
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>*You'd rather clean than study especially if an essay is due.
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>*"Oh shit how did it get so late!" comes out of your mouth at least
>once a night.
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>*Parents' cooking become something you desire, not avoid.
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>*You schedule your classes around sleep habits and soap operas
>especially neighbours and Diagnosis Murder.
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>*You know the pizza boy by name and don't even need to read the
>menu.
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>*You go to sleep when it's light and get up when it's dark.
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>*You live for getting mail.
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>*Looking out the window is a form of entertainment.
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>*Prank phone calls become funny again.
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>*You start thinking and sounding like your friends and your accent
>becomes a hybrid of West Country, Surrey and general Northern.
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>*Highlighters are the coolest things on earth.
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>*Rearranging your room is your favourite pastime.
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>*The weekend lasts from Thursday to Monday.
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>BEFORE I CAME TO UNIVERSITY, I WISH I HAD KNOWN...
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>*That it didn't matter how early my first lecture was, I'd still
>sleep through it.
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>*That I could change so much and barely realize it.
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>*That you can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways.
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>*No matter how 'cool' you were in school, no one here cares.
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>*That if you wear polyester everyone will ask why you are so dressed
>up.
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>*That every clock on campus shows a different time.
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>*That if you got good a-levels, so what? It doesn't matter here.
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>*That I would go to a party the night before an exam or essay
>due-date.
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>*That Chem Labs/Architecture studios take up more time than all my
>other classes put together.
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>*That you can know everything and fail a test.
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>*That you can know nothing and ace a test.
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>*That I could get used to almost anything found out about my
>friends.
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>*That most of my education would be obtained outside of lectures.
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>*That friendship is more than getting drunk together but that's
>still funny......!
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>*That Sunday is a figment of the world's imagination.
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>*That Psychology is really Biology, that Biology is really
>Chemistry, that Chemistry is really Physics and that Physics is
>really Maths.
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>*That my parents would become so much smarter in the last few years.
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>*That it's possible to be alone even when you are surrounded by
>friends.
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>*Don't be dismayed at good-byes, a farewell is necessary before we
>can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is
>certain for those who are friends.