I'm not sure if anyone is actually attributed to authoring this, since I = can tell you all it is a long-told urban legend. Always good for an end of = the semester laugh. Of course, my grades were in on the 12th, so I'm already = on break. Loving it. Mark said that after I finish revisions on this = chapter and write up my intro chapter of about ten pages, I'll be ready for the culminating evaluation. Wish me luck. I'll be up to visit, so do not = fret. Joanna -----Original Message----- From: comptesol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:comptesol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Klompien, Kathleen J. Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:11 PM To: 'Lise Buranen'; 'Maria Stalnaker'; 'Denise Stephenson'; IUP list (comptesol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx); PMC list (PMC-L@xxxxxxx) Subject: A funny for finals Content-Type: text/plain Just a thought....=20 =20 At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Chemistry and all = of them had an A so far. These four friends were so confident that the = weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and have a big party. = They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. = Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final, they = would explain to their professor why they missed it. They said that they = visited friends but on the way back, had a flat tire, as a result, they missed = the final. The professor agreed they could make up the final the next day. = The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam. He placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet. They quickly answered the first problem, worth five points. Cool, they thought! Each = one in separate rooms, thought this is going to be easy. Then they turned = the page. On the second page was written: For 95 points: Which tire? One of my tutors gave this to me, so I have no attribution. -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- From: Elizabeth Vasquez <gloomcookie111@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: armineavakyan@xxxxxxxxxxx, dcervantes25@xxxxxxxxx,=20 starcostello@xxxxxxxxxxx, visaman84@xxxxxxxxx, shozo_98@xxxxxxxxx,=20 heloise411@xxxxxxxxx, johannatrelenberg@xxxxxxxxx, ej_yulo@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Funny Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:10:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=3D"----_=3D_NextPart_003_01C55CD8.D628DA20" ------_=3D_NextPart_003_01C55CD8.D628DA20 Content-Type: text/plain I hope you guys enjoy this one! It made me laugh. At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Chemistry and all = of them had an A so far. These four friends were so confident that the = weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and have a big party. = They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. = Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final, they = would explain to their professor why they missed it. They said that they = visited friends but on the way back, had a flat tire, as a result, they missed = the final. The professor agreed they could make up the final the next day. = The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam. He placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet. They quickly answered the first problem, worth five points. Cool, they thought! Each = one in separate rooms, thought this is going to be easy. Then they turned = the page. On the second page was written: For 95 points: Which tire? ------_=3D_NextPart_003_01C55CD8.D628DA20 Content-Type: text/html <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2654.45"> <TITLE>Funny</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I hope you guys enjoy this one! It made me = laugh.</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Chemistry and</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>all of them had an A so far. = These four friends were so confident that the</FONT> <BR><FONT = SIZE=3D2>weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and have a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>big party. 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