College Life Episode

By Lawrence on June 17, 2008

Hello again. Global trutherist here. Time for more reminisces about my travels around this large brown and green land.

What can I say about my time at the University of Georgia? Well, I discovered college life is much more fun here than it ever was at Cambridge … Polytechnic. That's a Technical college on the outskirts of Cambridge by the way. I decided not to waste my time with law, or medicine at the more famous local university. I knew, even at age 18, I was only ever going to be a reporter … or a dentist. Far too much reading involved in law. And Dentistry as it turns out.

Anyway - Southern U.S. colleges are amazing. Drenched in history, traditions and young people. Our excursion around the dormitory was particularly memorable. For a start, I felt really old. And the obsession with video games I never really understood. Groups of young men would gather for hours at a time in a darkened room - when there were eligible young women sleeping one floor above and below. Is it just me, or is there something a tad strange with that picture? If there had been girls in my dormitory at Boarding School … well … then things would've been much more interesting, especially on "Spanking Sundays."

I digress. The dormitory was fascinating, and thank you to a lovely lady named "Mo" for being such a good sport. Alas her performance did not make the program - but for all of us there, we shall never forget it.

The whole College Football experience was utterly bewildering. So many people, so much red and black. I can report I was actually a little woozy by the end of the day - I believe it was the constant visual bombardment of only two colors. I'm sure the four hot dogs, and half of that loaf of bread stuffed with ham and chicken, then smeared with cream cheese had nothing to do with it.



I would like to learn more about the actual game. But I'm not sure if anybody actually understands the rules … or wants to. It seems very complicated, and I'm really not sure why it needs to be. And the staggering degree of attention it generates is remarkable. If two universities played each other in Britain, you'd get four people attending, and two of them would've gotten lost on their way to the pub. Unless it's rowing, which is much more boring than football. And damp. I will save the story of my rowing adventures for another day, and another blog. I believe the gag order has yet to be lifted.

Cheerio.

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