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Signs you are recent Yeshiva University (YU) Grad:
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Momoney5555
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Keep in mind the caveat that of course this is written out of love....
20. Lived and(contrary to popular belief) died by
the penultimate Mesorah.
19. When the weather was nice you went to sit ( or do
whatever else) on the benches outside Rubin or Morg,
only to see them already occupied by the neighborhood
friendlies.
18. Often wondered what the basketball courts behind
Strenger were really used for.
17. Passed by the finance office a few extra times to
"observe the scenery".
16. Swore you were being punished mida kneged mida for
the above when you encountered multiple problems from
that same office.
15. The one Finals night you went to bed early you were
awoken by the infamous 2 am scream and cursed up a
storm at it. Of course, in accordance with the nature
of finals short term memory, you gleefully
participated in it the very next night.
14. Were taught that at the appropiate times the larger
bodega was also good for gambling and booze, and the
smaller one for cigarettes.
13. Developed your sign language and marginal Spanish
skills to communicate with the barber and both
bodegas.
12. Learned that Belfer has its own version of the 1/9
elevator; just like the actual mass transit one, it
runs local (every floor) and is always cramped and
fetid.
11. If you had the privilege and honor of having a
room facing the Harlem River, on a clear day, you
could see actual dead bodies floating in it.
10. On the other hand, if it faced the Rubin walkway,
your spitting, yelling, and downward throwing skills
were highly developed.
9. Remembered not to go to the computer room at 1 am-
that was meeting time for the Heights contingent of
the Russian mafia.
8. Weren't sure which was worse, that, or the "HASC
club" meeting on the 5A floor of the library once a
week.
7. Harbored fantasies of those cute Bennet girls and
that one Rabbi's daughter you very rarely got furtive
glances of.
6. As an upperclassman, laughed at gullible sophmores
spending more of their parents hard-earned cash on
textbooks, then realized you did the same thing when
you were in their position.
5. Felt that you alone kept at least one of the
following in business because of the dearth of good
food in the school caf: Time Out, Grandma's, Kasbah,
Morg Mart, Key Food, the Chinese takeout (chas
v?shalom), or any of the other various short- lived
culinary establishments.
4. Reading week- vacation. Finals week- cramming.
Vacation- cursing yourself for not studying during
reading week. Somehow, this vicious cycle repeated
itself every semester.
3. Stern lobby on Thursday nights- where "good" guys
and girls hung out. West End and Am Caf on Thursday
nights- where "bad" guys and girls hung out. Somehow
the latter was more crowded than the former. Go
figure!
2. Knew at least 1 great story about the 189th Street
apartments. Embellished this story whan at all
possible.
1. Before you got there, wondered what all those
strange abbreviations were for.(See RIETS, et al)
After you graduated, still wondered.
- momoney5555
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From Ariel Seligman:
This is for some one who will probably never end up reading it:
1. You're friends end up hanging out with you're younger sister and her friends.
2. You are happy you are done with yu, but you end up getting an apartment in the heights, getting married, and just stick with it because you are too lazy to move again.
3.You still buy drugs from Heschi... even though no one is supposed to know.
From Aharon A. Fischman (SSSB '93)
'Triple S O B'
Frum
Gary Guttenberg:
Signs you are a recent YU graduate:
Didn't feel like going to Work one day, so asked one of your friends to
"sign in for you"
Went to work, didn't feel like staying, so did the ol' "sign and leave"
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