I was one of those cunts at uni
who would do the work before the deadline, preventing me from getting stressed out. I would do the minimum required and get stoned as fuck while everyone else was panicking.

The night before a 9am exam I would finish my token revision at about 6 or 7pm, smoke bongs until midnight, get up, take the exam, leaving before the end.

I have a 2:1 MEng in Civil Engineering.

Feel free to direct hatred and comments of smugness
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:25, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

This is kind of my general approach
But possibly with more procrastination, and less drugs. In fact definitely less drugs. You are a civil engineer though. Hmm. Heard some interesting stories about your kind.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:29, Reply)

I'm not a typical civil engineer
I'm a bit more arty and musicy

with a lot of engineers it's what they are, whereas it's just what I do
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 21:57, Reply)

Also
Have you had to be doing loads of flood defence stuff for idiots after the end-of-year floods?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:37, Reply)

flood defence generally isn't that reactionary
boscastle was an exception I think.

the EA will have fairly solid ideas of where they think defences should go and we will do some modelling and cost/benefit analysis to see if it'll get funding, and if it's worth it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:02, Reply)

2:1 MOng in Uncivil Smugness

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:37, Reply)

Have you ever thrown books at anybody?

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:43, Reply)

Yes
But not customers.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:50, Reply)

Aww, gutted
I'd love to see that in a library. It would make my day if I ever bothered to visit one.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:51, Reply)

It's ok at colleagues for fun
But in this day and age you'd get sued for throwing books at students.
One of the little shits may in return throw one of our many law books at us.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:55, Reply)

And in either sense, that would be bad
I imagine law books are pretty big. We got told off for throwing wind up planes around our studio area once :(
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 20:57, Reply)

I got told off for being spun round on a chair
whilst trying to get my leg over my head and singing Wuthering Heights.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 21:00, Reply)

Can't say we've ever tried that
We do have the World's Spinniest Seats ^TM now. I think about 20 spins from one push is the current record.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 21:03, Reply)

I spun loads
It was ace
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 21:09, Reply)