» Amazing displays of ignorance

My friend's housemate was a mentalist...
which we knew prior to this incident.

What really cemented it for me though was when he said that the (at the time) new 64-bit architecture was a probability-based architecture. Using quantum (stuff). Even after we'd explained to him that it's just that the memory registers are twice as big as the 32-bit ones, he vehemently tried to defend his position for over an hour.
(Tue 23rd Mar 2010, 2:38, More)

» Cross Dressing

School uniform
I went to a fancy dress party some years ago, and what with my goatee, long hair on the head and much in the way of body hair, thought it would be best to dress as a schoolgirl. Asked my friend from high school if I could borrow his sister's school dress. No probs, wore it to the party, had a great time.

A few months later, his sister asked about the dress. I refused to give it back, figuring it would lead to more comedy value at future parties and the like. Especially since you can't bend over or sit down in the thing. Have worn it a few times since for various events, and has always been well received.
(Fri 16th Mar 2007, 2:18, More)

» The Weird Kid In Class

Far too many to list them all...
I think I was the weird kid in primary school. Went to a posh school, where all the kid's parents drove merc's and bmw's and the like. My dad drove a Leyland P-76.

High school I went to the dodgiest private school in the state, where all the kids who got kicked out of the good schools (yes, plural per child) ended up. We had:
- The kid who decided taking acid would be a good idea. Was for him, didn't even get busted.
- The kid who showed us how to knot leg hairs. That bloody hurt, but I wasn't too bright then (don't rub your hairy knee when bent then extend it rapidly).
- The kid who was heavily into death metal, and a complete loon. Has a crazy east-european-sounding last name, has changed it since to 'Carson'. Met him in a pub a few weeks back, he's still a loon. I think we put him in a rubbish bin once.
- The multiple psychopaths we had. One threw a stool (about 2/3 as tall as we were at the time) at another kid, nearly broke his back. Same one also carried a scalpel in his bag until he sliced his finger in physics one day.
- A good friend of mine, who was very much into stabbing people with stationery. Stabbed me with a pen, hit a vein or something, my entire sleeve was covered with blood within a minute. He stabbed my other friend with a compass one day, got his wrist, friend bled all over the desk. Dinner plate sized puddle of blood before he noticed.

All the others I'll not list, for I have plenty of length already. Girth's ample, too.
(Tue 23rd Jan 2007, 1:37, More)

» Failed

Second half of third year
Managed to pass just one topic. Which was the one where I'd been to three lectures and slept in for the exam (another time/place for that one maybe).

Better still was a girl who started same year as I did. Took me 6 years to do my 4yr degree (5 full time equivalent). She was still doing 3rd year 3 years later (all full-time). I think she left of her own accord at her 11th year.
(Tue 9th Jan 2007, 3:21, More)