There are notices on every bulletin board at my daughters college about the

hedgehog

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Mon Oct-05-09 02:09 PM
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Poll question: There are notices on every bulletin board at my daughters college about the

30 second siren test every Saturday at 10AM. I asked my daughter what the siren was for. She has no no idea. So, if the siren goes off and it's not 10AM on a Saturday, it means

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mnhtnbb

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Mon Oct-05-09 02:17 PM
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1. Aliens have landed!

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wickerwoman

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Mon Oct-05-09 02:26 PM
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2. Someone didn't study for their midterm.

Edited on Mon Oct-05-09 02:28 PM by wickerwoman

On edit: the closest I ever saw to a riot at my university was when the fire department tested the dorm alarms just as the season premiere of Friends was coming on. Half the students would not leave their rooms until they shut the power off too.

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XemaSab

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Mon Oct-05-09 02:28 PM
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3. It's the annual beer bash

at the campus emergency services department. :P

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seabeyond

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Mon Oct-05-09 02:31 PM
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4. lockdown. nt

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hedgehog

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Mon Oct-05-09 03:17 PM
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9. Turns out that that's exactly what it is. Too bad no one bothered notifying

the incoming freshmen. I guess that's one way to thin the herd.....

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seabeyond

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Mon Oct-05-09 03:59 PM
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11. one way to thin the herd..... you are funny. lightbulb moment.

of course, that is what it is. in amarillo, .... tornado warning. but in light of recent shootings and dealing with kids "lockdown" schools. hm.... intersting to know though.

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Mon Oct-05-09 02:57 PM
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5. Locally: "Accidental" Hazardous Chemical Release

Elsewhere: Tornado Watch/Warning

It could also be some idiot Republican that thinks we need to be prepared for The Bomb and is using the Civil Defense Siren without permission... :P

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Mon Oct-05-09 02:58 PM
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6. zombies

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supernova

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Mon Oct-05-09 02:59 PM
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7. Why do they need to do that *every* Sat?

IIRC, our fire drills were about 1x/semester.

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hedgehog

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Mon Oct-05-09 03:16 PM
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8. Maybe someone in the Public Safety Department is a little passive-aggressive

after dealing with drunken vomiting underage students the night before?

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Mon Oct-05-09 04:00 PM
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12. little passive-aggressive. you are funny, lol lol. hungover kids, saturday morning.

geeeesh, that is cruel, i say gleefully. funny

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Mon Oct-05-09 03:37 PM
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10. My honors college dining hall really does serve lobster. But only to the first 100 students.

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Mon Oct-05-09 04:08 PM
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13. Unbelievable. I remember the day when the school would alert us through our valets,

Edited on Mon Oct-05-09 04:09 PM by Rabrrrrrr

and not subject our precious, upper-crust ears to the damaging effects of sirens.

I suppose kids today are too lazy to have valets.

Sirens are so... public school.

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Mon Oct-05-09 07:37 PM
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14. Lotsa Luck?

Nice to see that Poohawk Reserve has internet access.

(Reference to the 'Tumbleweeds' strip by T.K. Ryan)

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