Monday, January 02, 2006

Sophomore Stories, Part I "Fun With A Super Soaker"

Sometime in October, looking to put my newly acquired super-soaker water gun to use, I was wandering the hall, fully-loaded, and encountered Mormon Justin. He suggested we should shoot something that would explode. He then reached up in an attempt to remove one of the ten or so light fixtures that lined the ceiling of our dorm hallway. Being 6 feet 4 inches, Mormon Justin had no trouble reaching the first light fixture he came to. Sure enough, he was able to pull the edge down just far enough for me to fire a stream of water through. As Mormon Justin theorized, the water would cause the lightbulb to implode. So, as he used his body weight to hold the fixture down, I fired a direct hit and with a loud crash, the lightbulb imploded.
The noise closely resembled the sound of a shotgun followed by crashing glass and conveniently, all the broken glass from the lightbulb remained inside the bowl-shaped light fixture.
Immediately, three or four guys jumped out of their rooms with the inevitable, "What was that?" question. Of course, Mormon Justin and I were happy to demonstrate. So, we moved on to the next one and promptly shot it out. The second implosion was even louder than the first, bringing a cheer from our spectators. We continued down our little hall, systematically destroying each lightbulb with an ever increasing audience. When we had successfully eliminated all electric lighting from our hallway, we had everyone go shut their open doors, shutting out any sunlight.
And there we stood, admiring our incandescently challenged hallway, utterly devoid of light despite the fact that outside, the sun was shining brightly.
From my vantage point in the first room from the lobby, I thoroughly enjoyed each and every reaction from my hallmates as they made their way back from class. Each "What the...?" caused me to rock back on my couch and laugh.
The next day, three, yes THREE facilities employees came up to our floor to change out each lightbulb which I suppose answers the question, "How many University of Kansas Residence Hall Maintenance employees does it take to change a lightbulb?"

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