College Chem True Life ... nyuk, nyuk

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Greetings Saints in Jesus name!

Anybody that has had chemistry in college, might appreciate this nyuk,
nyuk... enjoy!  (This came from CHRISTIA and is supposedly true)

Bro. Tyler

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This is a true story that really happened.....

Forwarded message:
From: Simon Bradley <syb3@ABER.AC.UK>
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
    Introductory Chemistry at Duke has been taught for about a zillion
years by Professor Bonk (really), and his course is semi-affectionately
known as "Bonkistry."  He has been around forever, so I wouldn't put it
past him to come up with something like this.  Anyway, one year there
were these two guys who were taking Chemistry and who did pretty well on
all of the quizzes and the midterms and labs, etc., such that going into
the final they had a solid A.  These two friends were so confident going
into the final that the weekend before finals week (even though the Chem
final was on Monday), they decided to go up to UVirginia and party with
some friends up there.  So they did this and had a great time.  However,
with their hangovers and everything, they overslept all day Sunday and
didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning.  Rather than
taking the final then, what they did was to find Professor Bonk after
the final and explain to him why they missed the final. They told him
that they went up to UVa for the weekend, and had planned to come back
in time to study, but that they had a flat tire on the way back and
didn't have a spare and couldn't get help for a long time and so were
late getting back to campus.  Bonk thought this over and then agreed
that they could make up the final on the following day.  The two guys
were elated and relieved.
    So, they studied that night and went in the next day at the time
that Bonk had told them.  He placed them in separate rooms and handed
each of them a test booklet and told them to begin. They looked at the
first problem, which was something simple about molarity and solutions
and was worth 5 points.  "Cool" they thought, "this is going to be
easy."  They did that problem and then turned the page. They were
unprepared, however, for what they saw on the next page.  It said:

            (95 points)  Which tire?

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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 21:31:19 -0500
From: Cheryl Kathleen Seymour <cks1@acpub.duke.edu>

I'm a junior here at Duke and I just wanted to vouch for the validity
of this story. I had Dr. Bonk two years ago and he lives up to this
legend, and then some! :) He really has been here forever, and his
classes are truly amazing! Thanks, Cindy, for holding a little bit of my
life up before me and brightening my day!!