Things That Change! When You Leave University:

[Tas]

THINGS THAT CHANGE WHEN YOU LEAVE UNIVERSITY:

1. 6:00 am is when you get up, not when you go to sleep

2. Having sex in a single bed is absurd.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. You actually eat breakfast foods at breakfast time.

5. You don't volunteer for clinical trials at the local hospital.

6. You know all of the people sleeping in your house.

7. You hear your favourite song in the lift at work.

8. Informative TV does not include Richard and Judy.

9. The bank manager doesn't write threatening letters any more.

10. You carry an umbrella.

11. Seven-day benders are no longer realistic.

12. You don't go to Tesco with all your friends.

13. You have standing orders and direct debits.

14. The heating works in your house.

15. Your friends marry and divorce instead of get together and

break-up.

16. You pay the government thousands of pounds every year.

17. You go from 130 days of holidays to 20.

18. Jeans and a jumper no longer qualify as 'dressed up'.

19. You're the one calling the police because those ###### kids

next door won't turn down the stereo.

20. You get out of bed in the morning even if it's raining.

21. Washing up is not an annual ritual.

22. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around

you.

23. You don't know what time the kebab shop closes anymore.

24. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.

25. You feed your dog 'Pal' instead of McDonalds.

26. You don't get ideas for drinks from local tramps.

27. You don't put half-finished curries in the fridge to eat

later.

28. You don't spend half your day strategically planning pub

crawls.

29. You "hate scrounging students".

30. You no longer have a strange attraction to road signs when

drunk.

31. Sleeping in the lounge is a no-no.

32. You can't persuade your flat mates to 'Drink till dawn'.

33. You don't spend Wednesday afternoons in the pub.

34. You always know where you are when you wake up.

35. You no longer take naps from noon to 6 p.m.

36. A fire in the kitchen is not a laugh.

37. You go to the chemist for Panadol and antacids, not condoms

and pregnancy test kits.

38. A £3 bottle of wine is no longer 'pretty good stuff'.

39. You can remember the name of the person you wake up next to.

40. Your fantasies of having sex with three women with lesbian tendencies are replaced by fantasies of having sex with anyone.

41. You don't have mice living in your kitchen.

42. Grocery lists are longer than pot noodles & cans of lager.

43. You don't go to Liquor Save to buy Vodka.

44. You have vacuumed.

45. Breaking the law means doing 40 in a 30 zone.

46. 'I just can't drink the way I used to' replaces 'I'm never

going to drink that much again'.

47. Over 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for

48. You don't experiment with banned substances.

49. You don't get drunk at home, to save money, before going to a

pub.

50. Lunchtime is not 'the morning'.

Edited May 17, 2005 by Tas