September 15th, 2008
The Top 9 Signs You Chose
the Wrong Study Abroad Program
the Wrong Study Abroad Program
9> E does NOT equal MC Mugabe, dammit!
8> Your new school’s Home Ec class seems to focus an awful lot on assembling athletic footwear.
7> The “travel coordinator” has you wear a blindfold then puts you in the trunk of his car for the ride.
6> You thought you’d be studying in Russia at the University of Moscow. Turns out you landed in Moscow, Idaho and you’re studying potatoes.
5> It’s pretty hard to take a Language Arts program seriously when nobody in the host country uses vowels.
4> Your arrival is immediately followed by Navy SEALs to quell the coup that just took place.
3> On day one you’re issued one standard Star Fleet uniform.
2> You heard “Little America” and assumed the clothes you had would do just fine.
and the Number 1 Sign You Chose the Wrong Study Abroad Program…
1> The only romance language offered: Pig Latin.
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Credits:
Selected from 25 submissions from 9 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Edward Rodman, Ocean, NJ — 1 (2nd #1)
Judith Cottrill, Bronx, NY — 2
G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa — 3
Jim G. Phynn, Horsham, PA — 4, 6
Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH — 5, 9
Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 7
Devon Cole, Dayton, OH — 8
Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA — Your Cruise Director
RUNNERS UP list — Understudies
Field trip day means the class takes place in the actual
classroom, not the bomb shelter underneath.
(G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa)
It has one of the following mottoes: Semper Fi, Army of One, Accelerate Your Life, Cross Into the Blue.
(David J. Ludwig, San Diego, CA)
The broad you are assigned to study is your 84-year-old next-door neighbor.
(Devon Cole, Dayton, OH)
You always wanted to learn French and visit foreign places, but the French Foreign Legion isn’t quite what you expected.
(David J. Ludwig, San Diego, CA)
You were hoping to study in a locale more exotic than Bear Country USA.
(Devon Cole, Dayton, OH)
Runners Up list name
(G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa)
(G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa)
It has one of the following mottoes: Semper Fi, Army of One, Accelerate Your Life, Cross Into the Blue.
(David J. Ludwig, San Diego, CA)
The broad you are assigned to study is your 84-year-old next-door neighbor.
(Devon Cole, Dayton, OH)
You always wanted to learn French and visit foreign places, but the French Foreign Legion isn’t quite what you expected.
(David J. Ludwig, San Diego, CA)
You were hoping to study in a locale more exotic than Bear Country USA.
(Devon Cole, Dayton, OH)
Runners Up list name
(G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa)
