First, I had just waved a grateful goodbye to my parents as I walked back through the glass doors at the front of my dorm building. I turned, with my new key card gleaming in my palm, and made a b-line to my new domain. Entering my new living room and making it straight for my bedroom, I felt a ping of excitement jump through my feet, up my spine, and finally out of the ends of each strand of hair on my head. I jumped onto my new bad and kicked back, soaking it all in.
Eventually, 10 minutes later, my new roommate emerged with a grin on his face. We had met during actual orientation right after our high school graduation and decided to be roommates since we live close to each other. We went to rival high schools yet everything was cool once we got to college. He looked over at me and we had the following conversation:
Him: Fucking A! You've gotta go out in the lobby and check out the dude sitting at the registration table.
Me: Why? I already registered this morning.
Him: For real, just go out there and look at the registration table. Our new suitemate is out there.
Me: Fuck, alright.
I jumped off of my bed and made a nonchalant walk across the lobby, glancing around looking for this mysterious fellow. WHAM! Like a fucking brick wall, I saw him. You couldn't mistake him; he was definitely the one.
Me: DUDE! WHAT THE FUCK!
Him: I told your ass. This shit is weird man.
Me: God damn, I can't believe he lives here. Fucking shit.
As I began to rearrange my things from how my mother had arranged them, he entered our suite. I'll never forget the moment.
Him: Hi, I'm Jerry. I'm your new roommate. I'm kinda weird but you'll get used to me.
Me: Hey man, I'm (Insert Name). Nice to meet you.
For the next 5 minutes there is an awkward silence and sporadic conversations.
Now, I have no idea what you are envisioning about this fellow since I can't get his strangeness out of my head, but here he is in a nutshell.
Jerry was the poster child for bad credit. He informed us the first day we met him that he'd declared bankruptcy twice because he had over $30,000 in credit card debt. He told us that he had to declare bankruptcy because he couldn't pay the bills once he was hit the second time by a car. That's right folks, the man was hit not once, but fucking twice off of his bike by two separate vehicles in two separate states. To make matters worse, Jerry was a 30 year old virgin, though not by choice.
He was round, had a handlebar mustache, wore tiny glasses with bifocals on the bottom half, and always wore socks with sandals. Not normal socks though, oh no my friend. Since he was 30 years of age, he had the fortune of developing a nice collection of long as shit tube socks with maroon, blue, or yellow stripes around the top. He was a fucking joke. Also because of his age, the underwear he left laying around our suite was at least 10 years old. He never wore a hat, as he told us later, because hats help your hair fall out and you'll become bald. This alone was intriguing because the motherfucker WAS BALDING. He had the whole Friar Tuck thing going on.
Being a nice guy, I informed the Old Man and the other roommate, Old Man's twin, that they could have some if they want. The next day that fucking thing was gone. I'm talking someone scraped the crumbs off of the bottom of the pan and ate them. I enjoyed one fucking piece and next thing I know, it's gone. I questioned them and their response was astounding:
Me: Guys, what the fuck. Who eats a whole cheesecake in one day?
Old Man: Well we had to make room for our leftover Wendy's.
While I enjoy Wendy's food and think they are the higher class establishment of the fast food industry, this was not sufficient. They actually thought that taking the cheesecake out of our little college size refrigerator and eating it would be OK as long as they were doing it in order to make room for other food. The cheesecake weighed almost 10 pounds, and they destroyed it in no time. I had to have my revenge.
Knowing that Old Man had just ate some cheesecake earlier that day and then went and got some Wendy's, one thing was obvious: A monstrous bowel movement was imminent.
Collecting myself and slamming the door, my roommate and I felt we needed to make a plan. We hated Old Man, but now we had a reason to do something about it. So, we went to a supermarket to collect our ammunition.
It was about 11:00pm and we were all watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and talking about how Indiana Jones never reloaded his revolver in any of the 3 movies. My roommate looked over at me with a devilish grin and informed me he was still hungry. Hearing this, Old Man expressed a similar feeling. He took the bait.
Me: Hey, I've got a leftover calzone and some Chocolate Ice Cream in the freezer. You guys can have it.
Old Man: Sweet. I got dibs on the ice cream.
Roommate: FUCK! Oh well, I want some Ramen though. You can have the calzone too if you want.
Old Man: Oh, alright. Awesome.
He fell into our trap like a blind man in the jungle. His lust for food had betrayed him.
Once he microwaved the calzone, he dove into it. He ate every last greasy bite. He was a finger licker too; this was too easy. Then he grabbed the ice cream out of the freezer and destroyed it. Licking the spoon when he was done, he thanked me and tossed the containers into the trashcan. I smiled.
It took less time than I thought though. I figured he'd have to digest it first and then it would happen. I guess the Castor Oil in the calzone sped the process up. Either that or the chocolate tabs of Exlax we had melted into the ice cream.
It was the scene where Indiana Jones was fighting the German officer on the tank when it struck like lightning. Jerry, seemed to have some beads of sweat on his forehead. Was it our concoctions or was it hot? No matter.
He leaned over and called doorknob as he attempted to spray my roommate with a fart. For those who don't know, you have to call "doorknob" when you fart or people get to punch you until you touch a doorknob. Fun stuff, anyway. When he made that intestinal maneuver, his face changed. He had just shit in his pants.
The smell was horrible, but his face told us that he was about to cry. He got up and ran around our couch to the bathroom. He didn't even shut the door as he flew onto the toilet. The sound alone was worth my birthday cheesecake. It sounded like a hose being sprayed into a bucket. Water was splashing everywhere and you could here him whimper and grunt. I suppose he thought he was done, so he stood up and looked around. I did everything I could not to laugh. My roommate ran into our room and shut the door, acting like the smell forced his retreat. Fucking asshole was just laughing into his pillow.
Jerry kept shitting for the next 3 hours and eventually yelled for some help; we had removed the toilet paper.
To this day I don't know what happened after we shut our door, but I do know that was the first time in 10 years that Jerry went out and bought some new underwear.
We never told him, and he never talked about it. He was charged $250 at the end of the semester for ruining the couch. It still had shitstains on it 2 months later.
In high school, someone did something similar to some kid in the school band. He had to be put on an IV because he was so dehydrated. I don't know if Jerry had that problem, but he did sleep all day the next day.
Fuck him anyway.
Eventually, 10 minutes later, my new roommate emerged with a grin on his face. We had met during actual orientation right after our high school graduation and decided to be roommates since we live close to each other. We went to rival high schools yet everything was cool once we got to college. He looked over at me and we had the following conversation:
Him: Fucking A! You've gotta go out in the lobby and check out the dude sitting at the registration table.
Me: Why? I already registered this morning.
Him: For real, just go out there and look at the registration table. Our new suitemate is out there.
Me: Fuck, alright.
I jumped off of my bed and made a nonchalant walk across the lobby, glancing around looking for this mysterious fellow. WHAM! Like a fucking brick wall, I saw him. You couldn't mistake him; he was definitely the one.
Me: DUDE! WHAT THE FUCK!
Him: I told your ass. This shit is weird man.
Me: God damn, I can't believe he lives here. Fucking shit.
As I began to rearrange my things from how my mother had arranged them, he entered our suite. I'll never forget the moment.
Him: Hi, I'm Jerry. I'm your new roommate. I'm kinda weird but you'll get used to me.
Me: Hey man, I'm (Insert Name). Nice to meet you.
For the next 5 minutes there is an awkward silence and sporadic conversations.
Now, I have no idea what you are envisioning about this fellow since I can't get his strangeness out of my head, but here he is in a nutshell.
Jerry was the poster child for bad credit. He informed us the first day we met him that he'd declared bankruptcy twice because he had over $30,000 in credit card debt. He told us that he had to declare bankruptcy because he couldn't pay the bills once he was hit the second time by a car. That's right folks, the man was hit not once, but fucking twice off of his bike by two separate vehicles in two separate states. To make matters worse, Jerry was a 30 year old virgin, though not by choice.
He was round, had a handlebar mustache, wore tiny glasses with bifocals on the bottom half, and always wore socks with sandals. Not normal socks though, oh no my friend. Since he was 30 years of age, he had the fortune of developing a nice collection of long as shit tube socks with maroon, blue, or yellow stripes around the top. He was a fucking joke. Also because of his age, the underwear he left laying around our suite was at least 10 years old. He never wore a hat, as he told us later, because hats help your hair fall out and you'll become bald. This alone was intriguing because the motherfucker WAS BALDING. He had the whole Friar Tuck thing going on.
Being a nice guy, I informed the Old Man and the other roommate, Old Man's twin, that they could have some if they want. The next day that fucking thing was gone. I'm talking someone scraped the crumbs off of the bottom of the pan and ate them. I enjoyed one fucking piece and next thing I know, it's gone. I questioned them and their response was astounding:
Me: Guys, what the fuck. Who eats a whole cheesecake in one day?
Old Man: Well we had to make room for our leftover Wendy's.
While I enjoy Wendy's food and think they are the higher class establishment of the fast food industry, this was not sufficient. They actually thought that taking the cheesecake out of our little college size refrigerator and eating it would be OK as long as they were doing it in order to make room for other food. The cheesecake weighed almost 10 pounds, and they destroyed it in no time. I had to have my revenge.
Knowing that Old Man had just ate some cheesecake earlier that day and then went and got some Wendy's, one thing was obvious: A monstrous bowel movement was imminent.
Collecting myself and slamming the door, my roommate and I felt we needed to make a plan. We hated Old Man, but now we had a reason to do something about it. So, we went to a supermarket to collect our ammunition.
It was about 11:00pm and we were all watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and talking about how Indiana Jones never reloaded his revolver in any of the 3 movies. My roommate looked over at me with a devilish grin and informed me he was still hungry. Hearing this, Old Man expressed a similar feeling. He took the bait.
Me: Hey, I've got a leftover calzone and some Chocolate Ice Cream in the freezer. You guys can have it.
Old Man: Sweet. I got dibs on the ice cream.
Roommate: FUCK! Oh well, I want some Ramen though. You can have the calzone too if you want.
Old Man: Oh, alright. Awesome.
He fell into our trap like a blind man in the jungle. His lust for food had betrayed him.
Once he microwaved the calzone, he dove into it. He ate every last greasy bite. He was a finger licker too; this was too easy. Then he grabbed the ice cream out of the freezer and destroyed it. Licking the spoon when he was done, he thanked me and tossed the containers into the trashcan. I smiled.
It took less time than I thought though. I figured he'd have to digest it first and then it would happen. I guess the Castor Oil in the calzone sped the process up. Either that or the chocolate tabs of Exlax we had melted into the ice cream.
It was the scene where Indiana Jones was fighting the German officer on the tank when it struck like lightning. Jerry, seemed to have some beads of sweat on his forehead. Was it our concoctions or was it hot? No matter.
He leaned over and called doorknob as he attempted to spray my roommate with a fart. For those who don't know, you have to call "doorknob" when you fart or people get to punch you until you touch a doorknob. Fun stuff, anyway. When he made that intestinal maneuver, his face changed. He had just shit in his pants.
The smell was horrible, but his face told us that he was about to cry. He got up and ran around our couch to the bathroom. He didn't even shut the door as he flew onto the toilet. The sound alone was worth my birthday cheesecake. It sounded like a hose being sprayed into a bucket. Water was splashing everywhere and you could here him whimper and grunt. I suppose he thought he was done, so he stood up and looked around. I did everything I could not to laugh. My roommate ran into our room and shut the door, acting like the smell forced his retreat. Fucking asshole was just laughing into his pillow.
Jerry kept shitting for the next 3 hours and eventually yelled for some help; we had removed the toilet paper.
To this day I don't know what happened after we shut our door, but I do know that was the first time in 10 years that Jerry went out and bought some new underwear.
We never told him, and he never talked about it. He was charged $250 at the end of the semester for ruining the couch. It still had shitstains on it 2 months later.
In high school, someone did something similar to some kid in the school band. He had to be put on an IV because he was so dehydrated. I don't know if Jerry had that problem, but he did sleep all day the next day.
Fuck him anyway.