Class Dismissed: 75 Outrageous, Mind-Expanding College Exploits (and Lessons That Won't Be on the Final) (Paperback)

by Ben Applebaum (Author), Derrick Pittman (Author), Ryan Mcnally (Author)
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Your diploma says it, your student loans prove it: You went to college. But be honest: What you really learned had nothing to do with your GPA.

Just when you thought it was safe to matriculate, three university grads reveal amazing campus stories of hilarious extracurricular adventures and eccentricities. Ben Applebaum, Ryan McNally, and Derrick Pittman–Web hosts of CollegeStories.com–culled through thousands of tall but true tales of psycho roommates, legendary pranks, hellish hookups, and vertigo nights. The result is this wild collection of the funniest and most bizarre memories from the not-so-hallowed halls of academia.

Canty’s Obituary Revenge: After his practical-joker buddies place an obituary notice in the local paper, a baffled student returns from a weekend away to a shocked campus and hundreds of condolences.

House of the Sinking Feeling: For five Texas undergrads, a class project goes terribly awry, thanks to a combustible mix of rabid armadillos, sporadic gunfire, a sinkhole, and cockroaches the size of cell phones.

Indoor Winter Beach Party: In what “seemed like a good idea at the time,” snow-weary roommates throw a beach bash in their apartment, replete with swimsuits, kiddie pools, and eight hundred pounds of sand.

Hooters and Honors: A young coed/waitress at Hooters earns big tips during a fifty-two-year-old patron’s birthday celebration–only to discover later that the “birthday boy” is her new English professor.

Uproarious and irresistibly candid, Class Dismissed should be required reading for students, grads, and only the bravest of parents.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Villard (July 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812974468
• ISBN-13: 978-0812974461
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #846,435 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We need this laugh in the post college world, December 12, 2006

By	J. L. Breen "blossoming domestic" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This hysterical compilation of college antics is the perfect Christmas present to remind those of us stuck out here in the real world of the best days of our lives. Oh, to be young and so stupid that it's funny. If college students are reading this book, I hope it's only to one-up the antics and make for an even funnier sequel.
Laugh it up. Pass it around the office & start the bonding stories of great days gone by.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably bizarre, crazy, and utterly hysterical!, August 8, 2006

By	K. Bowden (St. Augustine, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Hilarious! This book kept me laughing the whole way through. It brought back my own college memories and made me glad I wasn't as ill-fated as some of these characters. Very well-written, with an intelligent and insightful look at that period in life when we shed naiveness for cynicism. Crazy, off-the-wall stories reminding us that what we all learned the most from college wasn't found in any classroom...this book should be handed out at freshman orientation!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, December 11, 2006

By	D. Hodges - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It just doesn't get much funnier than this. An entertaining page turner that will keep you laughing til the end. The fact that they're all true stories - well, that's a little scary! This should be required reading for freshmen. And it's perfect for those nostalgic for their good ol' college days - wait, isn't that everyone?