this note, from the science library of washington and lee university in lexington, virginia, has a bit of a backstory.
explains our anonymous submitter: “here, you can reserve a carrel for the entire school year, with two students to a carrel. our honor system is such that people leave their books and belongings at their carrel basically all the time.” our anonymous submitter caught sight of this little exchange and sneakily made a photocopy to share with us.
oh, and fyi: “a&p,” our submitter says, refers to anatomy and physiology — a popular course that generally only seniors get into.
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179 responses so far ↓
#1 Nattie
teehee. like the “who got into A&P” bit
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:07 am rating: 0
#2 Lena
Wait, let me get this straight, she’s flaunting the fact the she got into the class by leaving her book in her workplace? What is she supposed to do, hide the book? Study in secret?
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:27 am rating: 0
#3 Jay
To the “Judas.” Ha! Priceless.
And the cheeky reply is fabulous. Miss A&P may move to the head of the class.
Hide it in a bookbag, No! I’m gonna let it shine…
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:32 am rating: +1
#4 lola
if I were the AP student, I’d leave a playboy in the carrel with a note that says “Anatomy and Physiology - study up!”
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:46 am rating: 0
#5 Craniac
Definitely Team Judas!
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:56 am rating: 0
#6 liammul
that textbook was fucking delicious.
Sep 14, 2007 at 5:13 am rating: 0
#7 Jayne
Hehehe… I’m loving this one.
Go team Judas!
Sep 14, 2007 at 6:05 am rating: 0
#8 claw71
Team psychotic carrel mates.
I hope there’s more to the back story on this one because carrol (sp) mate seems to have internalized class assignments. The Judas reference should be used when a friend betrays you, not when some random person gets the jump on you.
I could just see carrol (sp) mate in a candle lit room listening to Sarah McLaughlin while she squeezes the life out of her hypoallergenic pillow.
Sep 14, 2007 at 6:49 am rating: 0
#9 claw71
I think the track she’s moved by is:
I will dismember you
don’t you mess with me
you stole my class so you will die
then they’ll give your spot to me
You flaunted that text book right up in my face
so I’ll scatter 30 pieces of you all over the place
I know who you are, Judas, I know you think it’s fun
I’ll catch you in the carrel at quarter after one.
I will dismember you
don’t you mess with me
you stole my class so you will die
then they’ll give your spot to me
Sep 14, 2007 at 7:02 am rating: 0
#10 Peachy Girl
I thought it was a bit of light-hearted banter. I didn’t detect any passive-aggressiveness in the original note at all.
Sep 14, 2007 at 7:15 am rating: +2
#11 claw71
I will dismember you
You took the class from me
I have no choice, you have to die
for leaving the book for me to see.
30 pieces of Judas, scattered around the yard
They’ll never suspect a thing, it won’t be that hard
I’ll catch you in the carrel at quarter after four
I’ll even keep that text, because I’ll need it more
Sep 14, 2007 at 7:37 am rating: 0
#12 Sonic Joe
Team Judas for the win. Flaunt away!
Sep 14, 2007 at 7:41 am rating: 0
#13 Andy
Wow. Judas is really branching out.
Though, that’s kind of a step down for Judas, in my opinion. It’s like if they did a VH1 “Behind the Messiah” episode.
“Judas didn’t really hang himself after turning in Jesus… but what happened after will shock you even more. In a desperate bid for attention, he went to local colleges, took the last spots in front of worthy students, then flaunted his victory. ‘Yeah, all of the other disciples were saying to each other, “What’s up with that?!”, ‘Doubting’ Thomas recalled.”
Drrrrrrama!
The heart instead of saying “Love” is so A&P, though.
Sep 14, 2007 at 7:58 am rating: +1
#14 Toasty
Ah, the irony of knowingly mis-spelling ‘carrel’ when sat ranting - in a library. So enraged by the flaunting he/she is having to endure, simply unable to mosey over to dictionary corner. Happy days.
Sep 14, 2007 at 8:16 am rating: +1
#15 ALA
Classic, Andy! Just classic. I *heart* it.
Sep 14, 2007 at 8:32 am rating: 0
#16 Little Miss Sunshine
Let me get this straight. This exchange is over a book….on a table of sorts….in a library….where there are tables and books.
Wow.
PS Team Judas for sure! I heart her sassiness.
Sep 14, 2007 at 8:56 am rating: 0
#17 claw71
I think we know which Sarah McLaughlin song fits:
I will dismember you
then there’ll be room for me
you flaunted that book, now you must die
I need that class for my degree
30 pieces of Judas, scattered round the dorm
I’ve already filled out the class transfer form
You’ll be in the carrel at quarter after two
and I’ll be there waiting to dismember you.
Sep 14, 2007 at 8:58 am rating: 0
#18 claw71
You know I got a masters in A & P when I was in college but at Ohio State that stands for Alcohol and Pizza.
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:02 am rating: 0
#19 turrboenvy
11#, Dictionary? I bet there are plenty of P&A notes: “To carrel residents. Please do not flaunt sought-after class enrollment.”
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:10 am rating: 0
#20 beth
I have a feeling the first note was in jest (and possibly the response). I’m imagining the first student, after a while of studying, sitting back, stretching, and upon seeing the book wrote a fun little note to the carrel-mate. It might’ve been a jesting attempt at humor, to get to know the person who shared the carrel with him/her.
Either way, though, the exchange was funny.
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:18 am rating: 0
#21 Paul
What I love the most is that she is saying she trully feels betrayed because her good, close friend who’s name she doesn’t know took a class she didn’t get into.
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:19 am rating: 0
#22 Mila
That so reminds me of a former flatmate. She first invited me to stack my books in the common room instead of my tiny room. Then she told me to remove all the books that were in German (7 in total) since she could not read them and said I was flaunting the fact that I was bilingual and she was not.
i obliged, but in retrospect I should have just bought a dictionary for her. Ha Ha.
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:27 am rating: 0
#23 Fraulein N
I heart Judas.
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:30 am rating: 0
#24 Misheeâ„¢
claw you are proof that Ohio State students are crazy! you and that previous note…
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:35 am rating: 0
#25 T-Bone
“Judas”. That is outrageous.
Luckily for us, the carrol-mate didn’t see herself as a Judas and hang herself from the nearest tree. Rather, because she is malicious, spiteful, and heartless, she decided to pull herself back from the dark place and get the highest grade in A & P. God! What fucking bitch!
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:37 am rating: 0
#26 ShagNBag
Fraulein you beat me to it.
Actually I’m kind of sad that Judas was so nice in the response. A really mean response might have set off a delicious semester-long exchange for us to enjoy.
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:44 am rating: 0
#27 claw71
Oh, I wasn’t a student at Ohio State. I’m just one of those creepy guys who hangs around campus checking out the hot chicks. The A&P course work was coincidental.
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:45 am rating: 0
#28 the sos
“You may be heartless.” ?? Conjecture or permission? Or possibly a reference to the fact that the note-writer has no clue about hearts since they did not get into A & P.
PS - I got into to A & P. It was fucking delicious. Thanks Terry!
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:51 am rating: 0
#29 Wade
“You may be heartless”…followed by a heart.
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:14 am rating: 0
#30 Wade
ShagNBag
I think there was just enough venom in the response to keep things interesting:
“being unable to take the course yourself’
“removed this bible to relieve you of your distress”
“your carrolmate WHO GOT INTO A&P”
Go Team Judas!
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:18 am rating: 0
#31 Amber
I agree with Beth. I think the first note was an attempt at a joke. I only hope Judas realized this as well.
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:42 am rating: 0
#32 mere
ZING!
judas-1, dude who didn’t get into a&p-0
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:42 am rating: 0
#33 Anna-banana
Team mousy librarian…for hooking these two mates up
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:46 am rating: 0
#34 claw71
“You may be heartless…”
That could be foreshadowing.
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:48 am rating: +1
#35 the sos
claw, you made me laugh out loud. well, more like chuckle out loud. it was good though.
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:51 am rating: 0
#36 Kristin
I feel like these are just joking around. They might even know each other in real life and are just writing these to be funny.
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:56 am rating: 0
#37 normal
Looked like an exchange of jokes to me.
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:59 am rating: 0
#38 Team Cassandra
I think they’re prolly friends and the passive aggression is just blowing off steam.
you know how sometimes things can make you tense and bitchy…and you can’t quite hold it in even though some small part of you knows better… so you mix up some niceties and humour with your bitchy to try and soften the blows…
its pretty cute…like playfighting:)
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:01 am rating: 0
#39 Sazbot
This is hillarious, I think the original letter writer was taking the piss.
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:07 am rating: 0
#40 Lori
I agree with the people who say these letters are jokes. In fact, I would say that if they aren’t currently getting in on, they will be by the end of the term.
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:15 am rating: 0
#41 TeeHee
Wow. Carrolmate is so fucking sensitive. Grow up, baby!
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:38 am rating: 0
#42 claw71
Lori:
SWEET! You just took my fantasy from cat-fight to hot girl on girl action.
The first one is blond. That much is evident in the spelling errors and the cutesy little heart at the end. Then you have the fact that she couldn’t get into the class. DUH.
I ‘ve got to go with a sassy redhead as the respondant. She’s smart (she’s in the class) and has a acerbic side (t-bone, is there room in that pod for a playmate?). I bet both of them are tall, firm and shapely.
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:43 am rating: 0
#43 claw71
BTW…Sorry about the lyrics. I tried to post them early but they didn’t show so I posted them again. Now I look like a real ass clown…or Mishee.
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:48 am rating: 0
#44 rpsms
Team Friends
I see more “breaking of balls” than aggression here.
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:48 am rating: 0
#45 WanderingPenguin
…Ohhhh…..does that say “bible”? I actually couldn’t make it out and thought she misspelled “label”. I thought she was saying she would take the label off the book so it didn’t piss off her carrelmate and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what school sells you textbooks that are in plain binding with removable labels. Or lables.
It makes MUCH more sense now.
Thanks!
And I have to side with the people who think this is actually a funny exchange between them. Still enjoyed reading it, though!
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:53 am rating: 0
#46 WanderingPenguin
…although - and I want to be PERFECTLY CLEAR about this - I am completely on board with the fiery redhead-statuesque blonde girl-on-girl action which I hope is imminent and committed to note form to be submitted to this site.
Really, I can’t wait.
I always THOUGHT Judas was a red-head….
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:55 am rating: 0
#47 Lindsay
hahaha @ #18
i laughed out loud to that! ohio state sucks
Sep 14, 2007 at 12:20 pm rating: 0
#48 T-Bone
clawbaby, there’s room in our pod for a playmate.
Did you know there’s another claw71? Except he’s Claw71. He’s a Swiss graffiti artist. I was hoping to find YOU. Shit.
Sep 14, 2007 at 12:24 pm rating: 0
#49 claw71
Hoping to find me?
Sorry I don’t have a myspace profile, just blogs on blogspot. But if you’re looking for a picture there’s always the FBI’s most wanted list. I’m the sexy one.
Sep 14, 2007 at 12:31 pm rating: 0
#50 Weaselcheeks
Totally funny.
I used to leave notes like this for friends and aquaintences in college…good humored banter. I spent a year at a college in the midwest that offered a handgun class for P.E. credit. I wanted to sign up just to have it on my record and unfortunately I talked about it so much that all my girlfriends signed up for it and I didn’t get in. They would flaunt their handgun knowledge in front of me and I would pretend to be distraught.
I think they are both making fun of themselves for being such nerds. They reserved carells for crap’s sake.
Sep 14, 2007 at 12:37 pm rating: 0
#51 T-Bone
Oh– THAT’S you. Perfect.
Sep 14, 2007 at 12:41 pm rating: 0
#52 T-Bone
Hey claw– maybe a foursome with you, me, redheaded carrol-mate and Miguel D? He sounds like a great guy!
Sep 14, 2007 at 12:57 pm rating: 0
#53 Miguel D.
i am a tremendous man.
Sep 14, 2007 at 1:07 pm rating: 0
#54 Rachel B.
Let me be the first to say (I can’t believe no else has) what stunning penmanship Judas has.
Sep 14, 2007 at 1:11 pm rating: 0
#55 Sharona
Yeah, they’re just having a bit of fun, or trying to. The trouble with a carrel is, it takes a lot of effort to distract yourself from working.
Sep 14, 2007 at 1:50 pm rating: 0
#56 lauralaiwc
i love redheads! lol!
i hope it is a joke as well, but i can see where it could be read as having some sting behind it. if thats the case, i wonder if the carrel-mate who didn’t get into class was a great procrastinator and failed to register in time.
Sep 14, 2007 at 2:22 pm rating: 0
#57 Danielle
Ok, looks to me like neither of the note writers were serious. Seems like something my friend and I would write to each other. Insincere melodrama is fun, there’s no way writer #1 was truly upset.
Sep 14, 2007 at 2:24 pm rating: 0
#58 Miguel D.
there’s no way it’s serious? are you on crack? people, especially broads, get bent out of shape for a lot less shit. if this chick thinks some girl screwed her over, she’s going to be real petty about it. thus, the note.
Sep 14, 2007 at 2:54 pm rating: 0
#59 lauralaiwc
i can see where it could be both sides of the coin. im actually surprised that as many people think this is a joke as do, especially on this site
most girls can be that way, yes, but not all.
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:02 pm rating: 0
#60 Miguel D.
Most are, cupcake, you’re right. but you’re fairly hot and an actress (are you easy? casting couch?) so that makes you a little different. i have a film i’m currently casting, btw…
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:16 pm rating: 0
#61 Misheeâ„¢
OMG did you just actually have the nerve to call her “Cupcake”? Wow! I thought that kinda shit ended in the 60’s!!
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:18 pm rating: 0
#62 Miguel D.
the nerve? that’s a compliment, cupcakes are sweet, taste good, and are loved by most. chill out. fuck.
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:21 pm rating: 0
#63 lauralaiwc
thats ok, sweatpea, i tend to EARN my roles, and not with my tits. so thank you for the pig-like generalization :-p
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:34 pm rating: 0
#64 Miguel D.
you’d get more work if you used those tits, trust me. and don’t call me sweetpea, mishee will yell at you.
Sep 14, 2007 at 3:38 pm rating: 0
#65 lauralaiwc
no thanks, i prefer to use my talent.
sexist asshole.
Sep 14, 2007 at 4:18 pm rating: 0
#66 Spreggels
I think it’s probably all in good fun by both parties. Plus, judging by the handwriting, it looks like the first person is male and the second female. Assuming both are reasonably attractive they will be getting it on forthwith — just like Miguel and laurawhatever eventually will.
Sep 14, 2007 at 4:19 pm rating: 0
#67 Canthz_B
Sounds real enough to me but not really serious. More like some menstual steam being blown off. As in, “I am crampy, I’m bloated and now I have to be reminded that I have to wait until next semester for A&P…FUCK!!”
Miguel D’s cupcakes are delicious, chill Mishee
it’s all good Lass!
Sep 14, 2007 at 4:24 pm rating: 0
#68 Canthz_B
(it’s all good)…don’t know how the smiley got there??