Final Exam

There were four sophomores taking chemistry and all of them had an 'A' so far. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and have a big party. They had a great time but, after all the hearty partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Penn State until early Monday morning.

Rather than taking the final, they decided that they would explain to their professor why they missed it. They said that they visited friends but on the way back they had a flat tire. As a result, they missed the final. The professor agreed they could make up the final the next day. The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam.

The next day the Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet. They quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points.

Cool, they thought! Each one (in separate rooms), thought this was going to be easy... then they turned the page. On the second page was written...............

Reminded me of this one:

A man’s out cruising the coastal highway in his convertible on a bright, sunny Sunday morning. The road provides a great view of the coast, but is also very narrow, with a huge drop off on one side, and the mountain on the other.

Bad luck, he gets a flat tire and pulls to the very narrow shoulder, on the precipice side of the road. Worse luck, the flat is on the passenger side of the car, very close to the edge of cliff.

The man nervously works to change the tire, jacking up the car, removing the hubcap, and placing the 4 lugnuts into the hubcap.

At this point, the man notices a mental hospital on the opposite side of the road. Many of the patients are out in the yard, enjoying their Sunday morning strolls.

Just then, he makes eye contact with one of the patients, who smiles, and immediately begins walking toward him.

The man works feverishly to finish installing the spare. Suddenly he looks up and the mental patient is standing directly next to the car, a strange smile on his face.

Taken aback, the man accidentally knocks the hubcap containing the lugnuts off the side of the cliff, into the oblivion below.

Defeated,and still nervous, the man lets out a big sigh, and prepares to deal with his worsening situation. He stands, and says to the patient “Morning, friend. Looks like I’m in for a bit of a walk. Is there a service station nearby/”

The patient says “Good morning, sir. There’s no call to walk to the service station.”

Unsure how to take the statement, the man asks “What do you mean by that?”

The patient replies “If you just borrow one lugnut from the other 3 wheels to secure the 4th, you ought to be able to make it to the service station and replace the missing ones.”

The man was amazed. What a simple solution! As the patient watched, the man followed the advice, and was soon ready to be on his way.

Curiosity getting the better of him, the man said “Thank you for your help. You know, it never would have occurred to me to do as you suggested. I’m really very appreciative. But I have to ask, what’s a guy like you doing in a mental hospital?”

The patient replied “I’m crazy, not stupid.”

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