The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #80470   Message #1467405
Posted By: JohnInKansas
21-Apr-05 - 07:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Acadamia...
Subject: RE: BS: Acadamia...
I noted the "strange" term, but immediately rememberd that it's MACadamia that refers to nuts.

(Sorry Amos.)

Not surprising considering the source. There are at least three separate books in current circulation about the tradition of "grand pranks" at MIT. Most of the great ones have been kept "local," and one might question whether this invasion of "the outside world" may reflect a degeneration in the "ethics" of modern students (although welding the trolley to the tracks in front of the main entrance did have "regional" impact for a while).

Time for a bit of head shaking and a "tsk, tsk" or two, perhaps.

John