Word: listings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been in the jungle of Cambridge for over a month now. I am thanking The List everyday for advising my mother to buy four cans of deodorant and 400 pens. After all, I am so far from civilization that should I ever run out, I'd be doomed. Thanks to The List, I am the proud owner of my own stapler, staple remover and package of 5000 premium quality staples which would come in handy if I could remember where I put them...
...List was just what we thought we needed: a check list, a syllabus, a hand to hold just as we were letting go. I'll admit that armed with The List, we all thought we were studs. It truly was immense to the eye. I've seen some lists that have the obvious needs: sheets, computer, alarm clock, towels. I've even seen some flashes of creativity in lists that extolled the virtues of packing and shipping such things as flip-flops and Imodium A-D caplets...
...List was on an entirely different plateau. It was divided into 13 lucky subsections: clothing, shower gear, laundry paraphanalia, medical supplies, linens, for the desk, for studying, for maintenance, appliances, for the wall, for storage, food stuffs and, finally, the ever ambiguous etc. The List pretty much instructed us to pack the entire contents of our home and that of the closest neighbor. Families in town began designating entire rooms, entire wings to hold the extravaganza of supplies needed to insure a safe passage from home to the wild college scene...
...mother truly believed that if she could find every last item on The List, I would be all right. Armed with Pepto Bismol and anti histamines, I, feeble Sarah, who has no allergies, would be safe. With an ashtray (for guests of course, as the list instructs) and four dozen hangers by my side, how could I fail...
...nervous mother spent the summer checking off all 174, actually, make that 173 items on The List: Mom let me unpack the athletic supporter after we received the third edition of The List, which made distinctions between male and female items. Only on the day of my departure, when we made a mad dash to CVS for anti-fungal powder, did she sit back, relax a little and begin to let her daughter...