> 30 MORE Ways To Confuse Your Roommate: > > 1. Make brown-bag lunches for your roommate every morning. Give them to > him/her before he/she goes to class. > 2. Every time you enter the room, sit in a chair, lean back too far, and > fall over backwards. Laugh hysterically for about ten minutes. Then, one > day, repeat the falling-over exercise, but instead of laughing, get up, > look at the chair sternly, and say, "It's not funny anymore." > 3. Read with a flashlight when the lights are on. Pretend to read without > one when the lights are out, remarking every so often how great the book is. > 4. Get a surfboard. Put it on your bed. Stand on it, and pretend to surf > for about fifteen minutes. Then, pretend to "wipe out," and fall off the > bed onto the floor. Pretend you are drowning until your roommate comes > over to "rescue" you. > 5. Keep a hamster as a pet. Buy a blender, and make milkshakes every day. > Then, one day, get rid of the hamster. Make a shake using a lot of > ketchup. When your roommate comes in, look at the shake, look at the empty > cage, and tell your roommate, "I was curious." > 6. Make toast for breakfast every morning, but don't plug the toaster in. > Eat the plain bread, looking at the toaster angrily, and complain that the > toaster doesn't know what it's doing. If your roommate suggests plugging > it in, go on a tangent about fire-safety hazards. > 7. Pack up all of your things and tell your roommate that you're going away > to "find yourself." Leave, and come back in about ten minutes. If your > roommate asks, explain that you're not a hard man to find. > 8. Never speak to your roommate directly. If you need to ask or tell > him/her something, go to another room and call him/her on the phone. > 9. Every night, before you go to bed, beg your roommate for a glass of > water. When he/she brings it, dump it on the floor and immediately go to > sleep. If he/she ever refuses to bring you a glass of water, lie on the > bed and pretend to be dying of dehydration, making annoying gagging > sounds, until he/she does so. > 10. Every time the phone rings, turn on the stereo at full volume and begin > to violently slam-dance with your roommate. If he/she asks about it, say, > "Oh, that damn hypnotist...." > 11. Hang a picture of your roommate on the wall. Throw darts at it. Smile > at your roommate often, saying things like, "How nice to see you again." > 12. Get a can of beans. Label them, "Jumping beans." Eat them, and then > jump around the room. Get another can of beans. Label them, "Dancing > beans." Eat them, and then dance around the room. Get another can of > beans. Label them, "Kill Your Roommate beans." Eat them, smiling at your > roommate. > 13. Every time your roommate falls asleep, wait ten minutes, and then wake > him/her up and say, "It's time to go to bed now." > 14. Insist that your roommate recite the "Pledge Of Allegiance" with you > every morning. > 15. Recite "Dr. Seuss" books, all the time. Eventually, think up melodies > for the words and sing them, loudly, directly to your roommate. If he/she > tells you to stop, act offended and spend the day in bed. > 16. Put up traffic signs around the room. If your roommate doesn't obey > them, give him/her tickets. Confiscate something your roommate owns until > he/she pays the tickets. > 17. Walk, talk, and dress like a cowboy at all times. If your roommate > inquires, tell him/her, "Don't worry little buckaroo. You'll be safe with > me." > 18. Complain that your elbows, knees, and other joints have been bothering > you. Get a screwdriver, and pretend to "fix" them. > 19. Paint abstract paintings, and title them things like, "Roommate Dying > in a Car Crash," and "Roommate Getting Whacked in the Head with a Shovel." > Comment often about how much you love the paintings. > 20. Wear glasses, and complain that you can never see anything. Bump into > walls and doors. Put your clothes on backwards. Say, "Who's that?" every > time your roommate enters the room. When you're not wearing the glasses, > act like you can see fine. > 21. Buy a lava lamp. Stare at it for hours, imitating its movements with > your face. Explain to your roommate that you have established a connection > with the spirit world through the lava lamp. Tell your roommate that > "Grandma said hi." > 22. Keep empty jars on the shelf. Tell your roommate that this is your > collection of "inert gases." Look at them often. One day, act surprised > and angered, and accuse your roommate of having released one of the gases. > Cover your nose and mouth and run out of the room. > 23. Wear scary Halloween masks. Look in the mirror and scream hysterically > for about five minutes every time you put one on. > 24. Rollerskate up and down the hallway. Every time you see your roommate, > crash into him/her and knock him/her down. Apologize, and say that he/she > looked like "the enemy." > 25. Put headphones on your roommate while he/she is sleeping, and > subliminally teach him/her to speak Spanish, play the trombone, and > memorize all the major imports and exports of each African nation. > 26. Stick your head out the window, but forget to open it, so that your > head crashes through the glass. Then say, "Silly me," open the window > again, and try to stick your head through. Act like you hit your head on > something. > 27. Dress like a military officer. Insist that your roommate salute you > upon sight. If he/she refuses, insist that he/she do 100 push-ups. Keep > saying things like, "Your momma isn't here to take care of you any more." > 28. Keep a collection of teeth in a jar. Act excited whenever you add to > it, and say things like, "In a little while I'll have enough for that > sailboat." > 29. Get a pet rabbit. At a designated time every day, take the rabbit into > the bathroom and engage in loud shouting matches. If your roommate > inquires, refuse to discuss the situation. > 30. Take three percocet. Smoke marijuana. Do what comes naturally.