Memories of my Education

Mike K over at Sanitized Perception of Life: Truth Reworded has an interesting story about fire safety testing. I posted a comment, which I'll reproduce here:

Reminds me of an event during Frosh Week, so many years ago. About 5 days into Frosh Week, one of the Sophs asks, "OK Frosh, who here likes to start fires?" By this point in Frosh Week, we knew better than to answer any questions in the affirmative. So he repeats the question in a voice run hoarse from screaming at us for 5 days, "Who here likes to start fires?!!!" There was still no answer. So finally he explodes, "OK, which one of you pyro-nuts has been lighting gerbils on fire since you were 8 years old?!!!" Two guys put up their hands and were immediately entrusted with pyrotechnic responsibilities. Ah, higher education...