Tom & Tech

Tom: I had dinner with nine Caltech people on Sunday.

Me: Oh cool.

Tom: They were telling me about the personality of the Houses. Avery House has no personality.

Me: That's always been true.

Tom: Guess what they said about Dabney House.

Me: Hippies?

Tom: Exactly. Hippie-loving treehuggers. Guess which House they would've put me in?

Me: Lloyd.

Tom: What's the personality of Lloyd House?

Me: Nice, upstanding citizen.

Tom: Okay. They all said I should go to Page House.

Me: Page is just like Lloyd House, with a LOT of drinking.

Tom: Nothing has changed.

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(a few exchanges later)

Me: You have a reputation for drinking? You're not even of age!

Tom: I don't know why they think that. Some of them had only known me for thirty minutes!

Me: Good God, how much did you drink during those thirty minutes?