The Underwear

October 14th, 2005

I report that yesterday—two days later—the eggs were still there on the A/V cart in my classroom.

I am reminded of another random-objects sighting on the campus of Long Beach State last year. The story begins back in the fall semester, when I, a grad student new to campus, scoped out locations for an afternoon nap between classes. I found the ideal spot in a seldom-used, bound-magazines room on the second floor of the library. The floor was covered with carpet, albeit a ratty carpet, and there was a nook in the back of the room between two bookshelves. I enjoyed my nook all semester for naps and quiet study time on the floor and even invited my friends to join me for social chats there. It was during one of these chats that Jeremy said, seemingly randomly at first, “Who would take off their underwear and hide it between two books in the school library?” Ex-CUSE me?! Jeremy had spotted the unthinkable: a pair of rather large men’s tighty-whities stuffed between two books on the bottom shelf right beside my napping nook! G R O S S! (No, we did not TOUCH it.)

We made the most of it, of course, meeting always thereafter “at the underwear” to socialize. The underwear remained all through spring semester and over the summer and finally disappeared early this fall semester. Disappeared, but not—oh, never—forgotten.

One Response to “The Underwear”

  1. cindy Says:

    I might be stating the obvious here but that is hilarious. I now have the urge to go up to Roses, purchase the largest pair of ladie’s panties I can find, and stuff them into the main stacks. Hmm … seeing as how I work at the library this could make for some good conversation.

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