再來一個好玩的: Hugh Gallagher 的大學作文

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I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.

I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.

Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.

I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat . 400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.

I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.

I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.

But I have not yet gone to college.

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Hugh Gallagher是一個著名的喜劇家,這篇文章是90年代初他的大學申請essay -雨打兔子窩- 給 雨打兔子窩 發送悄悄話 雨打兔子窩 的博客首頁 (973 bytes) () 02/27/2011 postreply 19:34:15

Actually it was his essay that won the Scholastic writing award -扶牆進扶牆出- 給 扶牆進扶牆出 發送悄悄話 扶牆進扶牆出 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/28/2011 postreply 04:08:05

in 1990, then he went to NYU -扶牆進扶牆出- 給 扶牆進扶牆出 發送悄悄話 扶牆進扶牆出 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/28/2011 postreply 04:08:33

這才叫滿嘴跑火車。申請理工科鐵定沒戲。 -guoluke2- 給 guoluke2 發送悄悄話 guoluke2 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2011 postreply 20:29:47

風趣幽默的文筆。 -婉蕠- 給 婉蕠 發送悄悄話 婉蕠 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 02/28/2011 postreply 07:15:51

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