42 Fun things to do in a final
that does not matter
- Bring a pillow. Fall asleep (or pretend to) until the
last 15 minutes. Wake up, say "oh geez, better get
cracking" and do some gibberish work. Turn it in a
few minutes early.
- Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre,
Andre, I've got the secret documents!!"
- If it is a math/science exam, answer in essay form. If it
is long answer/essay form, answer with numbers and
symbols. Be creative. Use the integral symbol.
- Make paper airplanes out of the exam. Aim them at the
instructor's left nostril.
- Talk the entire way through the exam.
- Read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself
out loud. If asked to stop, yell out, "I'm SOOO sure
you can hear me thinking." Then start talking about
what a jerk the instructor is.
- Bring cheerleaders.
- Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About five minutes into
it, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't
understand ANY of this. I've been to every lecture all
semester long! What's the deal? And who the hell are you?
Where's the regular guy?"
- On the answer sheet (book, whatever) find a new,
interesting way to refuse to answer every question. For
example: I refuse to answer this question on the grounds
that it conflicts with my religious beliefs. Be creative.
- Run into the exam room looking about frantically. Breathe
a sigh of relief. Go to the instructor, say "They've
found me, I have to leave the country" and run off.
- Fifteen minutes into the exam, stand up, rip up all the
papers into very small pieces, throw them into the air
and yell out "Merry Christmas." If you're
really daring, ask for another copy of the exam. Say you
lost the first one. Repeat this process every fifteen
minutes.
- Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent markers.
- Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel
on your head, and nothing else.
- Come down with a BAD case of Turet's Syndrome during the
exam. Be as vulgar as possible.
- As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.
- Every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things,
move to another seat, continue with the exam.
- Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions
and answers completely blacked out.
- Get the exam. Twenty minutes into it, throw your papers
down violently, scream out "Fuck this!" and
walk out triumphantly.
- Arrange a protest before the exam starts (i.e. Threaten
the instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they
are all leaving after one hour to go drink)
- Show up completely drunk. (Completely drunk means at some
point during the exam, you should start crying for
mommy).
- Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the instructor
asks why, tell him/her in a very derogatory tone,
"the light bulb that goes on above my head when I
get an idea is hooked up to a clapper. DUH!"
- Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day.
- Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30
minutes, put on a white mask and start yelling "I'm
here, the phantom of the opera" until they drag you
away.
- Go to an exam for a class you have no clue about, where
you know the class is very small, and the instructor
would recognize you if you belonged. Claim that you have
been to every lecture. Fight for your right to take the
exam.
- Upon receiving the exam, look it over, while laughing
loudly, say "you don't really expect me to waste my
time on this drivel? Days of our Lives is on!!!"
- Bring a water pistol with you. Nuff said.
- From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to
Jeopardy. Ignore the instructor's requests for you to
stop. When they finally get you to leave one way or
another, begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the
River Kwai.
- Start a brawl in the middle of the exam.
- Come in wearing a full knight's outfit, complete with
sword and shield.
- Bring a friend to give you a back massage the entire way
through the exam. Insist this person is needed, because
you have bad circulation.
- Bring cheat sheets FOR ANOTHER CLASS (make sure this is
obvious... like history notes for a calculus exam...
otherwise you're not just failing, you're getting kicked
out too) and staple them to the exam, with the comment
"Please use the attached notes for references as you
see fit."
- When you walk in, complain about the heat. Strip.
- After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point
to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out
of him/her.
- Bring balloons, blow them up, start throwing them around
like they do before concerts start.
- Play frisbee with a friend at the other side of the room.
- Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right
next to you. Pray to it often.
- Consider a small sacrifice.
- Get deliveries of candy, flowers, balloons, telegrams,
etc... sent to you every few minutes throughout the exam.
- During the exam, take apart everything around you. Desks,
chairs, anything you can reach.
- Complete the exam with everything you write being
backwards at a 90 degree angle.
- Bring a musical instrument with you, play various tunes.
If you are asked to stop, say "it helps me
think." Bring a copy of the Student Handbook with
you, challenging the instructor to find the section on
musical instruments during finals. Don't forget to use
the phrase "Told you so".
- Answer the exam with the "Top Ten Reasons Why
Professor xxxx Sucks"