Bsd!

[peter12]

Bah! I'm about 2 weeks behind at work. Looks like I'll be spending my BSD in the office...

[rubecube]

What time do the beer gardens open tomorrow? Looks like I have a line on some guest passes.

[Thunderball]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

Ah yes good times Thunderball. I too will be dreaming of my former BSD years while I plow away at spreadsheets all day. I remember 2004 (the year they cancelled the Beer Gardens outside because of snow). The city was alive with the Vancouver/Calgary round one series. At the end of the night, I tried to get a cab from Tequila on 17th to go home to the north at 2AM. Ended up walking to 16th Ave North trying to get a cab, got really sick in the freezing rain. It was all worth it!!

Hah... yeah, that was probably the best BSD though. Non-stop boozing from noon till 2am.

Yeah, I'll be dreaming of benders sitting in the office toiling too. But by the sounds of it from some of the lawyers/lawyers in training, there's still life during law school, which is reassuring.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by rubecube

What time do the beer gardens open tomorrow? Looks like I have a line on some guest passes.

They open at 12…but you don’t’ have guess passes they are wrist bands they are pretty stern about it too, if your wrist band is bent, stretched, or cut in anyway you are screwed

[flamingchina]

My BSD stash so far:
(admittedly, not actually all for me)

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by J pold

They open at 12…but you don’t’ have guess passes they are wrist bands they are pretty stern about it too, if your wrist band is bent, stretched, or cut in anyway you are screwed

That's what I meant. Someone else told me they open at 11.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by flamingchina

My BSD stash so far:
(admittedly, not actually all for me)

Everclear is the devil.

[flamingchina]

Yes, but the devil is indeed my friend... (until the next morning at least...)

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by flamingchina

Yes, but the devil is indeed my friend... (until the next morning at least...)

I remember my buddy downed a micky of that in like a minute. Needless to say, I had to carry his sorry ass home about 20 minutes later.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by rubecube

That's what I meant. Someone else told me they open at 11.

Yeah maybe your right either way get down there early because the line is huge

By 11 I should be finished I suppose to go to a Kegger that starts at 7

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by J pold

Yeah maybe your right either way get down there early because the line is huge

By 11 I should be finished I suppose to go to a Kegger that starts at 7

I'll look for you if I happen to spot two single french chicks and I'm in need of a wingman.

EDIT: I'll be the guy reeking of Axe and wearing his WOW shirt.

[flamingchina]

Should the CPers try and meet up and drown our sorrows from the game with a beer?

[Winsor_Pilates]

A cp beer chuggin meet at bsd?
I'd be into it if I was going. Damn work!!!

[rubecube]

I'd be down for chugging some brews. If anyone cares I'll be the guy in the green golf shirt and long sleeves underneath and boarder shorts. Probably be sitting with a table full of women.

[Fuzzy McGillicuddy]

Originally Posted by J pold

I know there are a lot of current/former U of C students around these parts

So what are your plans for BSD?

I’ll admit I am a poser I go to MRC but that isn’t stopping me I got my good old guest wrist band

And for those who have attended in years past, got any good stories?

(for those of you that don’t know what BSD is…it’s the last of classes at U of C parts of the campus are turned into beer gardens and everyone wears Bermuda shorts)

This goes back a lot of years ....

Engineers used to launch water balloons from the grassy noll beside the engineering building. They made giant slingshots from surgical tubing and a tin cone. They could propel water balloons several dozen yards (maybe 75 yds) to the front of Mac Hall (before the massive renos). Standing in the line of fire was like dodging mortar fire. Someone would yell "Incoming" and we'd try to get out of the way. Anyway, it was all fun and games until someone lost an eye, or nearly lost an eye. A water balloon clobbered the incoming president of the Students Union in the side of the face. He was taken to hospital. That was the end of that.

On a cheerier note, I miss the impromtu wet t-shirt contest we would stage on the grounds.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

I remember 2004 (the year they cancelled the Beer Gardens outside because of snow). The city was alive with the Vancouver/Calgary round one series.

This must have happened on more than one occasion then, because I definitely recall a BSD snowfall day when they moved everything into the old ballroom and old Mac Hall got pretty much destroyed. But I graduated in 2003, so it must have been before then. 2001 or 2002 I think.

Originally Posted by Thunderball

But by the sounds of it from some of the lawyers/lawyers in training, there's still life during law school, which is reassuring.

This is definitely the case unless you go to law school in Toronto.

[SeeGeeWhy]

Originally Posted by flamingchina

My BSD stash so far:
(admittedly, not actually all for me)

That gives me a hang over just looking at it.

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by icarus

This must have happened on more than one occasion then, because I definitely recall a BSD snowfall day when they moved everything into the old ballroom and old Mac Hall got pretty much destroyed. But I graduated in 2003, so it must have been before then. 2001 or 2002 I think.

Yah, you'd be right. I graduated in 2002, and we for sure had a bsd inside.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

Yah, you'd be right. I graduated in 2002, and we for sure had a bsd inside.

The running joke of the day, BSD = Big Snow Day