Only at BYU

      Sometimes I feel like a BYU poster child. For crying out loud, my first Halloween costume was a BYU cheerleaders outfit. Mom went to BYU, dad went to... the OTHER BYU. (Just kidding dad :D). I've always wanted to go to BYU, I bleed blue and white etc. etc.
But honestly, there are somethings here that ONLY happen at BYU.

1. Only at BYU would you calculate the density of a cube of gold that is 10.0cm on each side (with the density of gold being 19.3g/cm^3) and then have someone yell, "THAT WOULD BE HEAVIER THAN THE GOLD PLATES!!!"
2. Only at BYU would you see strollers rolling around campus and hear moms comparing stroller brand names.
3. Only at BYU would you hear professors telling you exactly which gas stations provide caffeinated drinks.
4. Only at BYU could your professor accurately tell you that their teaching subject was ordained by God and have it verified by a prophet.
5. Only at BYU will you hear complaints about girls wearing too short skirts.
6. Only at BYU will you hear chatter about how the conductor doesn't have her timing just right.
7. Only at BYU will you be surprised to see a beard-laden man.
8. Only at BYU will you see people dressed up as Mario and Luigi being chased by the clouds on Halloween.
9. Only at BYU does a party mean lots and lots of BYU brownies, pizza and board games.
10. Only at BYU do you have a testing center that allows you to eat and doesn't have a time restriction on the test.
11. Only at BYU would someone ask you "What type of hot chocolate is that?" when you bring in your thermos to class.
12. Only at BYU would you get invited to a "Dress like your favorite Nephite" party (and then laugh when you realize that no guy has the abs the Nephites did.... then subsequently feel a pang of disappointment...)
13. Only at BYU would you not feel bad about missing a devotional given by a General Authority because "there will always be one here next week!"
14. Only at BYU will you devour pizza bagels by the handful.
15. Only at BYU will you have to worry if the really cute TA has a ring on the left hand.
16. Only at BYU will you feel slightly rebellious saying "crap!"
17. Only at BYU is it acceptable to parade around in your footie pajamas.
18. Only at BYU would see a guy and a girl in your class, meet, date, and get married within a semester.
19. Only at BYU can you see intramural team names such as "How to Kill a Blocking Nerd" and "4/2000s of the Warriors".
20. Only at BYU will you read the police beat in the Daily Universe and laugh about the man in the gorilla suit "scaring the residents of F. Smith Hall".
21. Only at BYU will half of your Book of Mormon class be related to the same great (x 8) grandparents that you are related too as well.
22. Only at BYU will you play 20 questions trying to figure out where your guy friend is going to be living for the next 2 years.
23. Only at BYU will you hear Sons of Provo blasting from Jamba Juice.
24. Only at BYU will you walk by some random guy and hear him say "Bonjour" to you.
25. Only at BYU will you hear someones accent and wonder where they served their mission.
26. Only at BYU will the head of the Neuroscience Department be your 2nd Counselor.
27. Only at BYU will you know someone named Mahonri.
28. Only at BYU will you feel obligated to stop and salute the flag when it's raised and lowered every day.
29. Only at BYU will "Settlers of Catan" be considered a sport.
30. Only at BYU would someone mutter "Freak that guy is a genius... I bet he's one of the 3 Nephites...." in a PDBIO 120 class.
31. Only at BYU would the number of guys you've KISSED been judged.
32. Only at BYU would there be NCMO's instead of one-night-stands.
33. Only at BYU would those who date a lot NOT be considered a player.
34. Only at BYU can guys act totally feminine and it will be completely acceptable.
35. Only at BYU does the freshman 15 come from an excess of brownies and creamery ice cream.
36. Only at BYU will the 1st counselor encourage dating; over the pulpit; in Sacrament meeting.
37. Only at BYU is it second nature to ignore the talk of marriage.
38. Only at BYU will you see people praying over their lunch at the Cougareat.
39. Only at BYU will you pay, once a month, to NOT eat on a Sunday.
40. Only at BYU will you have to find a small, empty space that isn't being used for Visiting/Home Teaching on the last sunday of the month.
41. Only at BYU will there be a Crave (clean + rave = Crave)
42. Only at BYU will people be lulled to a party by Red Bull and Mountain Dew.
43. Only at BYU will you get dressed in the morning with thought of "what if today is the day I meet my husband?" in the back... VERY back of your mind.
44. Only at BYU would you feel irreverent talking in the JSB and JFSB study areas.
45. Only at BYU will you hear Jon Schmidt's "Waterfall" being played in the WILK 2 dozen times in a day.
46. Only at BYU is cheering for University of Utah grounds for excommunication.
47. Only at BYU is it considered sacrilegious to not have consumed a J-Dawg.
48. Only at BYU will groups of people randomly break out into perfectly harmonized choirs singing Disney songs at the top of their lungs.
49. Only at BYU would your ward hold competitions for which hall can index the most names in a month.
50. Only at BYU would you have 4 wedding announcements on your fridge at any given day.

And that basically sums it all up.
Anybody else have any "Only at BYU..." moments?

Oh, and welcome to the Y!