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Cardboard Box Shenanigans at Carnegie Mellon

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DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-18 07:38:52
November 18 2010 07:37 GMT
#1
So to preface this I have to explain to you that Carnegie Mellon all male dorms after dark get a little crazy. Especially on our floor, where five or six of us are avid little StarCraft nerds.

A while ago one kid on our floor got a punching bag. It came in a cardboard box. Like little kids we all played with the box more than the punching bag itself (although we did laminate and tape a picture of Justin Bieber to the punching bag). Eventually one night I got bored and drew a face and an eyepatch on it, along with the words "Don't Stab Me". This is because several kids on our floor are knife enthusiasts and like stabbing things. Please don't judge, as at Carnegie Mellon everyone needs some form of an outlet to let everything loose. No one has been stabbed, we're careful.

Anyway, we got the brilliant idea of cutting out eyeholes and later armholes in our box and scaring people outside the dining areas after dark. This proved fun for a while. One night after a particularly entertaining night of StarCraft watching I christened the box "Grack".

Over the days people beat on Grack more and more. He was used as a vessel to surf down the stairs a couple times. He was punched and stabbed (although we made sure no people were inside when he was). Rolls and rolls of duct tape were shoddily slapped onto Grack's body.

Today I realized he's not gonna last much longer. I took a few pictures with some of my StarCraft friends and you can view them here. Maybe we'll get another cardboard box and have more fun with it, but this is my remembrance note to Grack, our crazy awesome cardboard box.

FYI: I'm not in any of the pictures, as I'm taking them.

FYI: I also don't actually think Void Rays are OP. Sorry the picture quality sucks.

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Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-18 07:41:58
November 18 2010 07:41 GMT
#2
This just goes to show
your never too old to play with cardboard boxes..i think..

elmizzt
Profile Joined February 2010
United States3309 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-18 07:45:42
November 18 2010 07:45 GMT
#3
You're like a StarCraft-obsessed Calvin hahah
d=(^_^)z
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
November 18 2010 08:39 GMT
#4
5/5 Cardboard boxes are awesome. They were priceless for me when I was a kid. I asked every relative "if you have a useless box, keep it for me ! thanks !"
I used to play with them until I discovered Warcraft 2 lol.
Then I discovered Calvin and Hobbes and went "wtf am I not the only weird kid playing with cardboard boxes ?!".
More than 10 years later, I read this topic on TL and it makes my day !

brb, looking for a cardboard box...
ॐ
dudeman001
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2412 Posts
November 18 2010 08:47 GMT
#5
Mass boxes is instant win, regardless of situation. Don't stop playing with those little brown boxes, they're one of mankind's purest creations.
Sup.
ieatkids5
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States4628 Posts
November 18 2010 12:45 GMT
#6
Hahaha, amazing. I love how college is one of those times in your life where you can go back to enjoying what you did as a little kid, and also have your friends join you.
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
November 18 2010 12:57 GMT
#7
That box is pretty epic lololol
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nosliw
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2716 Posts
November 18 2010 13:51 GMT
#8
go CMU SC team!!
muse5187
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
1125 Posts
November 18 2010 13:59 GMT
#9
Some don't grow up?
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