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This reminds me of a story told to me at university when an "enterprising" student took out the maximum loan he could, bought an expensive stereo system and a s
by frereubu 7y ago
This reminds me of a story told to me at university when an "enterprising" student took out the maximum loan he could, bought an expensive stereo system and a sack of porridge oats to eat for the rest of the term, and promptly got scurvy. I always suspected it was apocryphal, but I'm re-evaluating the probability of it being true now.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoI can definitely see that happening. At one high school summer program held on a college campus, I basically ate nothing but bagels and cream cheese for three and a half weeks. I put most of my spending money in a TI-89 and mechanical pencils, the rest in Pepsi.
- growlist 7y agoHa, I heard this too around 1994
- Lio 7y agoWell I've heard the same story based around instant noodles and a start-up entrepreneur so I'd say it's definitely an urban myth.