you never know what's coming down the pike

[ritaxis]

See, the thing is -- somebody sends you a YouTube link, and it's hilarious, but it's kind of a one-trick pony. What do you do? if you're really pressed for time, you keep clicking around, following the related links till you find something really puzzling.Frank says there's no puzzle at all: it's just a fixup, and we're supposed to think the

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[mjlayman]

Most universities are full of teenagers -- Frank's an older student.

[ritaxis]

USian medical schools, except for two or three, are only open to students who already have a bachelor's degree, which would mean that the youngest students would be six years younger than Frank rather than ten.

[mjlayman]

Ah, I was thinking the medical school was part of a university. So do they seem less prepared than most medical students?

I haven't read my list yet, to see if he posted. I was just checking email to see if the furniture manufacturer had replied and they had. The parts are coming from Canada, though, so may take a while. Apparently they just keep the pre-packed boxes in their warehouse in Seattle.

[ritaxis]

The medical school is part of an apparently immense university, but so far the only students Frank knows are medical ones, I think. I get the impression that the youngsters are academically only a bit underprepared, but they are very callow.

What furniture is still coming?