800-Pound Runaway Snowball Slams Into College Dorm, Knocks In Wall

CBS ^

[Morgana]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two math majors at Reed College lost control of a massive snowball that rolled into a dorm, knocking in part of a bedroom wall.

No one was injured.

The students began making the snowball last week during a rare snowstorm in Portland, Ore.

Nobody weighed the object, but college spokesman Kevin Myers says it was estimated to weigh 800 pounds or more.

[Sacajaweau]

My granddaughter started college this year.

A reminder: Children do not come with angel wings.

[Kirkwood]

Funny. The first thing I thought of was how this reminded me of Gary Larsen.

[thecodont]

Somewhere, at some university, a professor (or even a TA) is crafting a midterm Physics 1A problem based on this scenario.

[Cicero]

Math majors? Sounds more like the work of physics majors to me. Or maybe engineers.

[Morgana]

I was thinking of a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

[Morgana]

“Or maybe engineers.”

That was my first thought.

[dowcaet]

The out of control, giant snowball kind of reminds me of our out of control federal deficit.

[a fool in paradise]

[a fool in paradise]

Slippery slope PING!

[diverteach]

[JoeProBono]

[Morgana]

Joe you are too much :)

[Argus]

As a Reed College dropout, I can readily believe this.

[Defiant]

Maybe they just learned about Sisyphus.

[DManA]

It’s almost criminal for a story like that not to have a picture.

[NewHampshireDuo]

When I was a kid (maybe 9 or 10) my friends and I thought it would be a great idea to make a huge snowball and roll it into my father’s driveway. The thing was huge - took about 6 of us to move it.

Needless to say, dad didn’t think it was too funny when he got home. I also didn’t think too far ahead. All of my friends had gone home and I had to remove it by myself.

[bigbob]

Boy, you’re right about that!

Another of those things that sounded like a good idea at the time...

[a fool in paradise]

Cue "Yakety Sax"