Muddled half-dressed coed: “Umm…I don’t have that blue sheet thing....”
Stoned young male voter: “What if I don’t have a blue book?”
Roaring Spring Paper Products recently came out with an examination book made of recycled paper. The cover is green, of course. We (faculty) got an e-mail message from the bookstore at the beginning of the semester to let us know that the new exam book was available and to alert us to a potential problem: "A large number of students are hesitant to purchase the 'Green Book' since you have specifically told them to buy a 'Blue Book.'"
I told my students either was OK. A colleague told his students that they might want to avoid the new one--"You don't know where that recycled paper has been."
I like the old blue books, though. Come exam time, a pile or two of blue books on the desk seems about right.
I got those blue book blues,
Lord, it's bluebooks all day long.
Said I got those blue book blues,
Blue, blue, blue books all day long.
Sometimes it seems like
Nothin' but blue books from now on.
I'd rather drink muddy water
And sleep in a hollow log,
Drink muddy water,
Sleep in a hollow log,
Than have to grade these blue books
And feel just like a dog.
Green books, on the other hand, sound too damn cheerful.
