I feel I can speak with authority on this subject, as I did both yesterday. Allow me to educate you...
Yesterday I sat the "General Paper", a three hour exam on the work I did LAST YEAR. Sorry.
Anyway, the exam was from 2 til 5, and after it was done I went to the pub with my fellow inmates (for want of a better word). "The Bobbin" is on the other side of King Street from the University and (this is important) the Flat of Death. After about an hour (and three rounds), I was getting a bit more drunk than I really would like to be at half-past six, since I had only had a small plate of cornflakes to eat that day. So I decided to return to the Flat of Death, get some food, and also dump all my exam pens, bits-of-paper, etc.
I left the pub, and now had to cross King Street. The mistake I made was in forgetting that King Street has
three lanes at this point. I only planned for two.
First lane - clear.
Second lane - busy but at a stand still.
Third lane - oh sh*t!
Fortunately the woman in the white car was on the ball, or I'd be in the ground now and no mistake. In the
time it took me to realise I was about to run in front of a moving car in an unexpected lane, I ran into the
side of the car, bounced off (sort of - difficult to explain this bit, as I was kind of scared) and landed
badly on my left arm (sustaining my only injury except for permanent brain damage and internal organ
displacement) before my head broke my fall. Ouch!
In a panic, I scrambled on all fours to the pavement before getting to my feet and giving the woman (who I hit, let's be fair about this) the thumbs up:
"It's okay, I'm not dead!"
This was the first time I had been run over since 1995, when I ran into the side of a car in Ellon (a very similar experience actually) on the last day of school before the Christmas holidays. Chris and Bonner were there for that one, I seem to recall.
Having survived the crossing of King Street (just), I went back to the flat, examined my injury, changed my jacket, got some food, then went back to the Bobbin and acted like nothing had happened until about 8, when I casually mentioned to the assembled students that I had been run over.
Hmm.
But the exam was worse.
I thank you.