50 Ways to Annoy Your Roommate
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Smoke jimson weed. Do whatever comes
naturally.
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Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he
is at class.
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Twitch a lot.
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Pretend to talk while pretending to be
asleep.
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Steal a fishtank. Fill it with beer and
dump sardines in it. Talk to them.
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Become a subgenius.
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Inject his/her Twinkies with a mixture
of Dexatrim and MSG.
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Learn to levitate. While your roommate
is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall
back down and grin.
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Speak in tongues.
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Move you roommate's personal effects around.
Start subtly. Gradually work up to big things, and eventually glue everything
s/he owns to the ceiling.
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Walk and talk backwards.
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Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink
it all. Stack the cans in the middle of your room. Number
them.
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Spend all your money on Transformers. Play
with them at night. If your roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight
face, "They're more than meets the eye."
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Recite entire movie scripts (e.g. "The
Road Warrior," "Repo Man," "Casablanca,") almost inaudibly.
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Kill roaches with a monkey wrench while
playing Wagnerian arias on a kazoo. If your roommate complains, explain that
it is for your performance art class (or hit him/her with the
wrench).
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Collect all your urine in a small
jug.
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Chain yourself to your roommate's bed.
Get him/her to bring you food.
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Get a computer. Leave it on when you are
not using it. Turn it off when you are.
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Ask your roommate if your family can move
in "just for a couple of weeks."
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Buy as many back issues of Field and Stream
as you can. Put hooks in your cheeks while reading them.
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Fake a heart attack. When your roommate
gets the paramedics to come, pretend nothing happened.
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Eat glass.
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Smoke ballpoint pens.
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Smile. All the time.
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Pray to the Gods in Toledo. When asked
if it's Toledo, Ohio, exclaim "How could you understand?"
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Burn all your waste paper while eyeing
your roommate suspiciously.
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Hide a bunch of potato chips and Ho Hos
in the bottom of a trash can. When you get hungry, root around in the trash.
Find the food, and eat it. If your roommate empties the trash before you
get hungry, demand that s/he reimburse you.
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Leave a declaration of war on your roommate's
desk. Include a list of grievances.
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Paste pre and post nasal drips on the windows
in occult patterns.
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Shoot rubber bands at your roommate while
his/her back is turned, and then look away quickly.
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Dye all your underwear lime
green.
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Spill a lot of beer on his/her bed.
Swim.
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Buy three loaves of stale bread. Grow mold
in the closet.
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Hide your underwear and socks in your
roommate's closet. Accuse him/her of stealing it.
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Remove your door. Ship it to your roommate's
parents (postage due).
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Pray to Azazoth or Zoroaster. Sacrifice
something nasty.
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Whenever your roommate walks in, wait one
minute and then stand up. Announce that you are going to take a shower. Do
so. Keep this up for three weeks.
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Arrange thirteen tooth brushes of different
colors on your dresser. Refuse to discuss them.
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Paint your half of the room black. Or
paisley.
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Whenever he/she is about to fall asleep,
ask questions that start with "Didja ever wonder why...." Be
creative.
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Shave one eyebrow.
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Put your mattress underneath your bed.
Sleep down under there and pile your dirty clothes on the empty bedframe.
If your roommate comments, mutter "Gotta save space," twenty times while
twitching violently.
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Put horseradish in your
shoes.
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Shelve all your books with the spines facing
the wall. Complain loudly that you can never find the book that you
want.
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Always flush the toilet three
times.
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Subsist entirely on pickles for a week.
Vomit often.
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Buy a copy of Frankie Yankovic's "Pennsylvania
Polka," and play it at least 6 hours a day. If your roommate complains, explain
that it's an assignment for your primitive cultures class.
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Give him/her an allowance.
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Listen to radio static.
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Open your window shades before you go to
sleep each night. Close them as soon as you wake up.
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