The Nest was a place where the best and brightest (and most irreverent) students cut loose and released tensions.The Nest was a place where the best and brightest (and most irreverent) students cut loose and released tensions. Explicit language flew, practical jokes were planned, atrocious puns committed and purity test scores and their significance were endlessly debated. In the latter department, the possessor of the lowest test score (or the highest percentage of purity, depending on your point of view) on the conference was the frequent butt of the usual jokes. Bob gave as good as he got, though, and often dropped hints on the conference as to the location of his room and the days his roommate would be out of town. As far as anyone knew, however, Bob kept unsullied his nickname of "Ivory Soap" for his 99 and 44/100ths % purity. Of course that number would also have been a fairly accurate estimate of his I.Q. percentile as well. He was easily the brightest student to pass through the college (and quite possibly the shyest). "Bob," one conference member said, "makes that Marilyn vos Savant woman look like an airheaded valley girl." The sentiment was unanimously agreed with. As the end of spring semester rolled around, Louanne met Sally for lunch. Discussion turned to the Nest and the upcoming party to celebrate the impending graduation of some of the "Nestlings. |