There is an epidemic spreading across Harvard's student population. It is vast, quick moving and merciless. And no, I'm not talking about last week's stomach flu. I am talking about yarn people. Yes, you know exactly what I'm referring to: knitting.
Harvard knitters often knit on the sly; it's a hush-hush type of deal. Harvard's female population has spent its recent months slowly but surely converting into a caucus of avid knitters. Or perhaps they have always been knitting, and here is some evidence:
Let's examine what happened en route to a swim team dual meet at Dartmouth. I exited my seat at the front of the bus in search of the facilities located in the rear, when I was confronted by the terrifying image of a bus full of knitting grandmas.
"Oh no!" I thought. "How could this be? My enthusiastic, fun loving team has been infiltrated!" I turned to my esteemed teammate, Susan Brunka '03, for some answers.
"What are you doing?"
"Knitting a scarf."
"Where'd you learn how to do that?" "On the Internet."
"Isn't that purling?"
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