The moment is here. Four years of college, countless cups of coffee, far too many all-nighters, all for the chance to walk across the stage and grab your diploma.

Everyone is watching: your family, your friends, your illegitimate child. They are so proud of all the work you have put into your college career.

Then it happens.

The step was just a little lower than you expected. The gust of wind at your back didn’t help, either. You feel yourself leaning, the diploma flies through from your hand and you are airborne.

There’s no turning back. You are going down hard and all that can stop you is the floor below.

There’s only one thing for you to do: act like nothing happened.

Pick up your diploma, dust yourself off, and take the picture. Sure, people will laugh. They may even crack a joke or two at your expense. But you can laugh with them at the same time.

In the end, who really wants to look at their boring graduation video 20 years from now? It will only show you walking across the stage in your blue and orange robe. Snooze.

But if you want real entertainment, check out this clip of a guy eating a full plate of floor.

Published on May 20, 2007 at 12:00 pm