An alleged true story

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> >Claimed to be a True Story - if so, very clever
> >For anyone who ever tried or thought about cheating
> >At Sydney University, there were four students
> >taking
> >Organic Chemistry. They did so well on all the quizzes,
> >midterms and labs, etc., that each had an A so far
> >for the semester.
> >These four friends were so confident with the
> >finals approaching that the weekend before, they decided to go down to
> >Canberra
> >and party with some friends there.
> >They had a great time. However, after all the hard
> >partying,
> >they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back
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> >Sydney until early Monday morning - the morning of their
> >final exam!
> >Rather than taking the final then, they decided to
> >find their professor AFTER the exam and explain to him why
> >they missed it. They explained that they had gone to
> >Canberra to do some research in the ANU archives for the
> > >weekend with the plan to come back in time to study, but,
> >unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the way back, didn't have a
> > >spare, and couldn't get help for a long time.
> >As a result, they only just arrived now! The
> >professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up their final
> >exam the following day.
> >The guys were elated and relieved. They studied
> >hard that night - all night - and went in the next day at the time
> >the professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and
> >handed each of them a test booklet, (which was out of 100 points)
> >and told them to begin. The first problem was worth five
> >points. It was something simple about free radical
> >formation. "Cool," they all thought in their rooms, "this is
> >going to be easy."
> >Each finished the problem and then turned the page for
> >the next
> >question - See below
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> > Question 2 (for 95 points): Which tire was punctured?
 

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I've heard that one before, but I still enjoyed it. Thanks
 
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