100 People You'll See At Fling
April 15, 2015 at 10:30 am
It's hump day. It's Wednesday. IT'S HERE. If you're one of the chosen few who doesn't have a 9 a.m. recitation tomorrow or a problem set due Friday, then FLING. HAS. FLUNG. Follow along as we count down the 100 kinds of people you'll inevitably see in the Quad, at Franklin Field, next to you in bed, or with their heads in your toilet, from now until Saturday night (Sunday morning?).
- That guy from Tinder
- That other guy from Tinder
- Philadelphia cops arresting someone
- Penn Police not arresting someone
- Everyone who has run for the UA ever
- Penn Samba, AKA people you know who you didn't know were in Penn Samba
- John Legend
- Kesha
- Dean Furda
- Dean DeTurck
- Narcs dressed as narcs
- Narcs dressed as Penn students
- Penn students dressed as narcs
- Alumni who you never thought you'd see again
- Every couple you hate
- The couple who just can't stop drunkenly making out
- That bitch from your lab group covered in glitter
- The drunk guy who tries to start a chant of some sort
- The girl who just can't
- The girl who just can
- The dude with the fried Oreos
- The a cappella group that drank too much pre-Quad performance
- The (only) a cappella group that didn't drink pre-Quad performance
- The kids who used bots to get floor passes
- The bots (who used kids to get floor passes?)
- The kids who dropped bank to get floor passes
- The kids who are still complaining about not getting floor passes
- The kid who claimed he had floor passes
- Stephen
- The high school junior dirty dirty rushing Theos
- The kid who walks up to you on your porch asking what frat this is
- The person who is consuming alcohol for the first time EVER
- The person to whom you sent a naked Snapchat but never responded
- The person who sent YOU a naked Snapchat but YOU never responded
- The people who are pumped that Qdoba will be open late
- The people trying to BYO Sweetgreen
- Those annoying people who think they're the first people ever to BYO Commons
- Quad security guards who hate their jobs
- Quad security guards who love their jobs
- The people who wear their class-sponsored Fling tanks
- The people who paid to make Fling tanks for their friend groups
- Your old hallmate with whom you made brunch plans 2 years ago but both of you know you don't actually give a shit about following through on them
- Those people who think Everclear is still a thing outside of Junior Prom
- That girl who uses the word "rally" too much
- That girl's high school friend who goes to Boston College and just wants to see what a real live college party is like who will also end up puking in the alley next to PiKapp all night
- That person who actually owns a selfie stick
- The first guy you made out with at Penn
- The second guy you made out with at Penn
- The first girl you made out with ever
- The Smoke's bouncer who never lets you in
- That guy whose name you forget that you hung out with the first night of NSO
- That girl with whom you did your Econ problem set but who won't acknowledge you on Locust
- Someone throwing up in Chipotle
- Some bitch with a bottle of Jack
- Someone who looks sort of scared
- People taking pictures
- People photobombing said pictures
- People who don't know they're in said pictures because they're drunk but will find out in two weeks when they're scrolling through their newsfeed
- Someone who has rolled once and wants to tell everyone how much fun rolling is
- Someone wearing an ambiguous costume
- A dude in a green nylon bodysuit
- Someone who will guilt you for not going to his/her a cappella show for the second weekend in a row
- Someone screaming at Quad security because he/she forgot his/her Penn Card
- Someone shoeless
- Someone wearing shoes on his/her hands
- A sweaty shirtless guy who's rubbing against other people
- Someone leaving VP because they actually comprehend that Fling comes at the most inopportune time of the semester and it makes much more sense to study than to get fucked up for 4-5 days straight
- Someone slumped around a corner
- Someone slumped around a bench
- Some girl who refuses to exit a moonbounce
- Someone you've had sex with who is somehow friends with everyone else you've had sex with
- Someone weirdly drinking hot coffee
- Someone weirdly drinking iced coffee
- Someone who is throwing bagels at people
- A confused bro wondering what happened to all the eggs from the Kegs 'n Eggs darty
- That girl who dyed her hair for Fling
- That girl wearing a flower crown
- That other girl wearing a flower crown
- That girl wearing fringe because she thinks she's at Coachella
- That guy who will make you feel bad for not attending a theatrical performance during Fling
- A gaggle of dudes in tanks and Sperrys with no socks (though we suppose this is no different from any other Spring day on Penn's campus)
- The kid who lost his friends
- Someone whose gaze you avoided on Locust when he or she flyered at you
- That girl you met during Quaker Days who asked how many APs you took your junior year of high school
- The annoying kid from your class Facebook group who friended everyone within an hour of acceptance emails being sent
- The pre-frosh who chose the wrong (right?) weekend to tour campus
- The person who friended you during NSO and won't stop inviting you to IAA events now even though you have no interest in IAA and haven't talked to that person in two years
- The person you hooked up with Thursday night
- The person you hooked up with Friday morning
- The person you hooked up with Friday afternoon
- The person you hooked up with Friday night
- The person you hooked up with Saturday morning
- The person you hooked up with Saturday afternoon
- The person you hooked up with Saturday night
- The dude who thinks Kesha is performing in the Quad on Saturday
- The dude who is only going to the concert to see Kygo
- The dude who says he's only going to the concert to see Kygo but is actually there for Kesha
- The kid who can't keep his frats straight
- The kid on Sunday who is in denial that Fling is over
- The kid who isn't on this list – there's bound to be someone!