I set out on my mission, walking out of the library and heading towards the Olson Student Center. On my way there, I encountered a man sitting on the bench by the fountain, with his eyes closed and looked to be enjoying the beautiful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I tapped him on the shoulder a couple of times and introduced myself and what I was here to do. Surprisingly, he wasn’t upset that I interrupted his peaceful afternoon snooze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He introduced himself as Sam Petersen, a senior political science and business double major. He also said it’s been a stressful day, and he just needed a minute to sit down by himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I then asked him for what I was searching for: a favorite Morningside memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The question seemed to catch Petersen off-guard. He sat there for a bit, seemingly lost in thought. After a bit, it seemed as if he settled on an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I would have to say going to the 2018 Football National Championship game in Daytona Beach, Florida.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Petersen, at the time a member of the Morningside marching band, was invited to go and black at halftime of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was fun because we got to see the football team win the national championship, and I was able to show off my trombone skills at halftime.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After this, we parted ways, and I was on to get my next victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had class in Lewis Hall next, but before going to class I went downstairs to use the restroom. This is where I found the next person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just as I am heading downstairs, I encounter someone walking out of the restroom. I stopped him, introduced myself, and stated I needed to ask him a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again, he didn’t seem to be angry that he was stopped just after using the restroom. An outgoing person, he introduced himself as Alex Freeman, a junior business and political science double-major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After some small talk, I posed my question to him: tell me your favorite knock-knock joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freeman initially laughed at this, thinking I was joking. I assured him I was in fact not joking, even showing him the paper with the words “knock-knock joke” appearing on it. He couldn’t believe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I for sure thought you were going to ask me something serious,” Freeman explained, stifling a few giggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After spending some time thinking, he initiated the joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Knock knock.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Who’s there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ach.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ach who?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“God bless you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now it was my turn to laugh. I was trying to follow the joke, but the ending entirely caught me off-guard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After telling him what a good joke he had and sharing a couple more laughs, I parted ways and went up to my class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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