Christopher Havel laserhawk64@gmail.com writes:
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Philip Hands phil@hands.com wrote:
[...] it's an urban legend.
Bingo. When *I* heard of it, it was institution-nonspecific, and it referred to a fellow who ate nothing but ramen (super cheap instant noodles, if you're outside the States) for an entire semester. Not to mention that, after an entire semester of Nissin (or Maruchan if you prefer it), his sodium levels would've given the Atlantic Ocean a run for its money -- that crap is hardly anything but salt and simple carbohydrates...
Ah right, that made it worth looking up:
http://www.snopes.com/college/horrors/scurvy.asp
The cited version at the start there is pretty much exactly the version I heard, with the addition of the detail that he was supposed to be frying the porridge stored in he chest of drawers, which is a nice touch given that it's supposed to be a Scot ;-)
Cheers, Phil.