GUTS and GERMS

Among the many reasons that I want to attend Georgetown for my master's degree are acronyms that the school uses for various organizations and methods of transportation. The Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle is known as the GUTS bus. The Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Services is known as GERMS. I was out to dinner with a Georgetown senior tonight who was telling a story that allowed him to say, "two of my roomates are germs" and be serious at the same time. I was impressed. That means that when you get sick, you call the GERMS to help make you better. And, as E once pointed out, when you take the GUTS bus and someone asks you how you were able to arrive in such a timely fashion, you can respond, "I just hopped on the GUTS and was here in no time." Of all the reasons to choose a graduate school, I think the most important one is the amount of humor that the school can bring to your daily conversations. Plus, if I go there, I really could be a GERM.