You know youre a college student when...

Your idea of dinner consists of:
1 can old chili beans
1/2 an onion
2 cut up hotdogs

gotta save money somehow!

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  • Joeyjoe21_8
    Joeyjoe21_8 Posts: 2,048
    top ramen still would have been cheaper!
  • illinoisgolf99
    illinoisgolf99 Posts: 1,507
    I know I'm savin that for this week where its gonna be raining a bunch so I wont be goin out to the store. its pretty much God's gift to college students, .15 each? cant go wrong!
  • stephen_hannibal
    stephen_hannibal Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭
    Did ramen and PB&J for almost a year. Wasn't the greatest diet.

  • xmacro
    xmacro Posts: 3,398 ✭✭
    Did Domino's $5/large pizza, beer (natty light), and ramen (oriental or beef) for last 2 yrs of college (eating out of a can was fine dining for me). Good times, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone without good arteries :-/
  • ug dan
    ug dan Posts: 375
    You should always budget enough money for beer. What are they teaching you in that school?!?
  • bigharpoon
    bigharpoon Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭
    I remember being psyched at college parties if I was lucky enough to get a Golden Anniversary...as opposed to the other crap they were serving!
  • firetruckguy
    firetruckguy Posts: 2,522 ✭✭✭
    I did the hamburger helper without the hamburger, bologna samich, crappy fish sticks, and for my drink I would get a 5th of everclear a month and do a shot or 2 a night........ them were the days.
  • illinoisgolf99
    illinoisgolf99 Posts: 1,507
    firetruckguy:
    I did the hamburger helper without the hamburger, bologna samich, crappy fish sticks, and for my drink I would get a 5th of everclear a month and do a shot or 2 a night........ them were the days.

    SHOTS of everclear? damn
  • gdsim1
    gdsim1 Posts: 213
    Joeyjoe21_8:
    top ramen still would have been cheaper!
    Love love love love love LOVE me some ramen! College was a loooooong time ago for me, and they are STILL a staple in my household. I like to boil the noodles, drain the water off & THEN mix the seasoning in with the noodles. Salty as all get out, but SOOOO good!

  • stephen_hannibal
    stephen_hannibal Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭
    illinoisgolf99:
    firetruckguy:
    I did the hamburger helper without the hamburger, bologna samich, crappy fish sticks, and for my drink I would get a 5th of everclear a month and do a shot or 2 a night........ them were the days.

    SHOTS of everclear? damn
    Everclear is one of the 2 things I vowed I would never drink again the other is 151....

  • Alex Williams
    Alex Williams Posts: 1,515
    stephen_hannibal:
    illinoisgolf99:
    firetruckguy:
    I did the hamburger helper without the hamburger, bologna samich, crappy fish sticks, and for my drink I would get a 5th of everclear a month and do a shot or 2 a night........ them were the days.

    SHOTS of everclear? damn
    Everclear is one of the 2 things I vowed I would never drink again the other is 151....

    everclear is milk compared to my moonshine! i mean... what moonshine?? i can do shots of everclear pretty well.
  • zeebra
    zeebra Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭
    If you want to have a classy dinner....
    after you have made the ramen noodles, add half a packet of crushed pepper from pizza hut and mix, stir and enjoy. Those days were 10 years ago for me....good luck.
  • cholmes8310
    cholmes8310 Posts: 1,585
    illinoisgolf99:
    firetruckguy:
    I did the hamburger helper without the hamburger, bologna samich, crappy fish sticks, and for my drink I would get a 5th of everclear a month and do a shot or 2 a night........ them were the days.

    SHOTS of everclear? damn
    what's wrong with that? Honestly, everclear was the first drink I ever had. Most I've ever done in one night is 5 shots of it though, and that was a bad decision. haha. A couple shots aren't bad though. It's definitely a cheap drunk.
  • cholmes8310
    cholmes8310 Posts: 1,585
    Alex Williams:
    stephen_hannibal:
    illinoisgolf99:
    firetruckguy:
    I did the hamburger helper without the hamburger, bologna samich, crappy fish sticks, and for my drink I would get a 5th of everclear a month and do a shot or 2 a night........ them were the days.

    SHOTS of everclear? damn
    Everclear is one of the 2 things I vowed I would never drink again the other is 151....

    everclear is milk compared to my moonshine! i mean... what moonshine?? i can do shots of everclear pretty well.
    you know, despite being an Auburn fan, me and you would get along fine. I love some shine. I get mine from my old boss in Tennessee, and it's great.
  • Fourtotheflush
    Fourtotheflush Posts: 2,552 ✭✭
    gdsim1:
    Joeyjoe21_8:
    top ramen still would have been cheaper!
    Love love love love love LOVE me some ramen! College was a loooooong time ago for me, and they are STILL a staple in my household. I like to boil the noodles, drain the water off & THEN mix the seasoning in with the noodles. Salty as all get out, but SOOOO good!




    MMM Salted Water with Noodles! Yum.......
  • Fourtotheflush
    Fourtotheflush Posts: 2,552 ✭✭
    bigharpoon:
    I remember being psyched at college parties if I was lucky enough to get a Golden Anniversary...as opposed to the other crap they were serving!


    Golden anny was good, but the cadillac of cheap college beers was Lionshead!
    When I was in school you could get a case of 12 oz bottles - yeah bottles for under $10. The canned crap was running about the same cost for 24 so this beer was the BEST!

    Thank you Big Guy Liquors


  • TatuajeVI
    TatuajeVI Posts: 2,378
    If you don't live in the dorms (and happen to have an oven) you need to discover the wonders of potatoes! 10 pound bag of patatoes should be $3-5 - that's a LOT of meals! And they happen to be easy to cook, and there are a billion ways to cook them! Oh, and eggs! Same idea as potatoes - cheap, delicious, and easy. Both of those are a wonderful alternative to ramen and hotdogs.
  • phobicsquirrel
    phobicsquirrel Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭
    cholmes8310:
    illinoisgolf99:
    firetruckguy:
    I did the hamburger helper without the hamburger, bologna samich, crappy fish sticks, and for my drink I would get a 5th of everclear a month and do a shot or 2 a night........ them were the days.

    SHOTS of everclear? damn
    what's wrong with that? Honestly, everclear was the first drink I ever had. Most I've ever done in one night is 5 shots of it though, and that was a bad decision. haha. A couple shots aren't bad though. It's definitely a cheap drunk.
    lol, me too. can't remember how many shots but it was the drink that popped my cherry, well that and southern comfort. oh the days..
  • firetruckguy
    firetruckguy Posts: 2,522 ✭✭✭
    phobicsquirrel:
    cholmes8310:
    illinoisgolf99:
    firetruckguy:
    I did the hamburger helper without the hamburger, bologna samich, crappy fish sticks, and for my drink I would get a 5th of everclear a month and do a shot or 2 a night........ them were the days.

    SHOTS of everclear? damn
    what's wrong with that? Honestly, everclear was the first drink I ever had. Most I've ever done in one night is 5 shots of it though, and that was a bad decision. haha. A couple shots aren't bad though. It's definitely a cheap drunk.
    lol, me too. can't remember how many shots but it was the drink that popped my cherry, well that and southern comfort. oh the days..

    Dont know why but I could get a pretty good drunk on and not have a hangover in the morning with everclear. On special occasions I would pop for scotch buy beer........ mmmmmmmm
  • GadwinDuil
    GadwinDuil Posts: 474
    TatuajeVI:
    If you don't live in the dorms (and happen to have an oven) you need to discover the wonders of potatoes! 10 pound bag of patatoes should be $3-5 - that's a LOT of meals! And they happen to be easy to cook, and there are a billion ways to cook them! Oh, and eggs! Same idea as potatoes - cheap, delicious, and easy. Both of those are a wonderful alternative to ramen and hotdogs.
    +1
  • jihiggs
    jihiggs Posts: 468 ✭✭
    oh man, the hamburger helper with no hamburger. that takes me back. terrible stuff!