LONDON – Everyone remembers the agony of results day. There's the strange, nervous drive down to school in the middle of August, the horrendous wait in line where everyone's too scared to talk to each other and the final, shaky moments when you fumble open your envelope and look inside...
With the results from A-level exams only two days away from being released, British sixth formers are using the hashtag #ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults to vent some of their terror.
Things started off fairly light.
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults wear nothing but these on my feet for an entire year pic.twitter.com/z0uWBG4XH5— Jak (@jakcunningham69) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults The bleep test— School Memories (@SecondarySchooI) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults tell my mum that she was right and i should have actually worn my jacket.— Usman (@UziGondal) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults put the milk in first— British Logic (@BritishLogic) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults Listen to this on repeat pic.twitter.com/Zt53rnuBtl— Tom✌ (@TomHenryy) August 11, 2015
Eat that weird skin that forms on top of the gravy and custard #ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults— Madelaine (@_madsgee) August 11, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults read the iTunes terms and conditions— Joe (@_JoeChef) August 11, 2015
There were quite a few film and TV references.
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults Be this kid in Star Wars pic.twitter.com/BiRdcYtX0F— Phiv (@KylePhythian) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults volunteer as tribute— emz (@emilyfrancisxx) August 11, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults have this guy in my survival group pic.twitter.com/oNu2Hp4i83— PassiveAggressive:) (@_Staying_Ugly) August 11, 2015
Then, suddenly, things escalated.
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults cover myself in paper cuts and jump into a pool of lemon juice and/or bag of ready salted crisps— ~mart~ (@thecleansheen) August 11, 2015
Having a 100m sprint on this #ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults pic.twitter.com/5efqz6Tg3F— Umar Mughal (@umarmughal1996) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults pic.twitter.com/sSq8DVKP1e— jess (@jessxsmithx) August 11, 2015
It turns out people really don't want to get their results.
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults put a toothpick under my toenail and kick a wall— Rosie (@r0sierichardson) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults watch 50 shades with my family— Josh Byrom (@NotJoshwa) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults: pic.twitter.com/klOvQtzmpG— Rōra Sumisu. (@BoulevardOfWho) August 10, 2015
As in they really, really don't want to get them.
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults place my genitals in one of these pic.twitter.com/WNu8l4pyJs— jord (@jordanmakin_) August 10, 2015
@mayadhokia #ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults rub shampoo in my eyes— Saffron Lee (@imsaffron) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults spend a night in the chockey pic.twitter.com/1Mo0XAVCE5— carley (@carleymillard) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults have a games night with Jigsaw pic.twitter.com/UQouLYd24y— Lauren (Weird Kid) (@laurenisacrumb) August 10, 2015
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults walk through this pic.twitter.com/EIAvJCWA9E— Faton Xhemajli (@faton_x) August 10, 2015
(Except for this person, who didn't seem too fussed.)
#ThingsIdRatherDoThanGetMyResults LOL WONT BE GETTING THEM ANYWAY CUZ ME PASSWORD EXPIRED ON MY SCHOOL EMAIL INNIT— cleo (@shellfish_beach) August 10, 2015