An Interesting Opportunity

drewbudd

drewbudd

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So, I am traveling to Columbia tomorrow for the game and as a college student I do my best to save money where ever I can. One thing I like to do when I travel is to CouchSurf. So, yesterday I decided it was about time I sent out requests. While I was sending out a request to basically everyone listed in Columbia, I came across a very interesting profile. One of the Missouri offensive lineman had a profile. So, partially as a joke, I decided to send him a request. Lo and behold, a few hours later I get a response back.

"I must say this is an interesting request. Despite you guys being Nebraska fans, it's totally cool if you want to stay at my place after the game. I live with some other linemen. With my situation, I won't be home until after the game anyway so it works out fine. Let me know if this works for you!"

Of course, I also received 8 or so more people who would allow me to stay with them. I have actually decided to stay with a different person, but I figured you guys might find this interesting. I was given the opportunity to sleep on the enemy's couch. I hope this provides a little bit different of a perspective for those that aren't too big of a fan of Missouri.

BTW, the people I am staying with are MU students and many of the positive responses I received were from MU students. It really makes it hard for me to believe that I have anything to worry about while I'm down there, but we will see.

 
Just be cautious.....

Most people are well intentioned and nice until that 7th drink...

..but I'm sure you are well aware of that. Have fun at the game..you'll be celebrating a Husker victory with MU fans..what a mind job!

 
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Who was it?

EDIT: Nevermind. Found it. What an interesting concept for a website. Never heard of it, until this post.

 
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MizzouBob77 said:
Who was it?

EDIT: Nevermind. Found it. What an interesting concept for a website. Never heard of it, until this post.
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Yea, I surfed for the first time when I went to Lollapalooza this last August. The people we stayed with gave us keys to their apartment and even let us stay there while they were out of town. Saved me $400. Gonna save me another $50+ tomorrow.

It's not for everyone though. Some people just don't like the idea of staying with or hosting (essentially) random people.

Also, is it bro rape if I'm not a bro? I'm glad i didn't use the phrase "sleeping with the enemy" in the first post.

 
drewbudd said:
So, I am traveling to Columbia tomorrow for the game and as a college student I do my best to save money where ever I can. One thing I like to do when I travel is to CouchSurf. So, yesterday I decided it was about time I sent out requests. While I was sending out a request to basically everyone listed in Columbia, I came across a very interesting profile. One of the Missouri offensive lineman had a profile. So, partially as a joke, I decided to send him a request. Lo and behold, a few hours later I get a response back.

"I must say this is an interesting request. Despite you guys being Nebraska fans, it's totally cool if you want to stay at my place after the game. I live with some other linemen. With my situation, I won't be home until after the game anyway so it works out fine. Let me know if this works for you!"

Of course, I also received 8 or so more people who would allow me to stay with them. I have actually decided to stay with a different person, but I figured you guys might find this interesting. I was given the opportunity to sleep on the enemy's couch. I hope this provides a little bit different of a perspective for those that aren't too big of a fan of Missouri.

BTW, the people I am staying with are MU students and many of the positive responses I received were from MU students. It really makes it hard for me to believe that I have anything to worry about while I'm down there, but we will see.
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I know you're all about saving money, and I think that is a good thing. However, I strongly urge you to go out and rent the movie "Deliverance" before deciding to stay on one of their coaches!

 
junior4949 said:
I know you're all about saving money, and I think that is a good thing. However, I strongly urge you to go out and rent the movie "Deliverance" before deciding to stay on one of their couches!
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HAH! Never seen it, but I have seen South Park and their take on the last Indy film, so I think I'm good.

That's about the same response I got from one of my friends who is coming to Boulder with me for the Colorado game. All I can say, many people on this site will fall into the category of "couldn't care less about football". Yea, there are some on there, including me, but I highly doubt anyone on this site has thrown a beer or a urine bomb on a Husker fan.

 
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