I Can Tell You, the Telling Gets Old

In taking what I promise is a short break from studying for Finals, I ran across the following article on the N.Y. Times website.

I found the following quote particularly insightful:

"At the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, students begin the evening in purgatory and then choose which room to head toward. Heaven is a bedroom, covered in white toilet paper, where the bartender is dressed as God. In hell, students drink flaming rum shots — lighted and served by someone in a devil costume. The party, which is thrown every spring by the fraternity Delta Phi, attracts nearly 800 people."

That brings to mind many questions, two of which I will present now:

1. Prof. Osler, are you and the infamous "IPLawGuy" responsible for this incredibly creative commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy?
2. Is this really what happens at all of those "Hell-house" presentations that I see every Halloween? If so, that must explain why you see these huge lines outside of the locations. (If you have no idea what a "Hell-house" is, please talk to someone from a state in the southern United States. They will more than likely be able to tell you all that you need to know.)