Don't ever pay a surprise visit to a child in college. You might be the one getting the surprise. I learned this the hard way when I swung by my son's campus during a business trip. Locating what I thought was his fraternity house, I rang the doorbell. "Yeah?" a voice called from inside.

　　"Does Dylan Housman live here?"

　　"Yup," the voice answered. "Leave him on the front porch. We'll drag him in later."

　　从来不要冷不丁地去看你上大学的孩子。因为你有可能成为被吓一大跳的那个。 一次，我在出差期间绕道去儿子的大学，结果得到这个教训。 那天，琢磨着那就是儿子住的男生宿舍，我按了门铃。“什么事？”一个声音从里面传出来。

　　“Dylan Housman 是住在这吗？”

　　“没错”，那个声音回答。“你把他放在走廊上吧。我们过一会就把他拽进来”。