I'm exactly the opposite - I absolutely cannot work in the school library here because it is too distractingly quiet. I get bored and antsy, and I feel like my soul is being schlorped out of my ears. I need people and background noise around to tune out, and occasionally provide entertainment for a break when I get tired.

Also, re: superegg>
My Animal Cognition class touched upon the herring gull chick phenomenon of instinctively pecking at beak-like objects, with superstimuli eliciting faster and faster pecking... there was a progression from a model of a beak to a standard No. 2 pencil. Apparently, the criteria were "long, narrow, yellow, with a red dot at the back".
_Eeeeeeeeee

Couldn't find a relevant picture, but stumbled upon an interesting blog post along the way...