On January 3, the Education Life section of The New York Times carried a feature article about a Times editor taking his daughter on a tour of five New England liberal arts colleges, Colby first among them. In an article that could have been inspired by Colby Professor Jim Boylan's novel Getting In--also a story of college-hopping by a prospective student and a parent--Colby was well represented by admissions tour guide Dave Famiglietti '00 of Windsor Locks, Conn.     Famiglietti impressed the Times writer, Charles Strum, with his sense of humor and his ability to walk backwards in sandals while providing meandering descriptions of the College. A German major, Famiglietti told Strum that he volunteered to lead admissions tours because those he remembered during his college search were "dry and boring." He recalled a tour guide who told "dumb little facts about the school: `This building was built in 1874 by three green men from Mars, who at first didn't like their life here on Earth, but then grew to like it, so they moved to Minnesota."     Famiglietti figures only about 10 percent of what he tells families sticks with them and says, "I would guess that seven percent of that is something they asked the tour guide about."     Strum wrote: "Students in the wilds of small-town Maine can still have fun, [Famiglietti] says, but they don't want to get thrown out of school. So they make their own fun. He cites the Mr. Colby contest last winter. `My favorite part,' Dave says, `was the swimwear and evening-wear competition.'"      The Strums also visited Bates, Bowdoin, Middlebury and Hamilton. No word yet on where Strum's daughter, Kate, will attend.