Overheard around campus

April 17, 2012

Guy: “The boardroom in Carlson has a boardroom in it! No wonder it is nicknamed the World Domination room; there is a boardroom in a boardroom!”

Girl: “It’s boardroom inception!”

—Yudof Hall

 

“The best part was when Bambi’s mom died.”

—Dinkytown

 

Girl 1: “Can we start day drinking on Friday?”

Girl 2: “I thought you were going to say dating, and I was like, ‘No!’ But yes, we can.”

—Coffman Union

 

Girl: “She can’t come out drinking tonight. She has Bible study.”

—Dinkytown

 

Professor: “So your presentation is in two weeks. ... Just to be sure, do any of you have a Mac?”

Students: “Nope!”

Professor: “Good. In the past, hooking up Macs has been ...”

Girl: “Tricky?”

Professor: “Disastrous.”

—Gortner Lab

 

Professor: “Do you speak any other languages?”

Student: “Does parseltongue count?”

—French class

 

Guy: “Can you show me where a bathroom is? That or I need some napkins ...”

—Sanford Hall

 

Girl 1: “Did you know that Josh Hartnett was on campus Saturday?”

Girl 2: “Who is Josh Hartnett?”

Girl 1: “The only hottest guy to roam earth.”

Guy: “Fact.”

—Unknown

 

Guy 1: “I’m so glad there wasn’t cocaine in our weed.”

Guy 2: “Me too.”

—Comstock Hall

 

Girl [on phone]: “... yeah, I changed my phone’s settings to accommodate the hearing impaired. ... What? ... What? ... What?”

—Unknown

 

Guy: “Excuse me, will you close your eyes and shake my hand?”

—Traffic circle

 

 

 

 

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