Verbatim for Nov 21, 2008

Overheard in Seminar

Professor: What we need in this classroom is cocaine. Then we can do 4 projects at once. Surely its been done before in the history of this great University.

Overheard at TI

Terrace member, to fratty friend: So, are you still committed to going into
finance, even with the recession?

Fratty friend: I don’t know. What’s the other option?

Overheard on a poster

Poverty simulation today. . . . Free lunch provided.

Overheard in Ivy

Guy, to friend, while Internet shopping: If I were a girl, I would definitely wear heels with those jeans.
[Pauses]
I just know this about myself.

Overheard at dinner

Guy: What are you studying?
Girl: German.
Guy: Oh! I know some German. “Ich bin müde.”
Guy 2: “Das Boot!”
Guy 3: “Wolf Blitzer!”

Overheard at TI, again

English major: Am I high? I took the express train to Highville; upon arrival,
I was elected mayor.