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« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2007, 03:27:54 PM » |
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"I can't ask my parents. They're at the Galoctopus Islands."
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« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2007, 09:57:58 AM » |
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Another standard cell phone conversation -
"Hey!"
"How's it goin' ?"
"Watcha doin'?"
"Me too. Just gettin' out of class. - Oh there you are on the other side of the street!"
"Yeah man. Later."
Why? Why was this conversation necessary?
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« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2007, 09:33:26 PM » |
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I overheard part of a student's cell phone conversation today that made me think of this thread and smile. This isn't verbatim, but it went something like this:
"I think he learned from the last test. Everyone failed, so this one was easier."
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« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2007, 10:21:17 PM » |
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Oh, just today, I had quite an earful. There's a group of students who are always in the same spot when I take a break in this certain courtyard. I always chat with them. They're not my students, but they're really nice and I enjoy speaking with them. Today, I came out and joined them at the picnic table they're always at, and the conversation turned so disgusting, I had to leave. One girl was suddenly swearing and talking about some boy she'd seen in the student union who made her so sick, she wanted to, and I quote, "Sh**t all over him! Not just a lincoln log, but explosive diarrhea" (spelling?). The group, knowing I'm a professor and some have expressed wanting to take my class next semester, proceeded to identify what lincoln logs were, compare types of sh**t they've had and what they call them, and why this reaction to this boy was a good idea.
I politely stood and said, "If you'll excuse me," and walked away. One girl said, "Oh great, we scared her away!" I saw her later, and she waved like nothing happened!
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« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2007, 10:38:01 PM » |
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If you'll excuse me....
TMI! I would have believed you if you had just said they were having a disgusting conversation and you took your leave.
Thanks for sharing!
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"When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."
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« Reply #20 on: October 17, 2007, 11:50:05 PM » |
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Overheard while walking down the hall in my building yesterday;
"dude- you know what would suck?"
"what?"
"to like be like one of those guys in WWII and get shot by a fighter plane....that would just suck major ass."
"yeah dude, and I bet you would like die."
my deepest sympathies to all out there who teach these kids American History
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« Reply #21 on: October 18, 2007, 10:54:22 AM » |
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A few weeks ago, I overheard the following snippet of conversation in the hallway from two students who had just walked out of the class that meets directly before mine:
Female Student #1: She is such a b---ch.
Female Student #2: I know, it makes me wanna (expletive phrase deleted). What's up with these reading quizzes?
Female Student #1: Its like she is expects us to the reading or something. I didn't come to college to sit on my a-- all day and read. That's (expletive phrase deleted). She's a terrible teacher.
Normally, I stay out of student conversations, but based on their physical and verbal proximity, couldn't resist. I interjected, "watch it. I know who your instructor is and I'll be glad to tell her what you think of her." One of them turned various shades of red, stammered that I had "misunderstood" them, and left. I really don't know who their instructor, but I couldn't resist.
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« Reply #22 on: October 18, 2007, 11:12:34 AM » |
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Overheard while walking down the hall in my building yesterday;
"dude- you know what would suck?"
"what?"
"to like be like one of those guys in WWII and get shot by a fighter plane....that would just suck major ass."
"yeah dude, and I bet you would like die."
my deepest sympathies to all out there who teach these kids American History
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« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2007, 03:02:23 PM » |
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Overheard while walking down the hall in my building yesterday;
"dude- you know what would suck?"
"what?"
"to like be like one of those guys in WWII and get shot by a fighter plane....that would just suck major ass."
"yeah dude, and I bet you would like die."
my deepest sympathies to all out there who teach these kids American History
Rest easy. They were probably referencing a video game. I was actually impressed they knew of WWII and that it had fighter planes. |
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« Reply #24 on: October 18, 2007, 09:59:17 PM » |
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Heard as I walked into the building-
Dude #1: "So, what's due today in lab?"
Dude #2: "I'm not sure. Exp 3... and 4?"
Dude #1: "Did you finish everything?"
Dude #2: "No. I started and then realized it was going to be a lot of work and I had beer to drink so I gave up."
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Excuse me... which aisle would I find the unicorns and rainbows? No, Alan is a man among men, striding the Earth like a Colossus with a really big bladder, wearing a tool belt.
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« Reply #25 on: October 20, 2007, 09:20:25 PM » |
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A student with a laptop is sitting at the bus stop and talking on her cell phone. This is verbatim: "No, I was in the library for 3 1/2 hours. Who knew research could take so long?" Show of hands, anyone? Who knew?
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« Reply #26 on: October 20, 2007, 10:13:10 PM » |
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Female Student #1: Its like she is expects us to the reading or something. I didn't come to college to sit on my a-- all day and read. That's (expletive phrase deleted). She's a terrible teacher.
Could this possibly have been sarcasm? I've said things like this before: e.g. "Can you believe the nerve of that guy, expecting us to LEARN things? Geez!" |
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« Reply #27 on: November 01, 2007, 05:56:00 PM » |
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Imagine the entire conversation below being carried out in that semi-Valley Girl teenspeak that requires all statements be peppered with the word "like", louder than necessary, and end with a voice inflection most of us reserve for asking questions.
Girl 1: He's just so restrictive. It's driving me crazy.
Girl 2: Totally!
G1: I cheated on him.
G2: No way! When?
G1: When he was in London. He was gone for four months.
G2: You seriously cheated? I guess you were lonely.
G1: Yeah, I guess.
G2: Needed something on the side.
G1: Yeah. Maybe that's why he's so insecure.
G2: Yeah. How'd he find out?
G1: My sister called him. I don't know how she found out.
G2: She must have been reading your stuff. She's a jerk.
G1: Or the guy told her. He was probably bragging about it.
G2: And then his friends, told their friends, who told their friends. What a jerk!
G1: Yeah, that's what he [the boyfriend, I think] said too.
So anyway, moral of the story, if you've cheated on your so, there's a slim chance that this is the reason he/she is acting insecure. On the other hand, I was somewhat relieved that I was not overhearing the abusive boyfriend conversation it sounded like at the beginning.
Real moral to the story: check the clock before going to the bathroom. If it is one of the breaks in between classes, wait ten minutes.
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« Reply #28 on: November 07, 2007, 09:13:54 PM » |
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Add the words "like" and "totally" into this conversation a few more times to really grasp what I overheard in the campus library today...
Student: Hi, I need to *like* get a book for my professor.
Clerk: I can check out a book to you, but the professor will have to come here and check out their own book.
Student: Um, the professor said it *like* couldn't be checked out.
Clerk: Is it a book on course reserves?
Student: I don't know.
Clerk: What is your professors name?
Student: Um...Prof. XXX?
Clerk: Okay, Prof. XXX doesn't have any course reserves.
Student: Um, I'm *like* not really *like* sure what his name is. The class is about *like* volcanoes and stuff.
Clerk: There are computers over there that you can use to access your schedule and find out the name of your course and the name of the professor.
Student: Wait, I can *like* use the computer to find that?
Clerk: Yes.
Student: Why didn't anyone *like* tell me about this?
And then hu walked out of the library and into the great outdoors, I guess she didn't really need that book on course reserve after all.
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« Reply #29 on: January 26, 2008, 11:08:40 AM » |
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This thread hasn't been active for a while, it seems, but what with the new semester starting, it's time...
"I love stories about staircases" (delivered with a heavy and sincere emphasis on "love").
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