Overheard at UChicago

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

(honest-to-god overheard in the A-level)

Guy: " How bitchin' would it be to be a paraplegic and have laser eyes?"

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

In the basement of the Regenstein:

Facilities Manager: "Well, I'm going home. Have a nice, relaixng weekend."
Facilities Worker: "... weekend! Ron, it's only Tuesday!"

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Guy at party: "I mean, why a parrot squawking over William S. Burroughs? Why not a monkey taking a crap over Humphrey Bogart?"

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Overheard on A-Level:

Guy1 (to girls passing by): "Hey there, sweetcakes!"
Guy2: "Do you ever try not talking, Rob? What if you just went through your life never talking. Ever think abou that?"

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Geography Debate

Guy #1: "So was that on the eastern coast or the western coast of Greece?"

Guy #2: "..."

Guy #1: "I mean, it is on the side facing Italy or Turkey?"

Guy #2: "..."

Guy #1: "Okay, see there's these dots on this side, and these dots on that side..."
Physics study partners,

Guy: "He just proves this shit. Without actually using Poisson's equation at all!"

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Overheard in Hallowed Grounds,

Boy: I'm embarrassed by what I can get away with.

Girl: I'm not embarrassed. I'm just ... scandalized. Scandalized by your freshness.

Boy: I'm so fresh.

Girl: You are just scandalizing people left and right.

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Overheard in the Maclab...

Girl: So we think this thing we're asked to prove is actually an unknown result. We think maybe what we're actually supposed to prove is that it's NP-HARD. I don't think it will be hard to prove that it's hard.

Guy #1: This problem makes me NP-hard!

Girl: This problem makes me NP-pissed off.

Guy #2: Better to be pissed off than pissed on!

Girl: True!

Guy #3: Unless you're on fire.