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Ten double doubles to go please

Overheard@McGill — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:42:43 +0000

Girl 1: Chances of winning the Tim Hortons free coffee are 1 out of 10
Girl 2: No, my sister said even if you buy 10 you might not win

- SSMU Lounge

Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss, you’ll land among the Mexicans.

tdomf_9e22f — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:55:09 +0000

Girl 1: The only thing keeping me in university is fear of what other people would think if I dropped out.

Girl 2: Yeah, if it weren’t for society, I would totally just go to Mexico and be a prostitute.

-Second Cup

With So Many Buyouts These Days, You Can Never Really Tell Who Owns What.

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:22:25 +0000

Freshman Girl: Excuse me, where did you get that Tim Hortons cup?

Confused Older Student: Uhhâ€¦ Tim Hortons?

-Schulich

Oy, it’s really a big schlep.

tdomf_9e22f — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:29:25 +0000

Girl:So I booked my cruise and my trip to Florida in the same week. People who aren’t Jewish don’t understand that going to Florida is not a luxury anymore.

-Second Cup

Though Upstate Manhattan is a Shithole.

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:08:47 +0000

Ditsy girl: Oh my God! New York State is, like, the coolest city in the world!
- McGill bookstore cafe

The miracle here is that they were talking to a girl in the first place.

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:54:30 +0000

[Bunch of mathies laughing/studying in Second Cup. The only girl waits for a break in the conversation]
Math Girl: “Ha, yeah. Yeah well that’s just like something my friend told me once. She said she liked her men like tea. Hot, strong, dark and sweet. Heehee.”
(all the boys just look back at their calculators)

—Second Cup

Willy’s Wonka VII: Chocolate-Covered Oompa Loompas

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:29:34 +0000

Guy 1: Yeah, but I mean the level of gay sex was just … I mean WOW. It was huge.
Girl 1: Well sure, but the midgets get caught everywhere.
- ARTS Cafe

Hop to, Friday!

overheardatmcgill — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:29:10 +0000

Girl: What if you were on a deserted island alone with only an ugly girl? Would you sleep with her then?
Superficial Guy: Maybe. But I’d cover her face with leaf before I did it. Actually, make that two leaves…in case the first one falls off.
Girl: OMG. What about a fat girl? Would you do a fat girl?
Superficial Guy: We’re on a deserted island right? Nothing to do? I’d make her run around a couple times, then I’d maybe think about it…
- Tim Horton’s on University

Musharraf: Guys, come on, some people are trying to listen…

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:26:21 +0000

Prof: Quiet please, or otherwise you’ll never know how to launch a military coup, and you’ll make a mess of it, and you’ll DIE.Â
- Poli 227 class on The Military in Politics

Oh, and don’t play Country either. Same reason.

overheardatmcgill — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:00:53 +0000

Guy (presumably): Why are you playing trance at fucking Second Cup? Fucking play some music that doesn’t make me want to drop a bunch of acid and lick the wall in the back corner of Stereos
- AUS lounge

Not unless its a Louisville Slugger

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:29:00 +0000

Girl who obsesses with the meaningless: Who do you think would win between a pig and a bat? I think a bat would win!

—Second Cup on McGill College

So…which one of them are we supposed to make fun of?

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:16:15 +0000

[Concordia guy bitching about engineering]
Concordia Guy: It’s brutal, I have to take, like, thermodynamics!
McGill Girl: You want brutal? Brutal is McGill physiology. But seriously, isn’t thermodynamics like exothermic and endothermic and stuff??
Concordia Guy: Well…yeah….but it’s harder than it sounds!!
McGill Girl: What, like exo is negative and endo is positive??
Concordia Guy: (pause) That’s fuckin hard to remember okay?!

—Tim Hortons

Saturday Bloody Saturday.

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:08:24 +0000

Girl 1: It’ll be like that song “Saturday night’s alright for fighting. Saturday.. Saturday”
Girl 2: Yeah… except it’s Sunday.

—Tim Horton’s on University

Always. How’d you know?

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:06:38 +0000

Girl: I’m taking Italian Culture, doing a research project, and an Oncology class.
Guy 1: Oh, oncology is fascinating, isn’t it.
Guy 2: Yeah…the female anatomy is pret…ty…interesting.
(Awkward Silence)
Guy 1: Uhhhhhh, you’re thinking of…gynecology.

—St. Laurent Second Cup

“Calorie counting is hard enough.”

overheardatmcgill — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:33:34 +0000

Girl 1: Oh my god, what time is it?
Girl 2: 11:10
Girl 1: Okay, so we have 40 minutes until your birthday!
Girl 2: …No, 50 minutes.
Girl 1: You know I hate math!

—Calories Cafe

Sometimes a fat girl is just a fat girl.

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:23:11 +0000

Girl #1 :Â So she told me he sleeps with a stuffed animal that he holds to his chest
Girl #2 :Â Well isnt that Freudian or something,doesnt that mean he, like, needs affection?
Girl #3 : ummm well if she is their half naked why isn`t he holding her close to his chest Â . maybe its cause she is fat?

Â –Second Cup, Milton

“What about in drinks?”

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:35:25 +0000

(while studying for some sort of geography final)
Guy: so in order for it to be classified as a glacier it has to be both made of snow AND be moving.
Girl: well what if it’s not moving, what is it then?
*silence*
Guy: ummmm….ice.

—Second Cup

Clearly, Guy 1 is new to Montreal.

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:03:38 +0000

Guy 1: Yeah, there’s no such thing as hippies anymore. I wonder why…
Guy 2: Well, they never really had an agenda, they were just assholes who didn’t bathe.

—Coffee Shop

Empty nest syndrome?

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:58:08 +0000

Manly Man 1: So how’s the apartment without kittens??
Manly Man 2: [sighs] I don’t want to talk about it…it sucks.

–Coffee Shop

Which would explain why Jews are horrible in bed, except as gigalos

Alex — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:18:00 +0000

Kid 1: “Why, do Jews play chess particularily fast or something?”
Kid 2: “Of course. Time is money”

–Off Campus Coffee Shop