Overheard At McGill » elevator http://www.overheardatmcgill.com Crazy, Stupid, Funny, and Irreverent Things Overheard at McGill University Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:14:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Gives ‘going down’ a whole new pathetic meaning http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2008/12/08/if-i-were-in-engineering-id-see-them-all-the-time-too/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2008/12/08/if-i-were-in-engineering-id-see-them-all-the-time-too/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:02:03 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/?p=1901 (Guy and Girl riding in a elevator)
Girl: I said “groups”, NOT boobs. God.
Guy: Oh. (Pause) Sorry, I see boobs everywhere; everything is boobs to me. (Points to the elevator buttons.) Look at these – nipples arranged in a particular pattern.

–Schulich

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Girl #1: Are you OK? You should lie down. It feels better to cry in your own bed.
Girl #2: (Sobbing) No, I won’t be able to sleep tonight…
Girl #1: OK. Well, do you want me to start up “The Sims”?
Girl #2: …yeah.

–New Rez

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2008/11/21/forcing-my-pixilated-minions-to-sleep-is-much-more-cathartic/feed/ 2 The rare specimen of ‘hotticus engineericus’ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2008/11/16/the-rare-specimen-of-hotticus-engineericus/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2008/11/16/the-rare-specimen-of-hotticus-engineericus/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:22:40 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/?p=1610 Three girls are talking in an elevator about their engineering courses.

Other Girl: Wait, you three are in Engineering? But you’re all hot!

-Schulich Library

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2008/11/16/the-rare-specimen-of-hotticus-engineericus/feed/ 7 Who will then promptly have me executed for tarnishing the UN’s reputation by instigating the ‘Oil for Weed’ program. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/21/who-will-then-promptly-have-me-executed-for-tarnishing-the-uns-reputation-by-instigating-the-oil-for-weed-program/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/21/who-will-then-promptly-have-me-executed-for-tarnishing-the-uns-reputation-by-instigating-the-oil-for-weed-program/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:00:27 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/21/who-will-then-promptly-have-me-executed-for-tarnishing-the-uns-reputation-by-instigating-the-oil-for-weed-program/ Girl (on cellphone): My life totally sucks right now. I went to an intellectual conference and people were saying smart things and I was asking myself ‘Why can’t I say things like that?’ And I’ve forgotten all essay-writing skills I learned in high school. Ugh, I am like totally ESL right now. Like, what am I doing with my life? I’m not getting into law school, I’m not going to get a position at the UN…. UGH!! I might as well get married to a rich Arabian prince!
- Elevator, apt. on du Parc

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/21/who-will-then-promptly-have-me-executed-for-tarnishing-the-uns-reputation-by-instigating-the-oil-for-weed-program/feed/ 0 I was reading a book…Let’s ride bikes! http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/20/i-was-reading-a-booklets-ride-bikes/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/20/i-was-reading-a-booklets-ride-bikes/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:24:27 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/20/i-was-reading-a-booklets-ride-bikes/ Girl 1:And my boyfriend told me what a bad person I was, and I was like, ‘don’t say that to me, you’re hurting my feelings.’ Then I did drugs and cried all day
Girl 2: Wow, well we should really study today
Girl 1: Yeah, lets stay really late, like till 10.
Girl 2: (totally serious) Yeah, or we can go to the biosphere and get burgers
Girl 1: (totally serious) Yeah

—Leacock elevator

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/20/i-was-reading-a-booklets-ride-bikes/feed/ 1 There are three types of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who live in New Rez. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/27/there-are-three-types-of-people-in-this-world-those-who-can-count-and-those-who-live-in-new-rez/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/27/there-are-three-types-of-people-in-this-world-those-who-can-count-and-those-who-live-in-new-rez/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:52:46 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/27/there-are-three-types-of-people-in-this-world-those-who-can-count-and-those-who-live-in-new-rez/ Guy: What’s 14+9?
Girl: 21. (looks satisfied with her quick and “correct” answer)
Guy: Damn, you’re fast.
Girl: Haha, you thought you almost had me there.

—New Rez elevator

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/27/there-are-three-types-of-people-in-this-world-those-who-can-count-and-those-who-live-in-new-rez/feed/ 0 But two could write the headlines. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/20/but-two-could-write-the-headlines/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/20/but-two-could-write-the-headlines/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:00:41 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/20/but-two-could-write-the-headlines/ Guy: A thousand Jews on a thousand type-writers couldn’t write the the stuff that’s on Overheardatmcgill!

—Burnside elevator

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/20/but-two-could-write-the-headlines/feed/ 1 Doesn’t get any more American than wasting electricity. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/19/doesnt-get-any-more-american-than-wasting-electricity/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/19/doesnt-get-any-more-american-than-wasting-electricity/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:01:18 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/19/doesnt-get-any-more-american-than-wasting-electricity/ Girl 1: “My roommate insists on sleeping with the TV on…she says the flashing puts her to sleep or something”
Girl 2: “Is that, like, an American thing to do?”

—Elevator in the Education Building ]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/19/doesnt-get-any-more-american-than-wasting-electricity/feed/ 0 Also known as a dictionary. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/13/also-known-as-a-dictionary/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/13/also-known-as-a-dictionary/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:02:35 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/13/also-known-as-a-dictionary/ “It’s in the Caribbean! Get a geography book! (pause) Also known as an atlas. (pause) Maybe I need to get myself an English book.”

—Leacock elevator

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/13/also-known-as-a-dictionary/feed/ 0 Touché. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/09/touche/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/09/touche/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:59:07 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/09/touche/ (in an elevator)
Girl: “Wearing your hat backwards doesn’t make you cool.”
Guy: “Um… ok, just like wearing a push-up bra doesn’t make you hot.”
(Girl exits elevator with a disgusted look on her face)

—Leacock

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/09/touche/feed/ 5 “It’s a shame my landlord doesn’t allow pets…” http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/20/its-a-shame-my-landlord-doesnt-allow-pets/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/20/its-a-shame-my-landlord-doesnt-allow-pets/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:26:44 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/20/its-a-shame-my-landlord-doesnt-allow-pets/ (Two girls talking loudly in the back of crowded elevator.)
Girl 1: I’m so lonely, I wish I had a pet.
Girl 2: Pets are great but a lot of work you know.
Girl 1: Do you know what I’ve always wanted as a pet?
Girl 2: What?
Girl 1: A MIDGET! They are so cute! I want one!
(Girl 2 giggles, rest of elevator is dead silent.)

—Education Elevator

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/20/its-a-shame-my-landlord-doesnt-allow-pets/feed/ 4 Further proof that giggling is an appropriate reaction to pretty much anything http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/10/further-proof-that-giggling-is-an-appropriate-reaction-to-pretty-much-anything/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/10/further-proof-that-giggling-is-an-appropriate-reaction-to-pretty-much-anything/#comments Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:47:42 +0000 Alex http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/10/further-proof-that-giggling-is-an-appropriate-reaction-to-pretty-much-anything/ Elevator opens on the 10th floor.
Guy one enters, giggling.
Guy two: (enters) yo, i can’t believe joe threw that guy out the window.
Guy one: (giggles)
Guys exit on floor 8
Elevator continues on its journey to RC in shock
- New Rez

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/10/further-proof-that-giggling-is-an-appropriate-reaction-to-pretty-much-anything/feed/ 0 “It sounds almost as hollow as when I do it on my head” http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2006/12/17/it-sounds-almost-as-hollow-as-when-i-do-it-on-my-head/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2006/12/17/it-sounds-almost-as-hollow-as-when-i-do-it-on-my-head/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:29:50 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2006/12/17/it-sounds-almost-as-hollow-as-when-i-do-it-on-my-head/ (Stoners walk into a elevator)
Stoned Skinny Girl: I still cant figure out why it makes that sound.
(The skinny girl keeps knocking her fist into her lung. It makes a drum-like sound)
Stoned Skinny Girl: Its almost like my heart is thumping.
Stoned Guy: Maybe its like cause the lung is a cavity or something.
Skinny Stoned Girl: Even if its a cavity why would it make that sound?
(The stoners exit. Still confused)

– Molson Hall Elevator

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…[awkward minute of silence]…

–McConnell Engineering Elevator

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