Overheard At McGill » ethnic

This is what happens when you agree to be set up on a blind threesome.

Overheard@McGill — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:37:01 +0000

Girl: [to two guys] I actually thought you two would be Asian, you know, because I heard you were really smart…

-Leacock

Those Pompous Assholes

Overheard@McGill — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:38:45 +0000

Guy #1: So how are you going to get citizenship in both England and Canada?
Guy #2: I told you, I’m getting dual citizenship. It’s pretty normal.
Guy #1: OHHH. I thought you said jewel citizenship, like some weird British thing.

-Schulich Library

Did You Want Me To Say Black? Because That’s Racist.

overheardatmcgill — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:37:39 +0000

Girl 1: I really like when windows are look-through resistant.
Girl 2: You mean tinted?
-Durocher & Prince Arthur

…And Soon Your Pee Will Be, As Well.

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:00:44 +0000

Girl: Being a prostitute in Mexico? Thats actually a pretty good idea.
Boy: Umm, why?
Girl: All the guys are tan there!
-Milton Gates

Abortion Makes My Butt Look Big

tdomf_9e22f — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:56:05 +0000

Guy: What do you think about euthanasia?
Girl: I think they’re tacky…
Guy: What?
-Schulich Library

The Bar Mitzvah Scene Isn’t What It Used To Be

tdomf_9e22f — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:25:53 +0000

Girl 1: I hate him! He’s always smoking and getting high and bringing girls home and shit.
Girl 2: Well, older brothers are like that.
Girl 1: No, no, he’s 13.

-Roddick Gates

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

Somewhere in the world, Nelson Mandela is drawing a rainbow.

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:00:16 +0000

Chinese girl: I’m black in South Africa. There’s a new by-law.

-Burnside

Oh, I thought it was just a new buzzword like…Google or…Iraq.

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:15:41 +0000

Girl 1: What, exactly, does Muslim mean?
Girl 2: I think it’s, like, a type of Islam or something.

-Stewart Bio

Ah, that would be Leacaucasian

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:00:40 +0000

“The Brown Student Services Building??.. What? Where do the white people go?”

-McTavish Gates

We just use it to make fun of natives.

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:27:19 +0000

Aussie girl: It’s not racist! Blackface doesn’t have the same connotation in Australia as it does here.
- Jewish Studies Building, McTavish

Complete with anthropomorphic lizards

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:10:07 +0000

Dude on the phone: Yeah man, hell yeah, I brought back Guiness. [...] You know the Land Before Time? Ireland’s like that.
- Milton and Aylmer

Asians of the Jewish Persuasion

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:49:42 +0000

Asian girl: I hate being Asian!
- Modern East Asian History

Maybe its because my Gucci bag was made in China.

Alex — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:18:13 +0000

Jewish girl: “This guy starting calling me a ‘JAP’, but I’m not even Asian!”
—Train from Montreal to Toronto

But they both look like Jet Li…

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:48:18 +0000

Guy: Oh my god, look at the Asian twins!
Girl (in a super accusatory voice): They’re not twins, they’re just both Asian!
- Rue Clark

“Donovan Bailey: The Man, The Black Man” Now on DVD

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:06:38 +0000

A group of asian guys walking down the street, an African-American male walking behind them
Asian Guy: Its like a movie. Every time I look back, the black guy gets closer.
- Durocher

After track we can all be from I-Ran

Eric — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 23:12:48 +0000

Prof: Is anyone in here Swedish?
Random kid: No, but I’m Finnish
T.A.: Well, it’s the last day of classes, we’re ALL Finnish!

In an alternate past, Mr. Nakamura hits it off with a little-known orphan with big dreams, Annie-San

overheardatmcgill — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:59:27 +0000

(A fat Asian guy with red dyed hair walks by)
Really White Guy: Dude! That guys looks just like Hiro, you know from Heroes!
Friend: Are you an idiot that guy looked nothing like him. Man can’t you tell Asian guys apart.
White Guy: Of Course I can! Clearly you’re not a fan of the show.
- Outside Otto Maass near the garden.

See? Evolution is crap.

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:10:50 +0000

Girl 1 (very pale): Ya you know, I just moved to Montreal, I’m from Bermuda.
Girl 2 (confused): but why aren’t you black?
- Roddick Gates

I, you know, like totally thought I was on an MTV hidden camera show! OMG!

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:15:00 +0000

Toronto Girl on Phone: This bum asked for me, like, change, but I knew it was like a scam, because he didn’t even look like a bum. He was big and black…he looked kinda like a gangster!”

—Arts Steps

Not ALL Jews wandered the desert.

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 13 May 2007 14:59:58 +0000

Girl 1: Oh my god, i need to do so much shopping for birthrite Israel.
Girl 2: What could you possibly need that you don’t already have?
Girl 1: Well i need clothes that match sand, i mean it’s only desert out there….
Girl 2: Are you sure you have any idea what Israel is like?
—Milton and Aylmer

You know you’re no good at being racist when you start stealing lines from late night satire.

overheardatmcgill — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:05:15 +0000

Guy: “I don’t see race. I see white and foreign.”
—Burnside

That just doesn’t seem kosher.

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:25:36 +0000

Girl #1 (to sunburned girl): Wow, you’re radiating!
Sunburned girl: Yeaa, that’s the sunburn. Oh, and the fact that I get really horny during exams, and all I can think about is boning…(laughing)…. c’mon. You know you all do it.
Girl #1: Yea, I go to synagogue for that.

—McConnell

Damn you, Federale Mowers Union !

overheardatmcgill — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:55:55 +0000

Asian Guy: God damn, that shooter down in the US is gonna give Asians a bad name. Quiet Asian guys will only be able to stay silent for 5 minutes before people get suspicious.
Mexican Guy: Join the club, down in the US, people only think of us as cheap landscapers.
Asian Guy: I don’t think we have a lot of Mexicans here.
Mexican Guy: That must be why your lawns look so shitty.
—Just Noodles on St.Laurent.

…and she’s really pissed I just said that.

overheardatmcgill — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:12:16 +0000

Guy: “Under this scared white boy facade, I’m really a strong black woman!”
—Douglas