Overheard At McGill » geography

Magellan the Nihilist

Overheard@McGill — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:46:30 +0000

Guy 1 : Dude, where is the Pacific Ocean?
Guy 2: Seriously? Like, the biggest ocean in the world?
Guy 1: Yeah, I guess.

-Leacock

I Hear African Is Actually A Much Harder Language To Master.

Overheard@McGill — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:19:30 +0000

Girl: So I’m doing my laundry and my bras are all in a big pile, when these two asians walk in. And they were totally like, talking in asian about me. Then stole my dryer.

-New Rez laundry room

And If I’m Lucky, Catch A Sighting of Kim Jong-il!

Overheard@McGill — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:42 +0000

Girl 1: That’s the only reason I want to go to Japan…that and to see the Great Wall…

-Aylmer

At Least We Know They Aren’t Hipsters?

Overheard@McGill — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:19:51 +0000

Girl #1: Wait, is the Plateau a building?
Girl #2: Or is it like a region?

-Aylmer

Rand McNally is a dirty liar!

tdomf_9e22f — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:46:55 +0000

Girl 1: What’s the Capital of Alaska?
Girl 2: Anchorage?
Girl 1: Let’s look at the map.
Girl 2: Oh my God, Alaska is attached to Canada!?! I always thought it was an island!

-McConnell

And don’t even get me started on Lake Titicaca

tdomf_9e22f — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:48:00 +0000

Guy: Why would anyone name a city WATER-LOO??

-Otto Mass

Well, the same logic works for my laundry

tdomf_9e22f — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:44:24 +0000

(Prof is discussing how the world is “getting smaller” due to technology)

Girl 1: Wait, why is the world getting smaller?
Girl 2: I don’t know; Global Warming or something…

-Leacock

Oh, ASIA! I thought you said “smoking pot”.

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:00:15 +0000

Professor: Do you have any experience in Asia?

Student: Not really… Well, I lived in Vancouver for a little bit.

-Leacock

Go one block right. Then another block right. Then another block right. Then one more block right, and you’re there!

tdomf_9e22f — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:02:53 +0000

Guy: I’m from Beaconsfield, it’s on the island of Montreal.
Girl: Where is the island of Montreal?

-New Rez

Bill O’Reilly claims Arctic breaking up “just for the hell of it.”

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:42:40 +0000

Guy: I have a lot of respect for icebergs. They’re not trying to show off or anything.
- Aylmer

Kinshasa University’s Urban Planning program is very, very poor.

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:18:45 +0000

International student: I got in a car accident on my way to the airport.
Oblivious science student: OMG that’s crazy, I just don’t know how anyone manages to drive in Africa with no roads.
- Burnside Basement

Someone didn’t watch Carmen Sandiego growing up.

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:25:39 +0000

Prof: So, minimal standards of living in Canada are very different to Togo.
Student: What the fuck is Togo?
- ECON 209

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

This Condition Is Called Hyperactive Separatist Syndrome

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:27:24 +0000

Prof: If you show patients with right parietal cortex damage a map of Canada and ask them to point to Quebec, they will point to the middle of the Atlantic…which is where Quebec should really be.
- ANAT321 Circuitry of the Brain

The sad thing is that they all probably still got A’s.

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:54:16 +0000

(Studying for the midterm in Terrestrial Planets, the quintessential bird course; Girl 1 has just claimed she’ll ace the exam)
Guy: So you have Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars as the terrestrial planets.
Girl 1 (who just claimed she’ll ace the exam): Wait, Mars isn’t a planet, it’s a moon!
Guy: (Frozen with shock) Umm.. No, you’re wrong.
Girl 2: (with certainty to girl 1) No, Mercury is the moon.
Guy: (walks away in disgust)
- Walking into midterm.

Same rationale used to keep Quebec out of North America.

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:53:47 +0000

Girl 1: Is Cuba part of North America?
Girl 2: Do they speak Spanish in Cuba?
Girl 1: Yes.
Girl 2: Then no. Cuba is not part of North America.
Guy: What about Mexico. They speak Spanish in Mexico.
Girl 2: Mexicans are illegal.

—BMH

which is in New England — no, that’s all wrong, I’m certain! We must have been changed for New Rez girls!

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:04:12 +0000

Girl 1: No, dude, I never knew New Jersey was in New York!
Girl 2: Yeah… I didn’t even know New Jersey was a city!!!

—Stanley and St. Caths

Oh, right, Orangentina.

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:28:29 +0000

(Talking about some documentary she’s seen in class.)
Ignorant Girl: Yeah, it’s set in Panovo.
Clearly Better Informed Friend: (confused) What? Where?
Ignorant Girl: In Panovo. (louder) PANOVO. (spells slowly) P-A-N-O-V-O.
Clearly Better Informed Friend: I really don’t know what you’re referring to.
Ignorant Girl: You must know about it, you just don’t remember. It’s one of the Spanish speaking countries.
—RVC Cafeteria

Sorority Geography

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:11:00 +0000

(Sorority girls discussing where they went on their spring breaks)
Smart Sorority Girl #1: “But, I thought Mexico was a part of the Dominican…”
(blank stares from the rest)
Smart Sorority Girl #2: “Me too…”

—St. Laurent

“Yes, but not of the Rhode persuasion.”

overheardatmcgill — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:00:11 +0000

Girl: Is Prince Edward Island an island?

—New Rez study room

Also known as a dictionary.

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:02:35 +0000

“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

“And by upset, I mean dead. And by OK, I mean dead.”

overheardatmcgill — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:58:31 +0000

Guy: “If my plane blew up on the way to Ireland, I would be really upset. If it blew up on the way back, I’d be OK.”

—stewart bio

The Dutch Empire: not to be confused with “da Dutch Hempire”

la_ura — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:54:42 +0000

Prof: So which country do you think has the highest suicide rate?
Guy: um, the Netherlands… like Norway and stuff

—abnormal psych

Oh. Which one’s Iraq?

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:30:11 +0000

Guy 1: See this is why being colour blind sucks. I can’t tell the difference between the colours of the countries on this map!
Guy 2: Which countries?
Guy 1: These three… and these three…
Guy 2: They’re all the same colour. Dark green.