Overheard At McGill » history 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 Magellan the Nihilist http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2010/01/25/this-is-mcgill-isnt-it/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2010/01/25/this-is-mcgill-isnt-it/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:46:30 +0000 Overheard@McGill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/?p=3672 Guy 1 : Dude, where is the Pacific Ocean?
Guy 2: Seriously? Like, the biggest ocean in the world?
Guy 1: Yeah, I guess.

-Leacock

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2010/01/25/this-is-mcgill-isnt-it/feed/ 0 A New Rezer Get The Facts Right…And We Still Make Fun Of Her http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2010/01/10/let-me-guess-youre-from-new-rez/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2010/01/10/let-me-guess-youre-from-new-rez/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:05:41 +0000 Overheard@McGill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/?p=3695 Girl: (discussing Inglourious Basterds) Didn’t any, like, historians or whatever, look at it before it was released? I’m pretty sure that’s not what happened.
-New Rez

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2010/01/10/let-me-guess-youre-from-new-rez/feed/ 2 If You Can’t Remember the Date, It’s Definitely Not “Too Soon.” http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2009/02/19/if-you-cant-remember-the-date-its-definitely-not-too-soon/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2009/02/19/if-you-cant-remember-the-date-its-definitely-not-too-soon/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:56:29 +0000 tdomf_9e22f http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/?p=2177 Librarian: You do not have to cite general knowledge facts that everyone knows, such as that terrorists bombed the Twin Towers on September 11, 2000.

-Leacock 132

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2009/02/19/if-you-cant-remember-the-date-its-definitely-not-too-soon/feed/ 2 But surely you know that nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2009/01/30/but-surely-you-know-that-nobody-expects-the-spanish-inquisition/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2009/01/30/but-surely-you-know-that-nobody-expects-the-spanish-inquisition/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:00:39 +0000 tdomf_9e22f http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/?p=2091 Girl: (yelling angrily) Will someone PLEASE tell me what the STUPID Spanish Inqui-frickin-sition is?!

-Leacock

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2009/01/30/but-surely-you-know-that-nobody-expects-the-spanish-inquisition/feed/ 2 I never let necrophobia get in the way of studying for history, or a getting laid. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/06/30/i-never-let-necrophobia-get-in-the-way-of-studying-for-history-or-a-getting-laid/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/06/30/i-never-let-necrophobia-get-in-the-way-of-studying-for-history-or-a-getting-laid/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:50:08 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/06/30/i-never-let-necrophobia-get-in-the-way-of-studying-for-history-or-a-getting-laid/ Brunette: I can’t go tomorrow night, I have to go see “JFK.”
Blonde: …But JFK’s dead! Why would you want to see him?
- Outside Werby’s on Parc

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/06/30/i-never-let-necrophobia-get-in-the-way-of-studying-for-history-or-a-getting-laid/feed/ 0 “I got wait-listed by the Christian Bible Academy… McGill was a safety” http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/05/23/i-got-wait-listed-by-the-christian-bible-academy-and-this-was-in-my-top-5/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/05/23/i-got-wait-listed-by-the-christian-bible-academy-and-this-was-in-my-top-5/#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 22:06:37 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/05/23/i-got-wait-listed-by-the-christian-bible-academy-and-this-was-in-my-top-5/ ditzy girl: …and then she said that she had a component face!
guy: what??
ditzy girl: You know, like, in science and stuff.
guy: huh?
ditzy girl (getting annoyed): You knowwww…there’s like, little things that swirl around together and make Adam.
guy: You mean Atoms?
ditzy girl: No stupid!! The Garden of Eden.
guy: The Garden of Eden is on your face???
ditzy girl (getting really annoyed): NO idiot! That’s ridiculous. (pauses) It was on HER face.
guy (really confused): What’s your major again?
ditzy girl: Some science thing. I can’t remember
guy: I thought you were taking History?
ditzy girl: Duh!! You are so stupid sometimes. History IS science
guy: (silent)
ditzy girl: I don’t even know why I even bother with you sometimes. How did you get into McGill???
- Outside the McGill bookstore

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/05/23/i-got-wait-listed-by-the-christian-bible-academy-and-this-was-in-my-top-5/feed/ 6 Other benefits of slavery: job security, shorter hours, easier to sleep with boss. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/28/other-benefits-of-slavery-job-security-shorter-hours-easier-to-sleep-with-boss/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/28/other-benefits-of-slavery-job-security-shorter-hours-easier-to-sleep-with-boss/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:07:55 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/28/other-benefits-of-slavery-job-security-shorter-hours-easier-to-sleep-with-boss/ Girl: Yeah well at least with slavery they give you housing and food. But with unpaid internships, they don’t pay for anything!

—Geo Lounge, Burnside

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/28/other-benefits-of-slavery-job-security-shorter-hours-easier-to-sleep-with-boss/feed/ 1 There are 300 things wrong with this conversation http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/13/there-are-300-things-wrong-with-this-conversation/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/13/there-are-300-things-wrong-with-this-conversation/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:43:35 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/13/there-are-300-things-wrong-with-this-conversation/ Girl 1: My boyfriend is really excited about this new movie…300?
Girl 2: Yeah! It looks so cool! It’s about–
Girl 1: Like, bows and arrows and stuff, right?
(Pause)
Girl 2: Well, sure, it’s about this famous battle between Sparta and–
Girl 1: Yeah! My boyfriend is totally into all that…Medieval stuff.

—Roddick Gates

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/03/13/there-are-300-things-wrong-with-this-conversation/feed/ 0 He revolutionized the Cuban souvenir industry. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/27/he-pioneered-the-cuban-souvenir-industry/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/27/he-pioneered-the-cuban-souvenir-industry/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:16:00 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/27/he-pioneered-the-cuban-souvenir-industry/ Guy 1: I never get what’s up with all the people wearing Che Guevara shirts?
Guy 2: What did he do anyway?
Guy 1: I don’t know, something in Cuba.

—St Catherine

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/27/he-pioneered-the-cuban-souvenir-industry/feed/ 0 Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are no longer in a relationship. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/26/adolf-hitler-and-eva-braun-are-no-longer-in-a-relationship/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/26/adolf-hitler-and-eva-braun-are-no-longer-in-a-relationship/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:24:22 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/26/adolf-hitler-and-eva-braun-are-no-longer-in-a-relationship/ Blonde Girl: What if the Nazi’s got facebook?
—AUS Lounge

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/26/adolf-hitler-and-eva-braun-are-no-longer-in-a-relationship/feed/ 3 Early Roman History Students Couldn’t Give a Shit About Doing The Reading. http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/12/early-roman-history-students-couldnt-give-a-shit-about-doing-the-reading/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/12/early-roman-history-students-couldnt-give-a-shit-about-doing-the-reading/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:19:10 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/12/early-roman-history-students-couldnt-give-a-shit-about-doing-the-reading/ (Prof, trying to get a student to summarize a reading)
Prof: Come on…nobody? It was like a one page pdf.
(Class Silent)
Prof: You could have sat down on the toilet, downloaded it on a wireless and read it before you were even finished!
(Class laughs awkwardly)
Prof: And you wouldnt have had to pay a urine tax!—Hist 375: Early Roman Empire

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/02/12/early-roman-history-students-couldnt-give-a-shit-about-doing-the-reading/feed/ 0 “I heard she tapped Louis Braille at Tokyo last weekend…” http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/30/i-heard-she-tapped-louis-braille-at-tokyo-last-weekend/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/30/i-heard-she-tapped-louis-braille-at-tokyo-last-weekend/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:00:26 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/30/i-heard-she-tapped-louis-braille-at-tokyo-last-weekend/ Girl 1:…so then they made us watch this whole movie on Hellen Keller’s life and—
Girl 2: wait wait…Hellen Keller, who is that? I know that name. Doesn’t she live in upper rez or something?

—New Rez caf

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/30/i-heard-she-tapped-louis-braille-at-tokyo-last-weekend/feed/ 5 Also, what’s with the khakis? Don’t you know what Hitler wore? http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/22/hitler-part-ii/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/22/hitler-part-ii/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:18:50 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/22/hitler-part-ii/ Girl 1: I can’t believe I ever liked him! He’s such a creep!
Girl 2: Oh, I know! He’s scum! Totally vile! Like… vermin!
Girl 1: Whaaaaaaaat! You can’t say that!!!
Girl 2: Why?
Girl 1: But what about Hitler!
Girl 2: Ummm yeah, what about him?
Girl 1: Well, THAT’S WHAT HE CALLED THE JEWS! VERMIN!
Girl 2: Whatever, ****** is Catholic anyway! Besides, it’s not like I’m planning a Holocaust for one!
- Architecture Library

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/22/hitler-part-ii/feed/ 0 Moshe “Hitler” Reichmann, III http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/22/hitler-part-i/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/22/hitler-part-i/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:08:11 +0000 overheardatmcgill http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/22/hitler-part-i/ Guy 1: Did you know that Hitler’s last surviving offspring have agreed not to have any children, so that his legacy won’t live on?
Guy 2: Well! That makes sense! I mean, could you imagine being… Fuck. What was Hitler’s last name?
-Redpath Cafeteria (X-Mas Exam Season)

]]> http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/22/hitler-part-i/feed/ 0 Ok, now I’m confused. When’d Guatanomo Bay happen? http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/06/ok-now-im-confused-whend-guatanomo-bay-happen/ http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/06/ok-now-im-confused-whend-guatanomo-bay-happen/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:33:26 +0000 Alex http://www.overheardatmcgill.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/archives/2007/01/06/ok-now-im-confused-whend-guatanomo-bay-happen/ Girl #1: Wasn’t World War I the war with all the countries and World War II the
war against the Jews??
Girl #2:Ummmm… No!!
Girl #1: Oh right, that was pearl harbor!

- New Rez

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