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A Simple ‘I’m Fine’ Would Have Sufficed

Overheard@McGill — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:35:33 +0000

Prof: I havn’t felt particularly horny lately, actually.

-Arts Legacy

She’s friends with Nora Pinephrine

Overheard@McGill — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:51:30 +0000

*Drunk girl cracks open a beer*

Sober girl: I don’t think that’s a good idea.
Drunk girl: I’m fine! Ask me anything!
Sober girl: Ok. What does Serotonin do?
Drunk girl: Sero-tonin?
Sober girl: See, you’re drunk!
Drunk girl: But…Sarah Tonin! I don’t know who she is!

-New Rez

Can I put my ballot in your box?

tdomf_9e22f — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:40:18 +0000

(discussing Rez Council elections)
Girl: I’d totally be his VP Internal.

- Lower Campus

What, I like my toothpaste with a little kick.

tdomf_9e22f — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:11:28 +0000

Drunk girl: YOU smell like peppermint schnapps, too!
Sober girl: Actually, that’s my toothpaste…

–Durocher

Don’t get her started on the penal code.

deathsmistress — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:34:43 +0000

Boy: I just got an interview with a law firm.
Girl: You want to be a lawyer?
Boy: No, I want to be a paralegal.
Girl: But… you can walk…

- Ghetto

Coiffed my brains out!

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:20:25 +0000

Girl 1: Your hair looks really good today!
Girl 2: Thanks! I had a lot of sex last night.

-Campus

In Lieu of Flowers, Please Send…

tdomf_9e22f — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:40:58 +0000

Girl: Yeah, I saw a lot of penises this weekend.

–Trottier

Abrevs Are Sweepin’ The Nashe

tdomf_9e22f — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:01:35 +0000

(At Metro Grocery Store. New Rez Girl surveys her shopping cart.)

New Rez Girl: You know, this is gonna be SO expen.

–Metro

Professor by day, dancer by night

tdomf_9e22f — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:38:50 +0000

(talking about a professor)

Girl: He’s so hot, with that white shirt he always wears.

Guy: Actually last week he was wearing this….burlesque-like sweater!

Girl: … you mean burlap?

–Leacock

The rare specimen of ‘hotticus engineericus’

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:22:40 +0000

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

Quoi?

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:00:37 +0000

Girl: It’s really hard being anglophone…

-Lower Field

I tried the Asian flavor, but its parents were too strict.

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:00:14 +0000

Girl 1: God, what are you drinking?
Girl 2: Soy milk.
Girl 1: SOY WHITE MILK?

-Arts Lounge

At least it’s not crabs…

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:05:03 +0000

Girl: In a dream, I gave birth to three ants, and then I smashed them.
Boy: You have ants in your pants!
- McLennan Library

Cited in Wikipedia (2008)

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:35:50 +0000

Girl: The only positive thing the prof said about my paper is that I had good references. I didn’t read them or anything, but I knew they were good.
- Burnside Elevator

Wasn’t that the season finale of What Not To Wear?

overheardatmcgill — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:35:34 +0000

Professor: I don’t even turn on the television anymore. It’s just violence. It’s all rape, and gore, and homosexual pedophiles in wheelchairs who chop up grandmothers.
- 19th Century Philosophy

‘Til death do us part.

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:27:53 +0000

Guy: Avada Kedavra is so romantic!
- McTavish

You still “screw” them…

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:52:29 +0000

Girl: Stop calling women objects or tools! Women are NOT tools!
Guy: Of course they aren’t tools. Tools are useful.
- McGill Arena

Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to ferret out the homosexual overtones

overheardatmcgill — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:36:28 +0000

Dude 1: I saw Rambo over the weekend.
Dude 2: Was it good?
Dude 1: It’s good if you like action movies. You should see it.
Dude 2, (trepidatiously): Yeah… I haven’t seen the first ones, though.
- cultural studies

I’m sorry, I only speak NERD

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:43:43 +0000

Girl: I’m sorry, I don’t speak geek!-OH! Do you have Transformers?
- de Bullion

Asstrobiology

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:54:13 +0000

Guy: Oh My God that girl has a HUGE ass, but I love it.
- Astrobiology seminar

Ron Paul is the man!

overheardatmcgill — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:00:41 +0000

(upon leaving the RVC cafeteria)
Girl 1: I want to be a Mormon!
Girl 2: I DON’T.
- RVC cafeteria

(Ed Note: We think the submitter probably meant Mitt Romney, but it’s funnier this way.)

You have 74,656 new friend requests.

overheardatmcgill — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:32:27 +0000

Girl 1: So why didn’t you sleep with him?
Girl 2: I only sleep with people if I’m facebook friends with them.
- Chez Jose

Fallacious Phallic Fellatio

overheardatmcgill — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:02:14 +0000

Prof: So today we’ll be discussing logical fallacies.
Girl: Excuse me Professor, but does fallacy have anything to do with fellatio or fellatious? I mean they’re similar, do they have the same origin or something?
[Prof and class stifle laughter]
- Research Essay and Rhetoric Class, Sherbrooke 688

Something something Hillary, something something

overheardatmcgill — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:40 +0000

Guy 1: Well, she’s a senator.
Guy 2: She’s a woman, yeah…but she’s not stupid.
- Schulich 5th

Clearly.

overheardatmcgill — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:49:45 +0000

Guy: Yeah, it’s like he’s fluent in science, he’s so good at it!
Girl: Science? that’s a good thing to be fluent at. I’m not even that well in ENGLISH.
- thankfully not an english class…