War | Overheard At McGill

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

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

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Dildos over Baghdad!

Professor: Does anyone want to know how foreign explosive penetrators work?
(Prof goes to board and reads advertisement for V-Day McGill)
Professor: “Vaginas for life bitches?” This is perfect for talking about explosive penetrators.

—Leacock 132

Monday, February 12, 2007

In retaliation, American Guy would go to Afghanistan and mistakenly kill two Canadians.

American Guy: [Jokingly] Canadians are mostly pussies who’ll believe anything the government tells them. I bet if me and you threw down I’d win solely on the fact that I’m American and you’re Canadian.
Canadian Guy: Oh please. If you and I actually got into a real fight you’d get knock down faster than the Twin Towers.

—Outside Redpath

Friday, February 9, 2007

…but Iraq’s a BLAST!

Prof: War is not fun. And Vietnam certainly wasn’t fun.

—POLI-346

Sunday, February 4, 2007

Also, meet my cousin, Operation Iraqi Freedom

Girl 1: My aunt was born in Virginia and her middle name is the fort where her parents met
Girl 2: I think it’d be horrible to be named after a fort…like henry
(pause)
Girl 2: Henry’s a fort, right?

—New Rez

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Comparing the health of the peace process to that of Sharon would have been funnier had his doctors not given up on any chance of recovery.

TA: “So following Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount in September of 2000, the Palestinians became violent again and the Second Infitadah began. However, this time there was far more intense violence directed at Israeli soldiers and citizens, rather than just the rock throwing of the First Infitadah…This really put the Palestinian peace process into a coma…kinda like Sharon…”

—POLI 347

Monday, January 15, 2007

Military-Industrial Complex ain’t got nothing on McGill’s Superiority Complex.

Student: Is it true that a McGill professor is working on a bunker-busting bomb?
Professor: Yes, because we have learned that Concordia is up to something in their bunkers
(Class: slight laughter )
Professor: Yes, that is where they are training them to deliver pizza.
(Class: loud laughter and applause)

—POLI 227 (Intro. to Developing Areas), Leacock 132

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Hey, Somalia, you want some foreign aid taking off those dirty, dirty sanctions?

Guy: We’re taking it back, I’m putting the rape back in diplomatic relations.

—SSMU Lounge

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

And in other news, a 14-foot statue of Gerald Ford was brought down and looted in Fallujah, Michigan

girl 1: i went to new york over break and all the flags were at half mast.
what’s up with that?
girl 2 (jokingly): saddam hussein died.
girl 1 (seriously): oh, that makes sense.

–Arts Lobby

Monday, January 8, 2007

On the bright side, not much Calculus in Afghanistan

Canadian soldier (twists beret nervously in his hands): Yeah, I’m not really on duty right now; I’m actually going to school… I have to take CALCULUS.
McGill Girl: Really? I don’t have to take calculus.
Canadian soldier (drops beret in shock): That’s not fair!
- PE Trudeau Airport

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