(Note: These are only guidelines: simple recommendations on how to make your submissions as clear as possible, and to provide some sense of unifying template. They are by no means required, though we will edit them when they are unclear)* Provide Context When Necessary. This may be as simple as starting the entry with [Two Male TAs enter the Women's Washroom] to provide context for the subsequent dialogue

* Don’t Use Real Names: We’ll edit them out and replace them with “Guy 1″ and “Girl 1″. This is, with no shred of irony, out of respect for the privacy of the participants who’s privacy has already been encroached upon (if not outright violated…). Instead, its often best to use the name as a description of your superficial impression of who that person is. (Whether or not it would hold up to scrutiny is irrelevant: perception is reality with these quotes.) Use the descriptive names as an opportunity to be a story-teller. In the instance that the quote doesnt make sense without one of the participants name…well, we’re not quite sure what to do about that one yet. Either we’ll contact the person for their permission to have their name used, or not use it at all. The policy will be more lax if the name is more general (John, Mary, etc).

* Provide a location: Part of the fun of doing this is our own community is that many people know the school well enough to be able to envision where the quote went down. It can be as simple as ending your submission with “—Adams Auditorium”, or “—POLI 208 Lecture, Leacock 132″

*McGill is very loosely defined: The conversation doesnt have to take place on McGill campus; submissions from things such as (but not limited to) Tuesday night Beer Pong at BDP, or things overheard in the McGill ghetto and the plateau are perfectly acceptable, though the listener should have a reasonable belief that at least one of the participants are either enrolled at McGill, affiliated with McGill, or making reference to McGill in some way, shape or form. The definition is especially loose because only 10% of students live “on campus”.

Example of the guidelines in practice:

[two blonde girls walk by]
Hipster: Blah blah blah blah, blah bleh?
Drunk Prep 1: Heh. Bleh Blee!
Hipster: Bubo blah bleh…
Drunk Prep 2 [interrupts, sarcastically]: Arf narf scarf garf!
—Shatner Lounge