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That Wrigley's gum wrapper over there on the floor-- I will call that 'Fred'.
David Suits, Logic
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 1, 2007
Rating: 10

The key to this unit is to be able to tell your assymatotes from a hole in a graph..
Mr. Buck, Calculus
The Humberview School, Bolton,

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 4, 2007
Rating: 10

Hmm...no pop-ups today? Too bad...they spice the class up a bit.
Doug Blough, ECE 3055 - Computer Architecture and OS
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 6, 2007

Referring to a pop-up of a porn site that regularly comes up on the projector when he runs IE.
Rating: unrated

You guys should tell me when I'm acting like I'm on drugs. I'm in my own world here.
Prof. Ringel, ECE 331 Intro Materials for EE
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 6, 2007

He was doing an example of calculating atomic diffusion. He had typed in the wrong numbers and was telling us the wrong way to do it for some reason, then just looked at his work and said that.
Rating: 10

Oh hell, I screwed it all up. Well, here's the answer anyhow.
Prof. Fenton, ECE 301 Circuit Design/Analysis
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 6, 2007

He lost a coefficient somewhere and decided he didn't feel like redoing the problem, which was nice since that's when the bell rang.
Rating: unrated

Imagine Brad Pitt at age 16. He could look like a girl, no problem.
Prof. Graf, Classics 222 Classical Mythology
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 6, 2007

Not really sure how this came about when discussing the movie Troy...
Rating: unrated

I realize we all became journalists because we hate math. But we'll survive this week.
Amy Satterfield, Copy Editing, Journalism
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 7, 2007

Satterfield's intro to the one-week focus on "math in reporting"
Rating: unrated

This is what distinguishes the boys from the girls. [pause] I mean, the boys from the men.
Patrick Plaisance, Reporting
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 7, 2007
Rating: unrated

No matter if you're long or short. Did I just say that?
Patrick Plaisance, Reporting
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 7, 2007
Rating: unrated

"All you cool kids in the back of the room doing your homework. Guess what? It's due."
Dr. Gilbert Kerr, Math 231
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 8, 2007

Imagine this being spoken by someone with a mild Scottish accent.
Rating: 8

"The platypus is a dangerous and majestic creature. It's the jackalope of the water."
Dr. Don Wolberg, Vertebrate Zoology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 8, 2007

For those of you who don't know what a jackalope is, read a book.
Rating: unrated

"I can defeat you with one variable; I don't need two."
Dr. Alan Sharples, Ordinary Differential Equations
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 8, 2007

Said in his Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) class in regards to Partial DEs
Rating: 9

"So, we have 3 possibilities: A, Bi, and Bj. Since Bi is zero, what is proboblity of getting Bj? (pause) One minus proboblity of getting A!"
Dr. Anwar Hossain, Probability
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 8, 2007

Suspiciously dirty probability example. Probability is spelled how Dr. Hossain pronounces it. Quote spoken with an Indian accent and as if extremely excited.
Rating: 10

"I'm not going to make the test that difficult. I'm not a masochist! ...maybe a little S&M on the side..."
Randal Snyder, History of Music
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 9, 2007
Rating: unrated

"Now that I've spent the last half hour talking about Elvis, I want to spend the rest of the class showing you this video, because while I could just spend the whole time talking about Elvis, that's like kissing your sister: it's all right, but it just doesn't get the job done."
Randal Snyder, History of Rock
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 9, 2007
Rating: 10

"...because back in the seventies, everyone was bisexual."
Randal Snyder, History of Rock
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 9, 2007

And he said it so casually, too.
Rating: unrated

"Clap-happy, slap-on-your-back D major!"
Tyler White, Symphonic Orchestra
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 9, 2007

When describing the mood of a certain Mozart concerto.
Rating: unrated

Strings, when you get to this part, I want you to play it like a mack truck!
Tyler White, Symphonic Orchestra
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 9, 2007

So, does that mean 'heavy'?
Rating: unrated

"I'm not sure if Heidegger had any children...but he was certainly born himself. Wait, no! He was bespoken into being, it was marvelous."
Luke Fraser, Reflections on Death
University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 9, 2007
Rating: 10

(The professor writes a bunch of stuff on the board and then takes a step back) "Man, sometimes you just need a beer to get things going."
Dr. Rahn, ISYE220
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 16, 2007
Rating: unrated

[on the lack of action taken by a UN committee with regards to the UN law of the sea] "Unfortunately, the guy who was chairing the commitee wasn't old enough to DIE...praise the lord, he finally died, and action was taken."
Prof. Berrill, BIOL 432
Trent University, Peterborough, ON

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 16, 2007

This man cracks me up every lecture.
Rating: unrated

Student: "So, what exactly does that mean?"
Prof: "I don't exactly know... something to do with cylinders..."
Robert Whipple, MEEM3501 Prod 1
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 17, 2007

He wrote the words: "Cycloidal Displacement" on the board, that's it. He does this sort of thing a lot.
Rating: unrated

Dr. Smith says, "The weather here in Missouri is Shiite." Student says, "But in Iraq its Sunni." Student adds, "Women have made great strides in Iraq because there are now female weather women." "Wait she grew a beard on set."
Dr. James Smith, strategic game club
Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Missouri

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 17, 2007

Typical string of Consciousness conversation at Southwest Baptist university game night.
Rating: unrated

Dr.P: What a crazy day. I forgot every possible thing I could have forgotten today. I was driving here and forgot my purse, and I'm on E.
Class: .....
Guy: Did you just say you're on E?
Dr.P: Yes.
Class: ....WHAT?!
Dr.P: What? I'm on E, it happens sometimes.
Class:....*shock*
Dr.P:...OH! GOD! NO! I mean my gas tank is on Empty! I am not on drugs! Jesus!!
Dr. Marianne Parsons, Comparative Perspectives on Gender
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Comments? Add or View (0) submitted: February 27, 2007

Sometimes you can really notice the generation gap.
Rating: 8.5

Raise your hand if you're in favor of incest. See? Everybody thinks it's a bad idea.
Dr. Deegan, Women in Sociology
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Comments? Add or View (4) submitted: February 27, 2007

And now raise your hand if you look at pornography. See? Nobody looks at pornography.
Rating: 3.85714

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