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#139 Up↑ /267 Down↓ [Report] 2009-03-30 04:44 EST
Prof. Madden: I know the readings for this class could be time consuming... if you tried to do all the readings for this class.
Harvard student: The reading didn't really bother me as much as the programming part.
Prof. Madden: Well that shows that you're a Harvard student. -
#83 Up↑ /348 Down↓ [Flagged] 2009-02-26 02:35 EST
Fellow Sophomore: . . . you aren't taking this very seriously.
Sueshep: Lasto lalaith nin.
Third Person: Wait - did you just say "Listen to my laughter?" In Elvish?
*we stare at him*
Sueshep: Um. Yes.
F.S.: You know frickin' _Elvish_?
Sueshep: Only at MIT . . . -
#345 Up↑ /114 Down↓ [Flagged] 2009-11-23 20:29 EST
//Prof. Lee on two bodies moving apart in space exerting attractive forces on each other
Prof Lee: We only care about the attractive conservative forces at work here. Can anyone tell me another name for these forces?
*pause*
Lee: No one? Alright, its Sarah Palin. That's the best joke your getting all semester. -
#176 Up↑ /365 Down↓ [Report] 2009-04-06 00:06 EST
// McGreevy on spectroscopy, unknowingly quoting an SNL skit:
So you take a box, and then you cut a hole in the box...
*class laughs nervously*
and then you put some atoms in the box.
*class laughs louder*
Wait, why's everyone laughing?
// an email to the class later that day:
Thank you to the students who clarified what was so funny in lecture today. -
#406 Up↑ /24 Down↓ [Report] 2010-02-10 16:43 EST
// During 21L.434, discussing what car-name animal would bring the most prestige to own. Toss-up between Thunderbird and Jaguar, with Stingray voted for by one person.
Prof: Anyone want to defend the stingray?
Student: It killed Steve Irwin. That's pretty badass. -
#368 Up↑ /43 Down↓ [Flagged] 2009-12-13 11:34 EST
Prof: So, what activities did your group discuss that constitute "play"?
Group A: Drinking, chasin' girls, etc...
Prof: Yeah, those could work. How about the next group?
Group B: We came up with pretty much the same stuff...
Prof: What, are you guys all in the same frat or something? -
#58 Up↑ /202 Down↓ [Flagged] 2009-02-20 13:45 EST
//Discourse on extra term in Maxwell's equations were magnetic monopoles to exist
Prof McGreevy: ...here, I'll write it on the board in purple, because purple is the color of unicorns.
* class giggles after disbelieving pause *
Prof McGreevy: No, really. Magnetic monopoles are like unicorns - they're perfectly reasonable things, but no one has been able to find them.
