In John Collins’s metaphysics class:
Collins: You all should come to the philosophy prospective majors open house tonight. There will be a keg, Jager shots, and cake. Due to Phillip Kitcher’s absence, we could probably get away with anything, and of course he still assumes all responsibility.
A TA chimes in: And he has terrible taste in beer.
Collins: Yeah, cause he’s british.
Other TA who is British: HEY!!
A student, who apparently missed the joke, then asked about a drink limit. Collins replied, “Yes, there is a limit on Jager shots, and it is a natural number.”
Seriously, though, class of 2013, get thee to a departmental Open House. You only have a week and a half to figure out the rest of your lives.
Comic via xkcd
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@the better exchange later in class—
collins: this isn’t me you know, this is just a persona. like peewee herman and paul reuben.
student: do you think could you come and be yourself one day?
collins: no, i’m too embarrassed.
@are these major open houses actually helpful? what do they talk about?
@... …the major.
@... ahhhhhh stressstressstressstressstr-
oh, wait. I’m in SEAS.
always a step ahead of you College kids ; )
@xkcd alt-text As so often, funnier than the comic:
“I hear Steven Levitt is writing a book analyzing A.J. Jacobs’ quest to spend a year reading everything Malcolm Gladwell ever wrote. The audiobook will be narrated by Robert Krulwich of Radiolab.”
@I JUST WANT TO BE IN THAT CLASS!
@Reality No, no you really don’t
@This comic is far better albeit completely unrelated to the topic at hand
http://xkcd.com/842/
@Better and relevant! http://xkcd.com/451/
@That one is by far one of my favorites.
@just dont pick economics, everybody does that..visit bwoguncensored.com