Two Joe employees examine the existential questions surrounding seafood-dish viscosity, in front of the new vending machines: ”I’m just uncomfortable with calling ceviche a soup.”       Image of a seafood dish that can’t be comfortably referred to as a soup via Wikimedia.  

Things are starting to really wind down, and people start saying things that they would have otherwise probably kept to themselves. After responding to a fire alarm in McBain, a firefighter gets in a firetruck and announces over the loudspeaker: “It’s disgusting in there. I hope you guys aren’t going to leave that place like […]

Always pay attention to your surroundings. You could learn something! Win: “Boobs attract coffee like it’s magnetic.” Lose: “Yeah so who’s graduating in all these little tents?” ’68 Laureates via Wikimedia

Love is in the air! Just look around you—sometimes you have to squint a little, but there’s magic in the minutiae. On  116th and Broadway: Girl: So do you love me or not? Guy: Right now I just have to take a massive dump. Coming out of a girls’ bathroom: Guy: I don’t understand what […]

It all began when Bwog overheard this conversation: Freshman Girl: Hey, so how did Pride and Prejudice end? Freshman Boy: Oh, they get married. FG: Really? Like her and Darcy? FB: Like yeah. How did you get into this school anyway? We realized that many of you Freshman and Sophomore types might not have had […]

A Music Hum professor to his class: “Boom. I just knowledged. All over you.” Damage Control from Wikimedia Commons

Sometimes conversations just feel like a giant game of Telephone. We wonder what Freud would have to say about this misunderstanding… In the serving line for Bhakti Club‘s Tuesday night dinners: Server 1: Didn’t I tell you? I had to stop being a vegetarian because I was…*mumble mumble* Server 2: A eunuch? Server 1: Nooo, anemic. The Sultana […]

There’s a lot to overhear in Lerner, from the incessant piano playing to the chiming of elevators as they go up and down and up and down or sometimes just linger on one floor with their doors opening and closing. Oh, and then there are the student conversations. Without further ado, we present a series […]

or not. Overheard in the Pupin 5th floor bathroom: Person 1: “I haven’t showered in four days.” Person 2: “That’s good.” Person 1: “It’s not really…but it’s eco.” Cleanliness via Wikimedia Commons

Some things sound really strange out of context, others are just strange. Bwog wonders if a little background info would make following verbal vapors smell a little less funky. Two girls chatting outside: Girl 1: Now would you be embarrassed or angry? Girl 2: *hesitates* I would be… uncomfortable. Girl 1: Out of embarrassment? Or like, “bitch you […]

Bwog respects our heritage/amorous affair by posting each issue of The Blue & White. The latest issue, now available, is a cornucopia of delights: a gripping debate on the merits of shaving, tales of Columbia’s forgotten protests, and profiles of two truly awesome students, among others. As a special treat, Bwog has asked frequent Saturday Morning Cartoons contributor Jamila Barra to […]

This weekend spawned some particularly sparkly gems. First, in the wee hours of the morning, a fairly intoxicated guy and girl approach the sign-in desk. The guy swipes in, but the girl lingers for a moment. She needs to be signed in: Guy: Oh, so you go to Barnard? Girl: Um, yeah. Is that a […]

Overheard at Barnard: Girl 1: He’s very stoic. Girl 2: I like that in a professor. Girl 1: And he wears a lot of tweed. Girl 2: Oooh, I really like that in a professor! Us too! Meanwhile, at the opposite end of the tweed loving spectrum, a professor overheard in a CC class on […]

Two graduate students stroll by Low Library: Graduate student: “Yeah, my, like, time management skills this semester have been really poor. I feel like an undergraduate. Who, like, studies the night before? So undergraduate…” Intricate clock via wikimedia.

Two guys in John Jay, getting silverware: Guy 1: Are you saying you’re smarter than me? Guy 2: *shrugs* A little bit, yeah. As Mencken wrote, “It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.” More brutal honesty via […]