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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Ron Paul is the man!

(upon leaving the RVC cafeteria)
Girl 1: I want to be a Mormon!
Girl 2: I DON’T.
- RVC cafeteria

(Ed Note: We think the submitter probably meant Mitt Romney, but it’s funnier this way.)

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Travel Advisory: Terruhists smuggling Uranium in root canals!

Girl: Then I got randomly searched! (at the airport)
Girl 2: Can you imagine if they did cavity searches, not just random searches?
Boy: Ha! I don’t HAVE any cavities!
Girl 2: (hasn’t noticed) Right in the middle of security, too!
Boy: Yeah..like, “open wide!”
- Greenbriar

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Monday, February 18, 2008

Though Upstate Manhattan is a Shithole.

Ditsy girl: Oh my God! New York State is, like, the coolest city in the world!
- McGill bookstore cafe

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You have 74,656 new friend requests.

Girl 1: So why didn’t you sleep with him?
Girl 2: I only sleep with people if I’m facebook friends with them.
- Chez Jose

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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Fallacious Phallic Fellatio

Prof: So today we’ll be discussing logical fallacies.
Girl: Excuse me Professor, but does fallacy have anything to do with fellatio or fellatious? I mean they’re similar, do they have the same origin or something?
[Prof and class stifle laughter]
- Research Essay and Rhetoric Class, Sherbrooke 688

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Friday, February 15, 2008

The Metaphysics of Physics

Arts girl: You need to get a life
Physics girl: I can’t! I’m in physics!
- Burnside Basement

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Something something Hillary, something something

Guy 1: Well, she’s a senator.
Guy 2: She’s a woman, yeah…but she’s not stupid.
- Schulich 5th

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

How Stairs Work

Girl: Excuse me, where do these stairs go?
Guy: Well, they go up and they go down.
- McGill gym

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And Inroll is the capital?

TA: What’s the difference between Rock and Rock&Roll music
Student: Well, Iraq is a country
- pop music

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