You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

MBA #1 whispering: Every time [the professor] says, ‘investment of comparable risk,’ don’t you feel like he is saying, ‘rodents of unusual size’? Like in The Princess Bride?
MBA #2: You don’t like Accounting, do you?

http://overheardatkmc.blogspot.com/2006/10/rouss.html

Posted on January 4, 2021
Class, Education, Movies, Overheard at KMC, Students

Yes, I’d Like a Grande Double Espresso with a Shot of Cocaine

Man: Decaf, please.
MBA guy: Who the fuck orders decaf? That’s like having eyes yet walking around with them closed.

http://overheardatkmc.blogspot.com/2006/10/open-your-eyes.html

Posted on May 2, 2020
Food, Jerks, Overheard at KMC

And Then I’ll Have Fewer Exams to Grade

Accounting professor: You should drink champagne and go swimming — it’s lots of fun. Once you’re tipsy and get three to four feet underwater you have no idea which way’s up.

http://overheardatkmc.blogspot.com/2006/11/what-accountant-does-for-fun.html

Posted on June 13, 2019
Advice, Class, Overheard at KMC, Teachers

Um, None of This Is Autobiographical

Professor: What is SWOT?
Student: Strength is your wife, weakness if neighbor’s wife, opportunity is when your neighbor is away, and threat is when you are away.

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Posted on September 8, 2018
Overheard at KMC, Students, Teachers, Words

We Need a Nice Set of Operational Definitions

Male MBA #1: We should have a contest to see who can bring the hottest date to charity ball.
Male MBA #2: That wouldn’t work, because looks are subjective.
Female MBA: Um… No… Some people are objectively hot. You can be empirically attractive.

http://overheardatkmc.blogspot.com/2006/10/lets-compare-dates.html

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