Ouch… Senior girl: This is the lowest of the low, when your freshman calculus tutor won’t even text you back. ~Library, Sunday morning Wait… what? Girl to guy: I don’t see what you see in the girls that you see things in. ~Who knows Someone needs to assign this girl more homework… Girl: …But is the library even open on Sundays? ~Smith Hear something funny that needs to be shared? E-mail your overheards to mrouvali@bates.
These just never get old… Girl 1: Damn it! I always put it in the wrong hole. Girl 2: That’s what she said. ~Napkin and Silverware drop-off, Commons Sorry, I’m busy with prior commitments… Girl: You need to make sure he responds to my texts over break! Boy: I’ll try, but he doesn’t even text me back.
Can we just cut to the chase, please... Dude on phone: Yo, that sounds sweet, but what kind of rice pudding are we talking about here? ~Library Lost in translation… Girl 1: What are you up to this week? Girl 2: Do you mean week or weekend? Girl 1: Yup! Boy on the side: I guess she didn’t realize that was a question… ~Silo This kid knows his mathematical proportions… Boy: The kid’s getting too old now…it should be called “Two and Three- Quarters of a Man”… ~Silo, after a commercial for the sit com “Two and a Half Men” Hear something funny that needs to be shared? E-mail your overheards to mrouvali@bates.
Overheard at Bates: Facebook Edition Girl: Yeah, he’s so hot. And by looking at his Facebook pictures I can tell that he’s fun, too. ~Merrill Stalk much? Person 1: Did he go to the frisbee tournament? I think they left around 8 this morning.
How to get the girl… Guy to friend: I’ll go to a baseball game. I think she likes baseball…Yeah… ~Commons Bates College, no parents? Girl to friend: You sounded just like my mom right there.
On the prowl… Girl to friend: I don’t know what I want to do to him when I find him. . . but I will fi nd him. Dorm It’s a jungle out there… Boy to friend: Those girls up in that tree are mocking you. Quad, Friday night The funny thing was… he was serious… Athlete in tears: I am sorry… I just have one question… why am I not the best player in the world? Bardwell Confession… I am actually really excited to do my homework today.
So this is love… Girl 1: He so totally likes you! Girl 2: _Oh puh-lease. _He only likes me because he hit me with a bat once. - Men’s soccer game Random outburst… Girl: Gah! _I just f*%&ing love Hey Arnold! - Commons Ouch… Boy: I mean c’mon… She’s got the common sense of an acorn.
A group of first-years clammering up a staircase in Smith on Friday night… Vexed first-year boy: Every girl here has a boyfriend! I swear, every girl I’ve talked to has a boyfriend! Optimistic first-year girl: Oooh! Oooh hey! What about me? Boy: Err… yeah… maybe… It dawned on her the next day… Girl: I didn’t make it to the '80s dance AGAIN.
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