Do what you have to, Ernestine

Ernestine: Am I doing grill tomorrow? We ran out today so if I am, that means I gotta come in early, I gotta pound, I gotta hammer...

Overheard: Refectory

Herod did have the whole fall collection...

Jaime Lara: Herod was very influenced by the Greeks and Romans. He loved Gucci.

Overheard: House of the Lord

Good friends

Student 1 (female): Hey look, I can make sideburns with my hair, just like yours!

Student 2 (male): I've had these sideburns since forever... before college. (points to them) See, this one is Luther and this one is Erasmus!

And Radiohead

Student: Harry Attridge has a surprising amount of Sixpence None The Richer in his shared iTunes.

Theological pickup lines are my favorite

Student 1: So, when Abraham makes this covenant, he actually tells the guy to grab his testicles.

Student2: That would make a great theological pick-up line: “Hey baby, let’s make a covenant.”

Overheard at: OT

Plus they got to wear togas! I would wear a toga every day if I could.

Student 1: I think I would have much rather been a Greek than a Roman.
Student 2: But the Greeks were always killing each other!
Student 1: Yeah, but it was always so playful.

Overheard at: HGS

So dangerous, yet so delicious

First year MAR: I’m like a Ding Dong for people who are allergic to chocolate.

If you're anyone, I would also assume

First Year MAR: It’s amazing the things you can have sex with… if you’re a Roman Emperor.

I didn't know eHarmony had a mannish woman category

Student 1: eHarmony doesn't match men to men.
Student 2: You could find a mannish woman.
Student 1: Believe me, I've tried.

Overheard: Commuter Lounge

They love you too!!!!!

Student 1: How was class?
Student 2: It was really good. Thought provoking, moving, interesting...
Student 3: All wrapped up in the package that is Jonathon Bonk.
Student 4: I love Mennonites!!!!!

YDS is pretty passive-aggressive... at least until we get some drink in us. Then we're just aggressive.

YDS's Coffee Hour is famous over at passive-aggressivenotes.com... Check it out.

PS: To avoid the appearance of self-promotion and a conflict of interest, those notes are from the Ghost of Coffee Hours Past (and the Ghost of Bookstores Present).

PPS: Donate coffee mugs! And then wash your own. Seriously. It's not that I'm mad... just that I'm disappointed.

Please tell me it's framed somewhere

(looking at poster online)
Student 1: I don't know; it's kinda expensive.
Student 2: How much is it?
Student 1: $35.
Student 2: Oh, that's totally worth it. That's how much I paid for my Paul Tillich Time cover reprint.

Not boring enough for you?

Student: Do you have the book Basic Christianity?
Second Temple Student: I don't think so... Is that theology?
Student: Yeah, on evangelical theology.
Second Temple Student: Nope, I don't have any books on that Jesus cult.

Hopefully not in a factory

(student points to "Made In Mexico" on another student's notebook)
Student: Just like you!

Overheard at: Commuter Lounge

Susan Olson must loooove the Bible

Susan Olson: So what are you reading the Bible for?

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(group of Bible/Second Temple students walk up)
Susan Olson: You're like a roving gang of Bible geeks!

Overheard at: Commuter Lounge

Baden's more exclusive than Jesus, it seems

Student: Hey, is your course full?
Joel Baden: Well, I capped it at four...

Overheard: Common room

Almost as good as OH in Minneapolis!

This week only: Overheard at the RNC

Check it out.

A lot of Irish accents in HB

(John Collins starts speaking)
Student: All prophets sound like Irishmen now, after Hebrew Bible.

Overheard at: Faculty-Student lunch

Good advice!

Student: I was sleeping on the couch for awhile, and [alumni] would go out at 2 in the morning, and I'd mumble, "make good choices!"

Oh, the inner shame.

(during discussion on the atmosphere in law school classrooms)
Student 1: Yeah, there's not a lot of public shaming at div school.
Student 2: It's mostly inner shame, really.