“You coming ,you doing you going, what gaining ??”, our Lab-in charge questioned.
“I Learning, Sir ?” came the answer.
“What ? ” he had caught the sarcasm in the preposition-less sentence.
“No, some work experience at least, sir !!”
Everything else notwithstanding , one thing that our professors are really famous of are in their very own brand of English and some really colorful dialogues. I write the following not as a mark of disrespect but just to elaborate how fun our interaction with our GPA deciders can be, beyond the sleepy CLC sessions.
I cant name him but he is one of the most famous dopers of our very renowned college. One fine morning after a heavy night of grass and pot and jointing , he was spotted sleeping in Structural Analysis, not by classmates but a very pissed-off prof. And guess what he was asked after waking him up
“What is a joint ???” Of course terminologies are so very different in the worlds of Civil Engineering and Marijuana.
His reaction was something like “ Am I still dreaming or …. What ?? This loser doesn’t know what’s a joint ??
This is from my classmate when we were discussing the probability of terrorists bombing NITT after the Delhi blasts . His observation (which I think, was spot on) was like “ This place is like from the movie “The hills have Eyes” a totally blasted area already as if the US government used to test nuclear bombs in here….. Whats the point in a blast here …. No changes in before/after photos …. No return on investment….. maybe a few jobless cows and a few TJJs will die nothing else ……..”
“ I went to bed at 2 last nite …” barked our Survey umm… supervisor at best ( we later discovered he hadn’t yet managed his Phd for five full years )
“Sir I also went to bed at 2 last nite” my friend quipped.
“What were you doing ? watching or playing ?”
“Watching “
“I was doing C++ . See that’s the difference . Im a Phd …….. you are a B.Tech …”
Somebody behind me muttered “He is a B.Tech , you are a loser . That’s the difference! “
In my first year a pissed off prepositionless professor exclaimed “ See you study, I gain ; you not study, I also gain ; so why not study ?? “ ….
The answer though not loud was prompt “ Because we study , we NOT gain !! “
Our final year senior when once spotted in juicy gave us the excuse “There’s no attendance in class …. Why bother ?? “
“ No attendance ??” we shouted in unison as if a gold mine has been discovered in CLC
“Yes , our Slot D dude once appeared one fine 10:30 morning and showing his front 12 teeth morosely said, ‘I cant take the attendance , I’ve lost my attendance book , I’m very sorry !!”
We were right – a gold mine has been discovered albeit in CEESAT not CLC (he’s a Chem. final yr)
