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Wacky prof quotes

The Rose Thorn

“A lot of people get sick during week four… It also seems a lot of grandparents die around week four…” —Dr. Ferro

“It’s just elegant as hell.” —Dr. Syed, who loves Physics a little too much

“Everyone is in love with Legendre polynomials.” —Dr. Syed, who makes big assumptions

“Consider three galaxies cleverly labeled as A, B, and C.” —Dr. Ditteon, on the Alphabet Galaxy group

“Whenever my daughter asked a question I couldn’t answer, I’d just slap her.” —Dr. Lugenbiehl, on proper child rearing

“Too much Maple makes me feel unclean” —Dr. Brian

“And now I am going to purple-ize this function.” —Dr. Rickert

“I always get row and column mixed up; and August and October; and bus and train” —Dr. Minster

“Soon I’ll be marrying my cousin… No, I won’t; my cousin’s gay” —Dr. Minster, on being in the Midwest too long

“I’m looking for the head of sex keys” —Dr. Eccles, looking for the set of Hex keys

“In industry, we use something called a ‘Truck factor,’ as in ‘how many people need to be hit by a truck before the project dies?’” —Dr. Chenoweth

“I think I’m still running a little B.A.C…” —Dr. Chambers, who apparently had a pretty good break

“So every once in a while you’ll happen to find a female with a nice rack.” —Dr. Anthony

“This is not a quiz question, B-T-W” —Dr. Minster

“Are you having trouble getting up?” —Dr. Lugenbiehl, and yes, he means you

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