so an anthropologist walks into a bar...

[ladytairngire]

I'm writing a novel with a backdrop of anthropology/academia. In the scene I'm currently writing, a group of PhD's (all specialists in Physical Anthropology/Forensics) are into their cups - hilarity ensues. I'm looking for macabre, topical, snooty academic humor - one-liners, anecdotes, etc. I thought maybe you folks would have some fodder I

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[the_gneech]

"You're so banal you think tabula rasa is a type of salad dressing!"

-TG

[kuniklos]

I laugh as well! It's a sad situation, but still a funny double meaning situation.

[virginia_fell]

One time at an archaeological field school, we got really tired of our geophysical surveying equipment (especially the magnetometer). One of the doctors running it made cardboard replicas of our surveying equipment and packed them with fireworks.

Catharsis ensues.

Maybe somebody in there can tell a story about that.

[caatinga]

I envision snide remarks about Desmond Morris and/or the Aquatic Ape Theory. Also, perhaps "ossified" could be substituted for "smashed" in an amusing way? Or maybe, "drill a hole in my skull, I'm done," as an allusion to the physical record of trepannation? Perhaps a sex joke that integrates "presenting," or "a nice set of secondary sexual characteristics

[ladytairngire]

my goodness! you've given a lot of food for thought. awesome.

[lacewindu]

I have always been a fan of, "Anthropologists don't dig dinosaurs!"