(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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"So when do you finish?"
Glazed over look when you explain your work
Appears to believe that you don't actually work
"You're going to love being a doctor/vet/etc!"
"What do you do, exactly?"
Brags about how smart their undergrad child is
"Can't believe the student loan crisis, huh?"
Asks about school but not about your research
Half-hearted "Wow, that's so cool!"
Harps on higher education
"Why did you want to go to grad school?"
"Looking forward to summer?"
"What do you want to do with your PhD?"
Any references to being "in school"
"Have you published anything?"
"Oh, [some kid] really wants to be a doctor/vet!"
"That's a lot of school."
Feigns interest in your research
Directs aggressive opinions about science towards you
"Bet you're glad to be on break, huh?"
Directs aggressive opinions about education towards you
Tries to mansplain your work to you
"So you just want to stay in school forever, huh?"
Your self-deprecation joke only gets awkward pity laughs
