PhD Holiday Bingo - Call List

(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.

1. Brags about their "smart" undergrad child
2. "You must really love school!"
3. "So when do you finish?"
4. "Wow, that's a lot of school!"
5. Mentions student loans and/or debt
6. "What do you do, exactly?"
7. Asks about school but not about your research
8. "Have you published anything?"
9. Your self-deprecation joke only gets awkward pity laughs
10. "Why did you want to go to grad school?"
11. Feigns interest in your research
12. Half-hearted "Wow, that's so cool!"
13. Appears to believe that you don't have a job
14. Directs aggressive opinions about science towards you
15. Glazed over look when you explain your work
16. Tries to mansplain your work to you
17. "So you just want to stay in school forever!"
18. Harps on higher education
19. Any references to being "in school"
20. "What do you want to do with your PhD?"
21. "Oh, [some kid] really wants to be a doctor/vet!"
22. "Looking forward to summer?"
23. "Bet you're glad to be on break!"
24. "What classes do you take?"