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