Laptop malfunction Uses latest buzz words in the field You have no idea what's going on "We're looking into that" References advisor (past, present) Speaker wastes 5 min in outline Entire slide filled with text "Manuscript in preparation" Blatant typo Person next to you on his/her laptop "Beyond the scope of this work" Speaker is getting over a cold Professor falls asleep "The data CLEARLY shows" Speaker bashes previous work Bitter postdoc asks question Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode "That's an interesting question" Repeated use of "um..." Student bobs head fighting sleep Laser pointer doesn't work Cell phone goes off Introducing the speaker takes too long Use of Powerpoint with blue background Laptop malfunction Uses latest buzz words in the field You have no idea what's going on "We're looking into that" References advisor (past, present) Speaker wastes 5 min in outline Entire slide filled with text "Manuscript in preparation" Blatant typo Person next to you on his/her laptop "Beyond the scope of this work" Speaker is getting over a cold Professor falls asleep "The data CLEARLY shows" Speaker bashes previous work Bitter postdoc asks question Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode "That's an interesting question" Repeated use of "um..." Student bobs head fighting sleep Laser pointer doesn't work Cell phone goes off Introducing the speaker takes too long Use of Powerpoint with blue background
(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.
Laptop malfunction
Uses latest buzz words in the field
You have no idea what's going on
"We're looking into that"
References advisor (past, present)
Speaker wastes 5 min in outline
Entire slide filled with text
"Manuscript in preparation"
Blatant typo
Person next to you on his/her laptop
"Beyond the scope of this work"
Speaker is getting over a cold
Professor falls asleep
"The data CLEARLY shows"
Speaker bashes previous work
Bitter postdoc asks question
Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode
"That's an interesting question"
Repeated use of "um..."
Student bobs head fighting sleep
Laser pointer doesn't work
Cell phone goes off
Introducing the speaker takes too long
Use of Powerpoint with blue background