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