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