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About: This bingo card perfectly captures the quirks and inside jokes of academic conferences or department seminars, especially in astronomy or astrophysics circles. Designed for attendees who know the personalities and common mishaps all too well, it brings humor to the recurring foibles that make these gatherings memorable. It’s ideal for grad students, postdocs, and faculty looking to add some fun to their next research talk marathon.
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This Symposium Bingo Cards Game contains following Words or Phrases: Technical Difficulties, The previous slide burned on the current slide, More than 5 profs are missing the whole talk, "Try to stay on schedule", EL: "We're very proud of everyone and their research", EL: Misses the first talk after giving intro, ZS: Interrupts talk with a non-clarification question, ZS: "Interesting", ZS: Coughs in the middle of his question, ZS: Twirls his hair in the middle of his question, ZS: Eats during talk, despite the lunch break, ZS: Misses his own student's talk, ZS: Blurts out his own joke during a talk, ZS: Can hear him running in the hallway, AG: Interrupts talk with a non-clarification question, AG: Follow-up question on his own question, AG: "I have two questions", AG: Pops Liquid Death, AG: Makes a hurricane joke, JD: "Stupid / dumb question", CT: Interrupts talk without raising hand, CT: Explains your research to you, DN: Mentions dust, "More of a comment than a question", Door gets shut because of noise in the hallway, Door has to be unlocked midway through a talk, "Kepler has found thousands of exoplanets", Your reviewer does not show up.
This Symposium Bingo Cards Game contains following Words or Phrases: Technical Difficulties, The previous slide burned on the current slide, More than 5 profs are missing the whole talk, "Try to stay on schedule", EL: "We're very proud of everyone and their research", EL: Misses the first talk after giving intro, ZS: Interrupts talk with a non-clarification question, ZS: "Interesting", ZS: Coughs in the middle of his question, ZS: Twirls his hair in the middle of his question, ZS: Eats during talk, despite the lunch break, ZS: Misses his own student's talk, ZS: Blurts out his own joke during a talk, ZS: Can hear him running in the hallway, AG: Interrupts talk with a non-clarification question, AG: Follow-up question on his own question, AG: "I have two questions", AG: Pops Liquid Death, AG: Makes a hurricane joke, JD: "Stupid / dumb question", CT: Interrupts talk without raising hand, CT: Explains your research to you, DN: Mentions dust, "More of a comment than a question", Door gets shut because of noise in the hallway, Door has to be unlocked midway through a talk, "Kepler has found thousands of exoplanets", Your reviewer does not show up.