# Hi Morgenstern, and all my friends from GQ. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078 "2012-06-13T22:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/61 "2012-06-14T16:38:31Z")
Is that you Andy? Andy from The Office? I love you on that show. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yBUz4RnoWSM/hqdefault.jpg "Cornell The Office Reference") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBUz4RnoWSM) ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/62 "2012-06-14T16:55:20Z")
> [@dauerbach](#): > > Sorry, there are thousands of colleges. I did not see any reason why most would have heard of this one. Seriously? I would think most educated Americans, at least, would be familiar with the names of the Ivy League schools. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/63 "2012-06-14T17:11:58Z")
Except Brown. Nobody ever thinks of Brown. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/64 "2012-06-14T17:18:20Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > Except Brown. Nobody ever thinks of Brown. That’s what happens when you’re in Providence. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/65 "2012-06-14T17:35:58Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > Here, let me amend a comment of yours: that last statement is just to stupid as my comments in this thread are to smart. I’m sorry about your loss of some hearing too. Ow, my synapses! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/66 "2012-06-14T17:56:07Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > If Cornell would accept _him_, then maybe he’s got a point. Actually, I’m an Ivy League Aggie, having attended the NY State College of Agriculture at Cornell (one of the land grant colleges that make up the University). The Artsies (from the private-side College of Arts and Sciences) looked down on the Aggies and HumeEccies (from the College of Human Ecology, formerly Home Economics) for being dumb. But everybody looked down on the Hotelies (from the Statler School of Hotel Administration). They actually _were_ dumb. I’m guessing that **dauerbach** was a Hotelie. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/67 "2012-06-14T18:05:54Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > Well, I’m going to thank **Absolute** for that accurate synopsis even though it didn’t come to my eyes in time to spare me the bummer of watching you ( **dauerbach** ) splash and flop around in the willful ignorance pool. > > Maybe those who come after me will reap the benefits. Somebody get me a towel. Ugh. Yay, me! 😃 You dried off yet? ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/68 "2012-06-14T18:06:33Z")
Yes, I guess they would, if they rely on the opinions of others. I prefer to make up my own mind about things. ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/69 "2012-06-14T18:11:27Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Actually, I’m an Ivy League Aggie, having attended the NY State College of Agriculture at Cornell (one of the land grant colleges that make up the University). The Artsies (from the private-side College of Arts and Sciences) looked down on the Aggies and HumeEccies (from the College of Human Ecology, formerly Home Economics) for being dumb. But everybody looked down on the Hotelies (from the Statler School of Hotel Administration). They actually _were_ dumb. > > I’m guessing that **dauerbach** was a Hotelie. Wow. I am so impressed. You graduated from an ivy league school. You would be wrong. And about making up my own opinion…Ivy League with a cow college and home economics. How to butcher the meet and then upper level courses on how to set the table and cook it. You have to love it. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/70 "2012-06-14T18:12:06Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Actually, I’m an Ivy League Aggie, having attended the NY State College of Agriculture at Cornell (one of the land grant colleges that make up the University). The Artsies (from the private-side College of Arts and Sciences) looked down on the Aggies and HumeEccies (from the College of Human Ecology, formerly Home Economics) for being dumb. But everybody looked down on the Hotelies (from the Statler School of Hotel Administration). They actually _were_ dumb. > > I’m guessing that **dauerbach** was a Hotelie. I lived with a Hotelie when I was student there. Dumb or not, I’ve never in my life eaten better than the semester he took a gourmet cooking class and spent three days a week “studying” in the kitchen. I don’t think **dauerbach** is typical of anybody at Cornell. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/71 "2012-06-14T18:22:21Z")
> [@dauerbach](#): > > I am missing something **hear**. . . > [@dauerbach](#): > > . . . …Ivy League with a cow college and home economics. How to butcher the **meet** and then upper level courses on how to set the table and cook it. You have to love it. (Bolding mine) Cornell? ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/72 "2012-06-14T18:33:55Z")
Right. My spelling really sucks. I used to catch most of the typo’s, but now rely on spell check, which does not do well with homonyms. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/73 "2012-06-14T18:36:22Z")
> [@dauerbach](#): > > Right. My spelling really sucks. I used to catch most of the **typo’s** , but now rely on spell check, which does not do well with homonyms. You’re not great on punctuation or grammar, either. ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/74 "2012-06-14T18:36:23Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I lived with a Hotelie when I was student there. Dumb or not, I’ve never in my life eaten better than the semester he took a gourmet cooking class and spent three days a week “studying” in the kitchen. > > I don’t think **dauerbach** is typical of anybody at Cornell. You are probably correct. And I am proud of that fact. My room mate, who was an Aggie, used to catch hummingbirds and then bitch about how the beaks always got stuck in their teeth. ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/75 "2012-06-14T18:38:18Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > You’re not great on punctuation or grammar, either. You are right. This is not something I am proud of, but is a fact I have to live with. I am also miserable at geography and history. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/76 "2012-06-14T18:39:14Z")
> [@dauerbach](#): > > And fine, many people have heard of Cornell. There is no question that it is a perfectly fine school. I have not said anything bad about it at all. You called it a Cow college. You are aware that when you type words here, they are maintained in a fashion that allows us to go back and read them, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/77 "2012-06-14T18:52:01Z")
> [@dauerbach](#): > > Did you know that Misericordia ranks 2nd among regional colleges with horrible names, and No. 1 among colleges in Pennsylvania cities that should be in Texas. Yeah, for realsies, those silly Sisters of Mercy and their silly Latin. Although a guest lecturer suggested it should have been named after the [misericorde](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misericorde_%28weapon%29)because that would have been cooler. ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/78 "2012-06-14T18:52:19Z")
Right, an affectionate term for a land grant agricultural college. Not insulting at all where I come from. What would be the negative connotations of being a land grant college? ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/79 "2012-06-14T18:53:39Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Yeah, for realsies, those silly Sisters of Mercy and their silly Latin. Although a guest lecturer suggested it should have been named after the [misericorde](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misericorde_%28weapon%29)because that would have been cooler. Yes, that would have been WAY cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078/80 "2012-06-14T19:16:45Z")
I’m glad to see this has turned into a discussion about colleges since that whole car repair thing wasn’t working out too well for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-morgenstern-and-all-my-friends-from-gq/625078.md?page=5)