archaeological dig things
So i just got back from my very first dig with my uni and these were some notable moments:
The lecturer gave the introduction briefing while drinking a beer
“We have two rules in archaeology, the first is dON’T DIE”
“Whoever has the best selfie with Gary the Goat at the end of each week gets a free chocolate bar”
Lab Supervisor: “I don’t do as much licking these days”
*quietly singing macklemore’s thrift shop at 10pm on the campsite*
Supervisor, suggestively: “no one will ever touch that dirt the same way you have. You have a very intimate relationship with that dirt”
Lecturer: “Can we name the trenches after teenage mutant ninja turtles?”
Student to Lecturer: “Do you need a hand?”
Lecturer to Student: “No, I need a brain”
Supervisor: “Trench D will now be known as the Shit Pit”
Particular student working the Shit Pit is known as the ‘Poo Princess’
Archaeologist pick up lines, eg. “Are you a munsell chart? Because I wanna do you outside”
“Anyone caught stealing pencils will be fed to Gary the Goat!”
“Wanna come see my hole?”
A whole list of people banned from writing in lowercase because the supervisor can’t read their writing (I’m on that list)
Replacing “CLEAR UP YOUR LOOSE” with “BRING OUT YER DEAD!” followed by banging shovels together
“Listen to your Cult Mother! You’re being an isosceles!”
Playing Horrible Histories and Disney songs while scrubbing finds
Lab Supervisor: “Wait, let the Trench Demons get their equipment”
Lecturer in Week 3: “Why aren’t (the trenches) named after teletubbies?”
Student 1 (brushing glass): “Hey, glass me”
Student 2 (brushing bone): “Hey, bone me”
“Brush me like one of your french shells”
One of the supervisors is named ‘Trench Daddy’ in the group chat