Banter

One of the really fun things about BMB was a pseudo-rivalry between the course directors. Dan and Andy, two of the most enthusiastic and involved teachers for this block, had quite an entertaining feud. They would insert random slides into each other's talks, claiming that their topic was more interesting. I remember Dan giving an overview of the week and saying, "Now Andy is giving a lecture Wednesday morning. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that lectures are indeed optional so feel free to sleep in that day." Of course to get him back, Andy's talk had embarrassing pictures from Dan's youth. They would fire off interjections from the back of the classroom; in response to a slide on "neuron networking," Dan would inquire, "you mean like speed dating?" But best of all, they had this thing where they would bring each other breakfast. It was very sweet. After a few mornings where they got each other orange juice, they began to scale up. One day, Andy came down and poured Dan a tiny bit of orange juice into a cup before reaching into his jacket pocket to pull out an airport bottle of vodka and pouring the whole thing in. The following week, Dan brought Andy breakfast, complete with a napkin tucked into his shirt, candles, and two med students serenading him on the violin. It was really really funny and really really awesome.