Odd conversations on campus

So I'm walking to my car after a particularly good Calculus discussion in which I understood everything but the last four minutes--if you were there, you'd be just as lost. Anyways, back to the important part of my subject: I was walking down to my car and I passed what I assume was a gaggle of grad students all chattering in pairs like most graduate students who deem themselves very important and I hear this odd snippet of conversations, "I was thinking of using the crowbar, but the impact would be too [and this is the part where his voice fades]." Now, it is very easy to make assumptions on such a vague quote, and you know what they say about assumptions. But if you don't, here's a refresher: When you assume you make an ASS out of U and ME. However, as I am already an ass most of the time, here's my take on it: You have a very pompous grad student (given). My guess is he's a Literature major or something of the sort (assumed because of the direction he was coming from). So obviously he was writing a book--probably some murder mystery if my other assumption is correct. But the thing that really makes me proud is that he could have accepted that the crowbar was a decent--if not inventive--way to kill someone, however, he contemplated like it really matter. And that is why I go to a prestigious university.