The second answer addresses the problem with the first: > ...[T]his response always strikes me as pointless and condescending. ... Whenever I hear people pull

The second answer addresses the problem with the first: > ...[T]his response always strikes me as pointless and condescending. ... Whenever I hear people pull the "I went to Boston" routine--and a lot of Harvard alums do this even when in the exclusive presence of other elite school grads--it does seem like bragging/false modesty, because the implication is "one way or the other, you won't be able to handle the fact that I went to Harvard." I don't want you to feel awkward, so I won't ask if you went to school in Boston.