Overheard Everywhere

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But You’re Our Span­ish Teacher

White teacher: Time to yell grades! These are the good ones: Smith, Jame­son, De-Je­sus…
Asian kid, whis­per­ing to friend: Is­n’t it sup­posed to be De­ge­sis?
White kid, to teacher: Did you just say ‘De-Je­sus’?
White teacher: I’m white.

Co­lum­bia, New York

Over­heard by: Fa­ther Ser­aph

We Had No Idea What They Were, Ei­ther.

Short girl: So, what do you do with the pen cap con­doms?
Much taller girl: Okay, you take them…and you throw them out.
Short girl: You don’t like…reuse them or some­thing?
Much taller girl, smil­ing: Do you reuse nor­mal con­doms?
(short girl laughs)
Much taller girl, se­ri­ous­ly: Don’t just wash those and reuse them.

On­te­o­ra HS
Boiceville, New York

Over­heard by: Toast­ed

When You Lo­cate the Con­trols Of Your Space­craft

Quirky les­bian pro­fes­sor lead­ing class in Kegel ex­er­cis­es: And every­body squeeze, hold, hold…release and squeeze, two, three…release.
Ditzy In­di­an, af­ter shiv­er spasm: It gives me the willies!
Quirky les­bian pro­fes­sor: It’s great, right!

Health Ed Class
Bor­ough of Man­hat­tan Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege, New York

Over­heard by: Try­ing not to laugh at all the se­ri­ous faces try­ing to hide these pri­vate ex­er­cis­es