Professor: They were playing the Rocky theme song while I was trying to think great thoughts.
McDaniel College, Maryland
Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
High School Cafeteria Goes Up in Flames, Population Scientists Say, “Excellent!”
Chick: Look, if you’re out sniper-ing hobos, it’s not assassination!
Boyfriend: Nope, it’s population control.
High school cafeteria
Englewood, Colorado
Even Made-Up Countries, Like Norway.
Teen girl: I don’t know — it just seems like everyone’s in the Olympics now.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canadia
Overheard by: snooper
Michael Moore As a Kid
Eight-year-old boy: Don’t you know that the Kool-Aid Man doesn’t exist?! He’s just a tool for marketing!
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Lan
Me, Nature, and Judge Judy
Chemistry professor: Now, it may seem that nature has gotten it wrong – but like me, nature never gets it wrong.
University of Auckland
New Zealand
If You Survive, It Starts Tilting the Other Way in Your 30s
Teen girl #1: Isn’t that, like, dangerous?
Teen girl #2: Well, yeah, but I’m at the point in my life where getting wasted is more important than not dying.
Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts
You Won’t Feel a Thing, I Promise
Long-nosed cute blond girl: So you’re basically offering to fuck me in the arse?
Drunk guy: Not in the arse per se, but I can’t guarantee that I won’t get the wrong hole and just go for it.
Long-nosed cute blond girl: You do know we just met five minutes ago?
Drunk guy: What can I say? I work fast.
Leamington Spa
England
Overheard by: Bleep
I Mean, He Is on Our Bedsheets
Nerdy freshman talking about philosophy: Well, it depends on what you consider real. Like is Spiderman real?
Kid sitting with him: Uh…
Nerdy freshman: Think about it! Is he?
U Mass
Amherst, Massachusetts
The Spontaneous Admission to Grad School Is Just a Myth
Philosophy professor: He chose this example because it had sex appeal. It turned people on.
(changes PowerPoint slide to picture of bacterial flagellum)
Male student: Ohhhhh!
Professor: Please don’t have an orgasm in my class.
Lycoming College
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
And I Need Lipstick for Medicinal Purposes
College girl, handing heavy basket to boyfriend: I’m all for feminism, but I don’t like carrying heavy things.
Target
Towson, Maryland
Overheard by: Kay-ren
