Books

Ditz #1: …and then I was like, “Why did I fail spring semester, sir?” and then he was like, “You asked me if The Odyssey was an actual event, and stated that it was in every one of your papers on the subject, even after I told you it wasn't.”
Ditz #2: Wait, it wasn't?

Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois

Customer: Excuse me, where is your non-fiction section?
Salesgirl: What type of non-fiction are you looking for?
Customer: Harry Potter.

Bookstore
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Chick: I should write children's books based on those stories: the volleyball girl with bad luck, and the girl with the feet of a black man.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Overheard by: Lee

Teacher: Okay, so get out your books and start doing the exercises.
Student: Can I borrow your book?
Teacher: You didn't bring your books? Man…you guys are such losers.

Philadelphia University, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Student

Girl: Mom, you have to buy me a book.
Mom: I just bought you beef jerky!

Escondido, California

Overheard by: Ciara & Eric

Professor: When I was learning about Emily Dickinson in high school, I wasn't really paying attention. I was just wondering what she looked like without her clothes on.

Missouri

Waitress: Is this the book club? These are your free shots.

Bar
Allston, Massachusetts

Boy Scout dad, after walking through exhibit: So was he some sort of poet?
Woman: Uh, yeah… He was kind of a big deal.
Boy Scout dad: Did he write limericks?

Allen Ginsberg Exhibit
Washington, DC

Overheard by: Afrocurl

Girl at history class: Ohhh, I get it! So, Shakespeare got his ideas from Hitler!

Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: Toya Lah

Boy in AP English class, reading “The House on Mango Street”: This is the most realistic book I've read since “Everybody Poops”!

New Jersey