Colleges & Universities

Professor: I have kids. I might have grandkids, but with my children… that probably shouldn't happen.

Arcadia University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Law professor: I don’t get paid very well at this job. And I need beer money.

SFSU
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: RL

(odd club music plays in the background)
Student #1: Chef, what are we listening to?
Chef instructor: Just some flippy-trippy sausage making music! It's acid jazz.
Student #2, grinding variety meats: I'm so not on the right drugs for this.

Culinary School
Austin, Texas

Professor on cell: And two students speak at the same time, completely disagreeing with each other. So I just shout “fight!”

University of Oregon

Penn student #1, looking at sculpture: Oh my god, I, like, totally hate art.
Penn student #2: I know, right? They should just buy us all laptops instead.

Locust Walk
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MHS student to another: Emileeeeeeey… You can’t say the “boner” word at a Holocaust luncheon!

University 4
Moscow, Idaho

Overheard by: i agree

Five-year-old to father: Yay! We're going to the bridge of pies!

Near “Bridge of Sighs”
Oxford
England

Girl: Do you know how much inflow comes from the Colorado River?
Professor: Ummmm…yeah. I do, actually. (doesn't answer question).

UC Berkeley
California

Overheard by: not telling either

Loud girl on cell: I dunno… I mean, it takes a lot for someone to make out with you after you’ve been puking.

Outside Goldwin Smith Hall
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2007/03/reticent.html

Horny girl: I’m scared! I don’t want to get turned on by a tampon! I don’t want to lose my virginity to a tampon… It’s just, like, vagina creeps me out so bad, like, I look for excuses not to touch it.
Friend: Yeah, vagina is gross. I avoid touching it.

Stauffer Library, Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: andrea