Does That Sound Dirty to Anyone Else?

Teen boy to friends: Wait, how the hell did we start talking about the Swedish mafia?
Teen girl three tables away, leaping out of seat very excitedly: I want a Swedish muffin!

Cafeteria, Corona del Sol High School
Chandler, Arizona

Posted on June 5, 2009
Arizona, Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Geography, Girls, Guys, Offers and requests, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Teens

I Slept My Way Into Advanced Paper-Cutting

Art teacher: The size of the square should be 13 inches…
Student #1, interrupting: Is that the length or the width?
Student #2: Uh, Krista, it's a square. The length and width are the same.
Student #1: Well, don't get mad at me just because I'm not all smart like you!

Marathon, Florida

Overheard by: Chey

Posted on June 4, 2009
Advice, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Florida, Questions, Students, Stupidity, Teachers

But Can You Say “Paternity Suit”?

Five-year-old Spanish boy: Court! Court! Court! Court!
Frazzled grandmother: Yes, I know.

Courthouse
Waterbury, Connecticut

Overheard by: Colleen

Posted on June 4, 2009
Compare and contrast, Connecticut, Default, Guys, Kids, Moms, Women, Words

That's Probably Just the Breeze from Washington

Enthusiastic little boy, entering restaurant with parents: Smells like snakes in here!

Restaurant
Charlottesville, Virginia

Overheard by: pasquinn

Posted on June 3, 2009
Animals, Compare and contrast, Default, Guys, Kids, Restaurants, Virginia

Can't We Just, Like, Phone It In?

College boy #1: Like what does that mean? I don't go to class! Do you go to class?
College boys #2 and #3: No!

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: On my way to class

Posted on June 2, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Georgia, Guys, Questions, Students

Hey, What Are Frenemies For?

Girl #1: It's like putting a band-aid on when you need stitches.
Girl #2: Oh, thats a good one.
Girl #3: Yeah, and then the band-aid falls off and it gets infected.
Girl #1: And then you get gangrene and you leg falls off.
Girl #3: Only we could be trying to be supportive and morbid at the same time…

Belleville, Pennsylvania

Posted on June 2, 2009
Body parts, Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Maladies, Pennsylvania

The Feather Boas Are Confusing

English teacher: Going around is a sheet with some 1920s slang, so you can get used to it before we start reading The Great Gatsby. Okay, so, everyone knows what a flapper is…?
Tenth grader: Oh, like a transvestite, right?

Tinton Falls, New Jersey