Girl #1: And everyone was like, “What? This isn't what was on the study sheet! This test is unfair! We're so confused!”
Girl #2: Oh, wow. Were you confused, too?
Girl #1: No, I didn't look at the study sheet. I went downstairs and drank a bottle of wine with you.
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Classics professor: Yeah, Zeus liked to turn into animals in order to get some. Hey, I just study it; I don't justify it.
Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland
Canadia
Overheard by: Mel
20-something #1: So are they good for each other?
20-something #2: Yeah, you know, he's all wacky-o and she's like a scientist.
20-something #1: Oh, I see.
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Canadia
Bank teller: (nods)
Customer: People have forgotten how to praise the Lord!
Bank teller: (nods)
Customer: Don't complain that you can't find a job! Praise god that there are jobs!
Bank of America
Palm Harbor, Florida
Overheard by: Serena H.
Sex ed teacher: Now, before I start this class, all of you remember that my penis is bigger.
Australia
Overheard by: Not so sure…
Mom with two kids getting on escalator: Tommy, do you know what this is called? This is an escalator.
Tommy: Escalator.
Mom: Do you know what the opposite of “escalate” is?
(Tommy remains silent)
Mom: Elevate!
Airport
Atlanta, Georgia
Black girl #1: Did you hear her? She said she was hungry as a hostage! I mean, how hungry is a hostage?
Black girl #2: Well…probably a lot…
Black girl #1: Yeah, but sometimes they feed yo' ass!
Northern Virginia
Overheard by: nosy roommate
Professor: Sometimes it can be fun to be teased by not getting what you want for a while, as long as you get it in the end.
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
Professor: I want you to think of your education like bread.
Student in back of room: It's delicious!
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Overheard by: War Damn Eagle
Girl on cell: Yeah, he's a friend of my friend in California. He killed those two people… Oh, you saw him on the news? That's a shitty picture they have of him on tv, I hope they get a better picture soon.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: trying to study here
