Compare and contrast

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

First grade boy: I had two girlfriends but I lost one.
First grade girl: Didn't one of them kiss you?
First grade boy: Yeah, Hannah told Alexis to kiss whoever she liked more, and it was me and this other girl, and she was going to kiss her, but then she kissed me and we've been together for, like, forever.
First grade girl: Yeah.

Lakeville, Massachusetts

Overheard by: was still playing with barbies- clothed

Blonde teenager: Look at her. She's either a whore or a dyke.
Friend: That's why my dad doesn't let me drink Slurpees.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Dylan

Professor: Society, chocolate pudding, and cars. All complex phenomena.

Oberlin, Ohio

Overheard by: secret Spy

Cashier to woman in express line with 50 items: Ma'am, this is the ten-or-less line.
Woman: Oh, sorry! My son got in trouble and I got on the wrong exercise bike!
Cashier: Oh.

Quincy, Massachusetts

Mother heading into Victoria's Secret with five-year-old son: And this time, don't touch anything!

University Mall
Burlington, Vermont

Prof: I tend to walk around, so the students at the back of the class are just as likely to get fingered for a question as the ones at the front.

University of Guelph
Canadia

Overheard by: scared student

Gay white male, exiting train: I can only go ten stops without smoking a cigarette, otherwise I get angry!
Old black female, entering train: Damn, mo' sugar in here than a tank of Kool-Aid.

Orange Line
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Cryptic C62

Woman on phone: Yeah, well, as you get older, it's less manual labor and more electronics!

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Overheard by: am I taking this the wrong way?

Freshman: My professor just compared Karl Marx to Jesus. I am not feeling it.

Claremont Colleges
Claremont, California