Little girl to mother: Revenge is made from marbles.
Aberdeen
Scotland
Overheard by: Fiona
Teacher: Who knows what the word “cell” means?
4th-grader: Oh, I do, I do! It's a tiny thing like a jelly doughnut! Except instead of jelly, there's blood!
Elementary School
Washington, DC
Girl: I should probably go to church tomorrow. It would make my mom happy… And the priest is really fucking hot.
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Guy in Mexican restaurant: Have you ever met the Pope?
Girl in Mexican restaurant: No. He's dead.
Groton, Connecticut
Overheard by: Newt
Prof: Can't you do arithmetic?
Student: Sorry, I'm thinking about turkey right now.
SUNY Purchase
Purchase, New York
Overheard by: Seth Christenfeld
Guy: So she googled me, and found the thing from the dance-off with my balls hanging out! It's the first thing that comes up!
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Overheard by: Overheard at Yale
Teen girl, to friend: I’m tired of being stuck with a bunch of 12-year-olds who think Knight Rider and Batman are the same thing!
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Girl: I hate violinists!
Boy: What?
Girl: Violinists.
Boy: Oh. I thought you said “gang-bangers.”
BART Airport Train
San Francisco, California
Professor: See, humans have what Aristotle calls “rational souls,” meaning we use intellect. Humans ask questions that other living things can't, like “what is god? What is the divine problem? Where are my Nunchuks? Where did I leave them?”
Philosophy Class, UC
Santa Barbara, California
