…Whom I’d Started Dating in Geometry

Boy #1, talking to friend in between classes: Hey what did you do in English?
Boy #2: Oh… I broke up with Jessica*.

Berryhill High School
Oklahoma

Overheard by: BlakeMas

Posted on March 12, 2026
Compare and contrast, Education, Guys, Oklahoma, Questions, Relationships, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Teens

They’re Instrumental in Getting High?

Professor: So the wars of opium wars were fought because the Chinese didn’t want their citizens smoking their bongos and being loopy.
Student: Wait, bongos?
Professor: Yeah those pipe things… Bongos, right?

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: Erika

Posted on March 11, 2026
Class, Drugs, Education, Geography, History, Michigan, Music, Students, Teachers, Words

I’m Lactose Intolerant!

Professor: So if we played the word association game, and I said the word “ice cream”, Tiffany might say “playground” because she used to eat ice cream on the playground. And then maybe if I said the words “ice cream” to Tom, he might say “sex” because he’s a serial rapist.
Tom: But I’m not.

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Colin

Posted on March 6, 2026
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Crimes, Education, Guys, New York, Students, Teachers, Violence, Words

If We’d Really Won, We’d Still Have Those Cool Accents

Boy holding a box of revolutionary war army men: Mom, who won this war?
Mom: Y’know, I’m not sure.

Craft Store
Wisconsin

Posted on March 4, 2026
Education, History, Kids, Moms, Questions, Stores, Stupidity, Weirdness, Wisconsin

Another Victim of Dr. Seuss’ On Beyond Zebra!

Student: I just have a question about the alphabet.

Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, New York

Posted on March 3, 2026
Colleges & Universities, Education, New York, Questions, Students, Weirdness

Texas Finally Catches Up to the Rest of the Country

Teacher: In a representative democracy, if you don’t like who’s in office, what can you do?
Student: Impeach him!
Teacher: Well, that’s too drastic, what else?
Same student: Assassination?

9th Grade World Geography Class
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: amused teacher’s aide

Posted on March 2, 2026
Education, Murder, Politics, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Students, Teachers, Texas

And Now, Please Clap Along As I Do the Tenure Dance

[Girl leaves class in the middle of a lesson]Professor: She didn’t like what I was saying? I’m so upset, I’m going to go to the garden and eat fuzzy worms.

Marist College
Poughkepsie, New York

Overheard by: Nik

Posted on March 1, 2026
Class, Education, Feelings, Food, Insects, New York, Teachers

It’s Not Technically a Violation of the Restraining Order If She Boards the Plane

Pilot: Before we start our ascent, an important question: Anyone here from the North Allegheny high school class of ’68? [silence] I always ask. I’m hoping at some point I’ll find my old girlfriend.

JetBlue flight
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Ladle

Posted on February 25, 2026
Airports & flights, Education, Feelings, Guys, Pennsylvania, Pilots, Questions, Relationships, Wishes

Or Striptionary?

MIT frat boy #1: I’m just saying, everybody has a strip poker tournament during rush week. We need something different.
MIT frat boy #2: You mean, like, strip risk or battleship?
MIT frat boy #1: Um… Sure.

Chinese Restaurant
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Brian

Posted on February 25, 2026
Compare and contrast, Education, Frat boy types, Friends, Games, Guys, Massachusetts, Offers and requests, Restaurants, Sexuality, Students, Stupidity, Wishes

But I Think We All Know What Happened with Monica and That Cigar

African professor: It is up to you to decide whether he was accurately and eloquently speaking BS.

Kalamazoo, Mississippi

Posted on February 22, 2026
Advice, Black people, Compare and contrast, Education, Euphemisms, Foreigners, Mississippi, Teachers, Words

Education