Professor: I love talking about this stuff. I could go on forever. And I’m tenured, so if you have a problem with that you’ll just have to deal.
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/04/lets-go-to-ratemyprofessorcom-and-guess.html
Professor: I love talking about this stuff. I could go on forever. And I’m tenured, so if you have a problem with that you’ll just have to deal.
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/04/lets-go-to-ratemyprofessorcom-and-guess.html
Professor to puzzled student: You said one thing I didn’t understand, so I something you didn’t understand right back… God, I’m cruel.
Robinson Hall, University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Girl #1: Oh! Did I tell you about the threesome I had with the married couple on the cruise ship?
Girl #2, gesturing at a father and young son sitting directly in front of them: Shhh!
Girl #1: Whatever, he needs to learn.
DMV
Walnut Creek, California
Overheard by: Shh!
Drunk girl: I have two sisters. One goes to UPenn, she's really smart. The other one goes to Drexel, she's not very smart…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Alex Remnick
Girl to guy: You shouldn't be worried about getting into med school. You should be, like, worried about getting alcohol poisoning over the weekend.
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2008/11/02/dont-dismiss-the-possible-networking-oppurtunities-of-vomiting-on-the-floor-of-the-er/
Overheard by: Brent
Student, after class spent 25 minutes arguing answers to midterm: I have a question. Not about this test, but about future tests.
Professor, wearily: I think the final will just be take-home.
Class: Really?
Professor: Whatever.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prof: Life is a game of chance. There may not be a tomorrow. Or, it may not be the tomorrow you expect. You might go home tonight and die. Or you might go home tonight and have a baby!
Carelton University
Ottawa
Canadia
Overheard by: if i gave birth tonight, my biggest concern would be how my pregnancy went undetected for nine months.
Student: Did you know that you can live off of student loans?
Professor: No, you can't.
Student: Yeah. All you do is just keep going back to school, and they'll pay for everything.
Professor: But eventually you'll have to pay them back.
Student: Not if you die.
Nicholls State University
Louisiana
Math professor #1: Don't derive like my brother.
Math professor #2: No, don't derive like my brother!
Northampton, Massachusetts
Overheard by: TARDIS Dyke
Teacher: That would make such a great scene in a movie: A volcano smoking, then it erupts, and thousands of ninjas spout out of it and run forth and populate the earth!
Student: This is the best class ever!
Memphis, Tennessee