Guy: … But in a collision between a goat and a castle, who would win?
Chick: I think the goat would. It’s quite a big goat.
Lecturer: Remember — it’s allegorical.
History seminar, British university
UK
Guy: … But in a collision between a goat and a castle, who would win?
Chick: I think the goat would. It’s quite a big goat.
Lecturer: Remember — it’s allegorical.
History seminar, British university
UK
MBA: The name of the class is ‘Financial Statement Anal.’ Looks like it’ll be tough.
http://overheardatkmc.blogspot.com/
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Theology professor: I can talk about whores and sex with animals… It’s in the Bible!
Providence College
Providence, Rhode Island
Overheard by: too busy laughing to take notes
[Teacher rises from desk and moves to white board while carrying sheet of paper.]
Student: What are you doing? [Teacher begins writing on white board.] What are you doing?!
Teacher: I’m writing down your homework!
Student: Oh, I thought you were going to hurt us.
Teacher: I’m just holding a piece of paper!
Arcadia, California
Overheard by: Giggling student
Professor: I will now hand back your exams… These exams are in the order of who I would most like to date.
http://overheardatumbc.com
Professor: Who can tell me the difference between a birch tree and a beech tree?
Student: A beech tree’s got lighter bark.
Professor: But otherwise there’s no difference?
Student: I dunno ’bout the leaves or anything, but when you buy furniture from IKEA, beech wood’s always lighter.
Professor: But could you identify a birch tree from a beech tree if you saw one on campus?
Student: If I cut it down, maybe.
http://overheardatstanford.blogspot.com/
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Bimbette: Oh my god! I just realized that I missed all of my classes today!
http://overheardatlc.blogspot.com/2006/10/loyola-scholasticism.html
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Student: Are breasts on the exam?
Professor: No, no, they’re not. Not because I don’t like breasts… I do… They’re just not on the exam.
Biology 102, Rutgers University
New Jersey
Overheard by: Marina
Professor: So, say that you’ve got Brad Pitt… And Angelina got eaten by a giant cobra. And it’s maybe a year later and Brad’s kind of eyeing Jen, and she’s eyeing Vince, and maybe he has an affair with Claire Danes. And now Brad asks you to write an elegy for Angelina. What problems might you run into?
Medieval Literature class
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
Chick, responding to example question: You can’t randomly choose which woman gets an abortion and which doesn’t!
Professor: Why not?
Chick: Because some women do want to give up their babies!
Professor: I don’t care! I’m a statistician!
Statistics class, Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: Rachel
