Who's Going As Pontius Pilate of Nottingham?

Bimbette, looking at halloween costumes online with her boyfriend: Oh, look! You can go as Robin Hood and I'll be Mary Magdalene!

RIC College
Providence, Rhode Island

Posted on December 12, 2019
Bimbettes, Books, Clothes, Colleges & Universities, Default, History, Rhode Island, Stupidity

With Dresden As a Possible Exception

Professor: Well, they had Nazis, but those aren’t exactly lighting fixtures.

Theatre Class, SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Posted on July 31, 2019
Class, Compare and contrast, Education, History, Politics, Teachers

Good Point —No Effect on Religious Beliefs

Professor: Now, if we did eliminate illness and achieved immortality there might be serious religious repercussions. Can anyone think of how this might affect religious beliefs?
Bimbette: Well, like, if Hitler were immortal, he would, like, go to jail for, like, a million years and then, like, chill out for eternity, you know?

Eternal Youth and Immortality Seminar
Lafayette College, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: knows that Hitler would still be dead because he SHOT himself

Posted on July 20, 2019
Bimbettes, Class, Compare and contrast, Crimes, Education, History, Pennsylvania, Philosophy, Questions, Religion, Stupidity, Teachers

Let's Ask the Jews to Be on Our Side, Though

Teen girl to friend: We could be like the next Hitler, but cooler!
Friend: Oooh, awesome!

Toronto
Canadia

Posted on June 4, 2019
Assholes, Canadia, Compare and contrast, Friends, History, Stupidity, Teens

Now We Can't Even Keep Madonna

British theater professor: Well, you know Hong Kong used to belong to Britain. (angrily) Everything used to belong to Britain.

Theater Class, UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Chanimal

Posted on April 17, 2019
Class, Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Geography, History, Massachusetts, Politics, Teachers

In Case You Were Wondering

American construction worker: See, you escaped communism. All I ever did was join the disco demolition night at Comisky park.
Polish construction worker: I didn’t escape communism, I got kicked out. Big difference.

Chicago, Illinois

Posted on November 8, 2018
Compare and contrast, Construction workers, Coworkers, Default, Foreigners, Geography, Guys, History, Illinois, Politics, Words

When the Hudson Brothers Won the Nobel Gay Prize

World History teacher: The Nazis imprisoned more people than just the Jews — handicapped people, homosexuals–
Bimbette, interrupting: –They had homos back then? I thought they didn’t invent that until, like, the ’70s.

Osbourn High School
Manassas, Virginia

Overheard by: This is the last time I take a class that isn’t Honors

Posted on September 6, 2018
History, Students, Teachers, Virginia

Ah Well, You Can Always Become President.

Professor: Isaac Newton, on his deathbed, was proud to announce that he was a virgin. So if any of you want to be famous scientists, you are going to have to be willing to make a few sacrifices.
Girl, raising hand: Um.
Professor: Oh, is it too late?

De Anza Community College
Cupertino, California

Overheard by: shyinvisiblegirl loves physics