Little old lady to another as they part ways: Have a pleasant day, and don't forget to google!
Little old lady #2: What?
Little old lady #1: Google!
Union Station
Chicago, Illinois
Professor: Temperature is an example of an invented reality. Temperature doesn’t exist. It’s all in our minds. It’s either hot or cold out, but what are “degrees” really? Nothing!
Student: Actually, temperature is scientifically calculated by… (goes on to give long, technical explanation)
Professor: Really? I’m going to have to go look that up on Wikipedia. I get all of my information from Wikipedia.
University of Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: Glad you’re teaching us then…
Man: She said that? She has nude pictures on the internet! How can you compare me to her?
Emergency Room
Westchester, New York
Blonde girl: I did this Facebook quiz the other day: “what kind of drunk are you?' It said that I was a “sexual, entertaining drunk.” It knows me so well!
Melbourne
Australia
Biology professor: Hey, didn’t they discover that process in corals?
Grad student: No, they discovered that in plants.
Biology professor: That’s what I just said!
Grad student: But coral is not a plant.
Biology professor: What? Yes, it is!
Grad student: No, it’s not, it’s an animal!
Biology professor: Since when?
Grad student: Since always — go look it up!
Biology professor, after disappearing for five minutes: Fucking Wikipedia…
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: How’d you get this job, anyway?
Girl to another: We’ll figure it out. I’ll Facebook your ass or something.
http://community.livejournal.com/overheardatyork/
Overheard by:
Tutor: Wikipedia is not homework!
University of Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Kiri
Serious philosophy teacher: Captain Crunch has been raped.
High School
Bethesda, Maryland
Overheard by: clementine
