Maladies

Nursing lab instructor: You don't go down when you're suctioning.

College
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Yoshi

Girl #1: Corey's* got a treatment scheduled for Monday.
Girl #2: What's wrong with him?
Guy: Nothing.
Girl #1: He's got cancer.
Guy: He's fine. People get cancer all the time.

Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, Louisiana

Teacher: Okay. Quick review: which Greek gods did we cover on Friday?
Student, seriously: Hermaphrodite? Herpes? Asbestos?

High School
Michigan

Woman on street: The only bad thing I've ever said to Michael is that he should go and die of a heart attack.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Lauren

Biology teacher: Today we are going to learn to make a wet mount.

Tampa, Florida

Overheard by: the one chortling in the back

Studious student: You know she would tell her students that she's far too sick to make it out to campus, and then curl up in a ball on her couch with a cup of tea so she can watch the rain fall and weep.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Older woman #1: I really need to get my flu shot this week.
Older woman #2: I got mine last week.
Older woman #3: Ya'll better watch out getting those flu shots, haven't you heard that vaccines cause autism?

Birmingham, Alabama

Guy #1: Have you even seen Sophie's choice?
Guy #2: Yeah. Isn't the choice like, diabetes or a piano?
Guy #1: What?

University of Florida

Overheard by: Nick

Drunk girl, very concerned: He's totally going to get fucked in the A! And he has scoliosis, so he's always bent over, so he's definitely going to get fucked in the A!

Macalester College
St. Paul, Minnesota

Freshman boy: I think I have gingivitis.
Friend: You can't get gingivitis on your hand!

High School
Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: shiny