New York

Professor: I found the same paper that you turned in as your term paper on the Internet, word for word. That’s plagiarizing!
Student: All right, I’ll tell you the truth — I didn’t have time to write the term paper, so I paid somebody else to do it for me. But honest, I didn’t know he’d plagiarize it!

College
New York

Overheard by: DizzyLizzy

Girl #1: He has, like, ACD or something!
Girl #2: You mean ‘OCD.’
Girl #3: No, you mean ‘ADD.’
Girl #1: Wait, no. I meant depression. He has depression.

Wal-Mart
Syracuse, New York

Chick to friend: I’m telling you — he’s a communist leprechaun posing as a democrat!

Auburn, New York

Three-year-old: You’re funny!
Teacher #1: You’re funny.
Three-year-old: No, you’re funny.
Teacher #1: No, you’re funny.
Three-year-old: You’re hot.
Teacher #1: [Stunned silence.]Teacher #2: I’m not even touching that one.

Rochester, New York

Hippie woman on cell: I don’t care what you wear. Just wear something that you’re okay getting Jell-O on… Yes, J-E-L-L-O.

Syracuse, New York

Overheard by: paula-t

Dude #1: Have you ever seen the movie Airplane!?
Dude #2: L-O-L, Yeah.
Dude #1: You know that one part– Wait… Did you just say ‘L-O-L’?
Dude #2: Yeah… It slipped.

Carousel Mall
Syracuse, New York

Old black guy #1: We can eat here. It’s not too busy.
Old black guy #2: Damn! There sure ain’t no cutie pies in that motherfucker!

McDonald’s
New York

Guy: So I told her, ‘Stop busting my chops.’
Chick: What does that mean?
Guy: What does what mean?
Chick: ‘Busting my chops.’
Guy: You never heard that before?
Chick: I think so, but I never knew what it meant.
Guy: It means, like, breaking someone’s balls.
Chick: [Silent stare.]Guy: You never broke someone’s balls?
Chick: I don’t think so.
Guy: Well, you’re breaking my balls right now.

Westbury Music Fair
Westbury, New York

Overheard by: Big Larry

Poli-Sci professor on impeachment of federal judges: Once they’re there, they’re nearly impossible to remove… They just keep hanging in there… Kinda like herpes.

Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Girl: Yeah, there’s a Facebook group called ‘I’m a fermata, hold me.’
Professor: What?
Girl: You know, Facebook? YouTube?
Professor: What?!
Girl: You know, like, the Internet?
Professor: I know about the Internet! I know!

Sarah Lawrence College
New York