Philosophy professor: … And Hegel scheduled all of his classes at the same time as Schoepenhauer’s classes, which really pissed off Schoepenhauer because Hegel was like the P. Diddy of 19th century German philosophy.
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Jen
RA: You guys went stripping without me?
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Man pushing his mother in wheelchair: It's all designed to kill you, mother.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Girl in next aisle: Spanish doctor, pregnant nurse! Oh, snap!
Barnes & Noble
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Drunk girl: I have two sisters. One goes to UPenn, she's really smart. The other one goes to Drexel, she's not very smart…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Alex Remnick
Girl: I hate those girls that are like, “Oh, look at me, I can dance with my hand in my hair!”
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Student, after class spent 25 minutes arguing answers to midterm: I have a question. Not about this test, but about future tests.
Professor, wearily: I think the final will just be take-home.
Class: Really?
Professor: Whatever.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Four-year-old boy using hand like pretend cell phone: Hello, police? We're at Target. You know the way? My babysitter's being real weird, can you come get her?
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Drunk girl: I think… If I didn't have a family I would be a porn star.
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Adorable eight-year-old girl: I would do anything for a bagel… except shoot someone.
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: was a hungry 8 yr old once too
