Here, I'm Using Sarcasm to Make a Teaching Point

Political science professor: Our president is black. Some of you may have noticed this. Some of you probably haven't yet.

California State University
San Marcos, California

Overheard by: I knew it

Posted on December 10, 2020
California, Colleges & Universities, Politics, Race, Stupidity, Teachers

According to This Fortune Cookie

Professor: You don't want to have a thin-skinned Prime Minister who's afraid of puffin poo.

University of Ottawa
Canadia

Posted on December 2, 2020
Canadia, Colleges & Universities, Default, Feelings, Politics, Poop, Teachers

With a Scary Product

Girl: Why do they have an ambassador to Vatican City?
Guy: Because it’s a country and stuff.
Girl: Do, like, normal people live there?
Guy: I don’t know…
Girl, thoughtfully: It’s a scary place…

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/04/its-scary-because-dan-brown-says-so.html

Overheard by:

Posted on November 29, 2020
Default, Eavesdrop DC, Geography, Girls, Guys, Politics, Questions, Stupidity, Washington, DC

Unless You Count Facebook Status Updates

Suit #1: So you live in the Watergate.
Suit #2: I do. The famous Watergate complex.
Suit #1: It's famous?
Suit #2: Yeah–the Nixon scandal and everything.
Suit #1: Oh–I don't really follow current events.

eavesdropdc.blogspot.com

Posted on November 3, 2020
Default, Eavesdrop DC, History, Politics, Questions, Stupidity, Suits

…A Metaphor I Would Know Nothing About

Professor: The Government was spending money like a drunken sailor in a Tijuana whorehouse.

Macroeconomics Class
University of California

Overheard by: Econometrically Bored

Posted on August 13, 2020
California, Class, Compare and contrast, Default, Money, Politics, Teachers, Words

Portrait Of the U.S. Policy Advisor As a Young Man

Small boy running down aisle: Stupid democracy!

Canadia

Overheard by: MNM

Posted on February 16, 2020
Canadia, Default, Gripes, Guys, Kids, Politics, Weirdness

When, Really, They Go Together Like a Wink and Smile

Loud 40-something: The government wants to cut down on unplanned pregnancy and decrease abortions, but a dozen condoms is as much as a 12-pack of beer? Hello, middle America is not choosing condoms over beer!

Burlington, Vermont

Posted on January 29, 2020
Compare and contrast, Default, Drinking & drunks, Money, Politics, Pregnancy, Vermont

It's Like Pinnochio's Nose

Woman #1: Well, you know, we're screwed either way. Whether Obama or that other guy with the lump on the side of his face wins.
Woman #2: McCain?
Woman #1: Yeah! I mean, he turns one way and it's just all… (uses hands to demonstrate) There! What the fuck is that?

http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/10/lumpy.html

Overheard by: kris.