Science

I Just Barely Care About People

Philosophy student #1, about biomedical ethics: Yeah, we just don't know enough yet to go around screwing with genetic manipulation. Like, cloning people. That creeps me out.
Philosophy student #2: That sheep they cloned, Dolly. She died recently, didn't she? She was like five or six years old.
Philosophy student #1: Yeah. I don't think she lived very long.
Philosophy student #2: What's an average sheep lifespan?
Philosophy student #1, in defensive tone of voice: I don't know! I don't care about sheep!

Vancouver
Canadia

Never Drink With Master Debaters, Dear Reader

Guy among friends: This conversation is too logical for me.

Bar
Norway

Judging from the Residue I Discovered on One Of Your Quizzes

Professor: Here you are, every day, sitting in this little cave which is evolutionary very stupid. You're not reproducing while you are in here. You aren't even trying to… Well, maybe that's not true.

Psychiatric Physiology Class
Pomona, California

Overheard by: Whats He talking about again???

Geeks and Sexual Experimentation Are Often a Perilous Combo

Student to friend: Could you imagine having a test tube shatter while it is up your ass, or worse? I know a girl that it happened to!

Cabra Dominican College
Australia

And I Just Took a Tab Of E=mc2

Girlfriend: I'm gonna grab a beer, you want anything?
Boyfriend: Uhhh, not now. I've got to be a penny-pincher.
Girlfriend, laughing at own comment: Maybe you ought to pinch it so hard it turns into a dollar.
Boyfriend: That's stupid. That doesn't make sense. How would that even happen?
Girlfriend, indignant: I don't know! I'm a physicist, not a scientist!

Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: Feynman

You Are Now Qualified to Work at McDonald's

Five-year-old daughter: Daddy, ask me some math questions.
Father: Okay, what is 4 x 4?
Five-year-old daughter: It's not 9!
Father: That's correct.

McDonald's
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Michael Moore

Isn't That a Little Advanced for Ninth Grade Biology?

Woman: So, now they're testing for incest.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/328222687/theres-nothing-science-cant-do.html

Overheard by: Me

Ever Been to the U.S., Suzy?

Psych class guy: Dolphins are the second smartest animal.
Psych class girl: What's the smartest?
Psych class guy: Humans.
Psych class girl: Wait, humans are animals?
Psych class guy: Yep.
Psych class girl: Really?
Psych class guy: For real.

Hamilton
Canadia

Overheard by: Jayme

The Country?

Girl #1: Remember that time you chased the porcupine?
Girl #2: Yeah. It was so cute, I just wanted to pet it.
Girl #1: And remember when you tried to run that bullfrog over?
Girl #2: That's because I don't like animals that aren't furry.
Girl #1: What about the porcupine? He's not furry.
Girl #2: But porcupines have feathers, so they count.
Girl #1: Porcupines don't have feathers.
Girl #2: Yes, they do.
Girl #1: They have quills.
Girl #2: Oh! When you were saying “porcupine” I thought you meant “turkey.”

Portland, Maine

Overheard by: Jade

Poor Charles Darwin

Intense guy, shouting: It's a fact! But I don't have any proof.

Kathmandu
Nepal

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