Thank God I Live in Connecticut, Where I Avoid That Sort Of Thing.

Student #1: He went flying over the Rockies and they haven't found his plane.
Professor: Oh, good, good! I hated that guy.
Student #2: Who was he?
Professor: Some rich fucker.

Hartford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Claire

Posted on September 4, 2017
Connecticut, Gripes, Insults, Questions, Students, Teachers

…Through Binoculars.

Music History prof taking roll: Jane Smith?
Jane: Here.
Prof: Oh, there you are. I’m just used to seeing you from behind.

Hartford, Connecticut

Posted on August 30, 2017
Ass, Compare and contrast, Connecticut, Creepsters, Default, Education, Etiquette, Girls, Names, Students, Teachers

As Well As a Yumminess Thing

Black girl on one side: We look like an Oreo!
White girl in middle (jokingly): Oh, is that a race thing?
Black girl on the other side: Yes.

Outside Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Posted on August 10, 2017
Black people, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Girls, Massachusetts, Questions, Race, Students, Whiteys

Even the Preachers in Oregon Are Weirdly Crunchy and Alternative.

Freshman girl, emphatically to strangers: Roller derby saved my life! Roller derby saved all of our lives!

Eugene, Oregon

Overheard by: You've been playing for a month, shut up

Posted on June 29, 2017
Oregon, Strangers, Students, Stupidity, Weirdness

And Do They Really Represent the Lollipop Guild?

10th grade girl: Are munchkins real?
Boy: … You did not just ask that.
10th grade girl: No, really, are they?

London, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: they’re chilling with oompa loompas

Posted on June 25, 2017
Canadia, Questions, Students

With the Help of Her Lovely Assistant

Jewish student, about another: Every time we talk about the holocaust she, like, throws her Jew out and spins a dreidel with it or whatever.

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Posted on June 6, 2017
Colleges & Universities, History, Jews, New York, Politics, Religion, Students, Words

I’m Thinking, I’m Thinking!

Prof: Do you think that kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach was wrong?
Student: Ummmm… I’m not certain.
Prof: Do you think that what he did was a crime?
[Student pauses for nearly 30 seconds.]Student #2: Dude, he kicked a baby.

Seton Hall Law
Newark, New Jersey

Posted on May 26, 2017
Class, Crimes, New Jersey, Philosophy, Pregnancy, Questions, Stomach, Students, Teachers, Violence

But I May Have Buttered My Ass and Come As a Parker House Roll

Chick: Do I know you from somewhere?
Dude: Uh… maybe?
Chick: Didn’t you come to my Halloween party dressed as the Pillsbury Doughboy?
Dude: No.

http://overheardina2.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-halloween.html

Posted on May 17, 2017
Clothing, Overheard in Ann Arbor, Students

And I’m Having Your Baby

Student: I’ve got some good news and some bad news.
Teacher: What’s the bad news? That you didn’t do your homework?
Student: No, that’s the good news. The bad news is that I love you.

Arcadia, California

Posted on April 23, 2017
California, Relationships, Students, Teachers

Not Much of a ‘Break’ at All, Really

Girl: So, what did you do over the break?
Guy: Well, I beat off a lot.

Saugeen snack bar
http://overheardatwestern.blogspot.com/2007/03/wanna-share-this-cookie.html

Overheard by: eric

Posted on April 7, 2017
Masturbation, Overheard at Western, Students

Students