Drunk freshman: I love it here! Look, even the street sparkles!
Passing upperclassman: That’s broken glass.
Richmond, Virginia
Drunk freshman: I love it here! Look, even the street sparkles!
Passing upperclassman: That’s broken glass.
Richmond, Virginia
Teacher: So, women are in fact always…what?
Student: Wrong?
Classroom
Denmark
Overheard by: Allan Loff Jakobsen
Student: Isn't all truth metaphysical by this standard?
Law professor: Are you stoned?
UC Hastings
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Loving this
Bearded college guy: I almost saw a high school girl's vagina today!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/414278090/thanks-for-bailing-me-out-by-the-way.html
Overheard by: a. lil
PSU freshman (attempting to flirt): Wow, that’s an amazing accent! Is it British?
Cute freshman who says Rs like Ws: Actually, it’s a speech impediment.
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/04/library-flirting.html
Overheard by: ellen
Student #1: So what do you think, eh?
Student #2: Are you Canadian?
Student #1: Why in the world are you asking me that? Is it because I said “eh”?
Student #2: Well, yeah.
Student #1: That is a total misconception! Not all Canadians end sentences with the word “eh”! I can't believe you think that!
Student #2: (thinking it over) So are you?
Student #1: Canadian? Yes.
Wabash
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Laughing as I pass
Literature teacher: So what the Europeans did was take the description of Jesus from the texts and made their images of him Caucasian so as to be more relatable to those they were teaching to.
Girl of questionable literacy: European Jesus was hot.
Delta Secondary School
Ladner, British Columbia
Canadia
Student: Hey, sir, did you hear about James?
Teacher: No.
Student: He's got fifteen people living in his head. Want to join them?
Teacher: No, not a chance.
Bristol, Vermont
Overheard by: Misaki
Freshman girl, gesturing: I bet it's thiiiis tiny!
Big black freshman, barreling up stairs: No! I'll show you!
High School
Skillman, New Jersey
Overheard by: 3 guesses at what they're talking about.
Instructor to student, during class debate: You look like you’re deep in thought there. Anything you want to share with us?
Student: Dude, I was just thinking about hot dogs.
College class
Farmington, Connecticut
Overheard by: Student