Students

Gossipy high school girl to others: I don't think she was faking it. The couch was all wet when they got up!

Ice Cream Shop
St. Louis, Missouri

College girl: We blew a fuse in our room last night. Just in our room, not the rest of the hall.
Science professor: And what did you do to solve this problem?
College girl: I cried.
Professor: That doesn't solve the problem!
College girl: Well, half of my hair was dry and the other half wasn't!
Professor: You were not bilaterally symmetrical. That can be a problem.

Keuka College
New York

Overheard by: Rachel Bz.

Female professor: She was a lesbian…
Male student: Yeah, she was.
Female professor: But he turned her straight with his manliness…
Male student: Yeah, he did.

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

Super peppy freshman orientation guide: What was your favorite Halloween costume?
College freshman: Well, I was a construction worker once.
Super peppy freshman orientation guide: Was it a sexy construction worker?
College freshman: Well, I was five years old… so no.

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Teacher to class: You never know what you're going to find stuffed in the head of a mummified crocodile.

Metro State College
Denver, Colorado

Professor, in monotone voice: I think we're all familiar with merry-go-rounds. They're objects in playgrounds that rotate at relatively high speeds, and we put our children on them.

Millersville University
Millersville, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Tyler G

Young girl, about dragonfly on water slide: It can't be alive because it's dead!
College guy: Kids are so philosophical.

Hackettstown, New Jersey

Girl at history class: Ohhh, I get it! So, Shakespeare got his ideas from Hitler!

Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: Toya Lah

High school senior girl #1: Where's Meg*?
High school senior girl #2: Getting her wisdom teeth out.
High school senior girl #1: Don't some people die from that?
High school senior girl #2: Maybe she will die.
High school senior girl #1: You'd like that, wouldn't you?

New Jersey

Boy in AP English class, reading “The House on Mango Street”: This is the most realistic book I've read since “Everybody Poops”!

New Jersey