We Proudly Present the Year's Dorkiest Sentence

Student: I didn't get to say “bosums”! Dang it!

Seattle, Washington

Posted on June 12, 2009
Default, Gripes, Students, Washington, Weirdness, Words

Vegan to the End

College girl: Yeah, she had dried cranberries and lettuce in her coffin too.

Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on June 12, 2009
Death & dying, Default, Food, Georgia, Girls, Students, Weirdness

You've All Signed Your Liability Waivers, Right?

Professor: Are there any questions before we begin the final?
Girl: Can we tear pages out of the exam?
Professor: Yes, we have the technology to reassemble it. (waves stapler around)

Managerial Accounting Class
Santa Barbara, California

Overheard by: Ariel

Posted on June 7, 2009
California, Class, Default, Education, Girls, Questions, Students, Teachers, Technology

But Good Luck Finding Feminist Theory There

Frazzled student at exam pick-up room: Where can I find religion?
Exam worker: The Catholic church across the street?

Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Mary

Posted on June 6, 2009
Christianity, Colleges & Universities, Default, Employees, Massachusetts, Offers and requests, Questions, Religion, Students

Are You Allowed to Give Me That Advice?

Student, yelling at no one in particular: I can't believe this stupid book is $52! It's a fuckin' softcover 40-page book!
Bookstore employee: Dude, just photocopy it and return it.
Student: Ohhh! Good idea! Thanks!

Bookstore
Los Angeles, California

Posted on June 6, 2009
Advice, Books, California, Default, Employees, Gripes, Money, Stores, Students

I Slept My Way Into Advanced Paper-Cutting

Art teacher: The size of the square should be 13 inches…
Student #1, interrupting: Is that the length or the width?
Student #2: Uh, Krista, it's a square. The length and width are the same.
Student #1: Well, don't get mad at me just because I'm not all smart like you!

Marathon, Florida

Overheard by: Chey

Posted on June 4, 2009
Advice, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Florida, Questions, Students, Stupidity, Teachers

Can't We Just, Like, Phone It In?

College boy #1: Like what does that mean? I don't go to class! Do you go to class?
College boys #2 and #3: No!

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: On my way to class

Posted on June 2, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Georgia, Guys, Questions, Students

The Feather Boas Are Confusing

English teacher: Going around is a sheet with some 1920s slang, so you can get used to it before we start reading The Great Gatsby. Okay, so, everyone knows what a flapper is…?
Tenth grader: Oh, like a transvestite, right?

Tinton Falls, New Jersey

Posted on June 2, 2009
Books, Compare and contrast, Default, New Jersey, Questions, Students, Teachers, Words

Your Editors Are Unaccountably Aroused

Girl in restroom #1: I just found an eyelash in my bellybutton!
Girl in restroom #2: Is it yours?
Girl in restroom #1: Yeah…I think.

Auburn University Student Union
Auburn, Alabama

Posted on May 29, 2009
Alabama, Body parts, Colleges & Universities, Default, Girls, Questions, Restroom, Students, Weirdness

I'm Afraid It's Just Cold Cuts for the Dead

Teacher: Where does the friar discover the bloodstains in the tomb?
Student #1: In the kitchen!
Teacher: There's no kitchen in a tomb.
Student #2: Well, dead people got to eat too!
Student #3: No they don't, stupid!
Student #4: Wait, don't people get hungry when they die?

9th Grade English Class
Louisiana

Overheard by: Is it Summer Vacation Yet?

Posted on May 27, 2009
Death & dying, Default, Louisiana, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Students, Stupidity, Teachers

Students