She's Just Gherkin You Off

Preppy girl: It's like eating pickle juice.
Guy: Like pickle juice?
Friend: How fucking stupid are you?

Rockford, Illinois

Posted on March 22, 2009
Compare and contrast, Default, Drinking & drunks, Food, Friends, Girls, Guys, Illinois, Questions, Students, Stupidity

That Rug Really Ties the Room Together

Girl student: So, the Federal Government is like, a puppy, like (giggle) they're so cute… And like, you want to just cuddle them, then they're naughty and it's bad.
Teacher: Kelly, could you please explain a bit more? I'm not getting your reasoning here.
Girl student: Well…they do good things, and it's cute, then they like pee on your rug, and it's bad.
Teacher: I promise you, the next time a member of the Federal Government pees on my rug, I will go bonkers.

Boulder, Colorado

Overheard by: Tizri

Posted on March 19, 2009
Animals, Beauty, Colorado, Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Pee, Questions, Students, Teachers

Too Bad He's a Gateway Drug on the Road to Rush Limbaugh

Student: I agree with everything Bill O'Reilly says.

University of Toronto
Canadia

Posted on March 19, 2009
Canadia, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Names, Pop culture, Students

Probably Not the Best Topic to Assign a Special-Needs Kid

Nervous fourth grader giving oral report: Joan of Arc, the pheasant, was caught in a blender.

Elementary School
Duluth, Minnesota

Overheard by: Nic

Posted on March 19, 2009
Default, History, Kids, Minnesota, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Sex, Students, Words

I'm Pretty Sure the National Film Board Knows

Student: It's not physical, but it's ineffable.
Professor: What does it mean? To eff something?

http://overheardatwestern.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-dont-know-but-ill-bet-its-physical.html

Overheard by: Ian

Posted on March 17, 2009
Default, Overheard at Western, Questions, Sex, Students, Teachers, Words

Ever Wake Up in Mid-Sentence, With No Idea What You're Talking About?

Male student: Sorry to use an STD metaphor again, but I think the bee pubic hair represented herpes.

Whittier College
Whittier, California

Overheard by: Sam (kind of hard not to)

Posted on March 6, 2009
Animals, California, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Guys, Hair, Maladies, STDs, Students

Ever Eaten in Our Cafeteria?

Teacher to student: See, why can't you be more of a brown noser, like him? (points at another student)
Student: Because I don't like the taste of ass?
(class groans)
Teacher: Don't knock it till you try it.

San Diego, California

Posted on March 6, 2009
Advice, Ass, California, Class, Default, Questions, Students, Teachers, Words

That's How Christianity Works

College student: I may not know what I'm doing, but I know what I'm not doing.

Decatur, Illinois

Posted on March 5, 2009
Compare and contrast, Default, Illinois, Students, Weirdness, Words

Also the Difference Between the Middle Class and Everybody Else

Student: Hey there! How was your Thanksgiving?
Dining hall worker: Meh, I was pretty indifferent. At least I didn't get arrested.
Student: Oh…that's a good way to look at things.

Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington

Overheard by: its something to be thankful for

Posted on March 2, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Default, Employees, Food, Questions, Students, Washington, Weirdness

Or the Other Couple

Professor: So my kid walked in on us last night…
Student in class: Well, you gave them the talk, why not say you were wrestling or something?
Professor: Well, I have no way to explain the handcuffs.

Penn State
Altoona, Pennsylvania

Posted on February 26, 2009
Class, Default, Kids, Pennsylvania, Questions, Students, Teachers, Toys

Students