Linguistics professor, after girl asks question: Well, the short answer would be ‘Yes,’ and by ‘yes’ I mean ‘no.’
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Linguistics professor, after girl asks question: Well, the short answer would be ‘Yes,’ and by ‘yes’ I mean ‘no.’
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Girl #1: Yeah, and so I threw the Internet cord from the top of the fire escape down to the bottom instead of walking all the way down. It was pretty exciting.
Girl #2: Ummm, okay then…
Girl #1: Well, it was okay! It’s like throwing a baby down the stairs — you know you shouldn’t, but you do it anyway!
Girl #2: Okay…
Illinois
Freshman girl: Well, like, this was from like 2 am the day it was due. I mean, the first one I submitted was of me with a pacifier in my mouth, and they told me it was inappropriate at the last minute. I mean, like, why couldn't they have told me that in January when I submitted it?
University
Connecticut
Overheard by: You really needed to be told?
College girl: You would be amazed by what I can do with the English language.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/413255774/there-are-no-surprises-left.html
Overheard by: and what else can you do?
Professor: So Russia had this really phallus-oriented system of government…
University
Newfoundland
Canadia
Overheard by: Mel
Teenybopper #1: Oooh, look at the nail polish I just got!
Teenybopper #2: I never use Sally Hansen nail polish anymore, because they test on animals.
Teenybopper #1: Really? What does that even mean?
Teenybopper #2: I don’t know. Something about pigs, I think…
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: EL
Gym teacher, during stretches: If you do it this way, it makes it easier and also more challenging.
Henry Wise Wood High School
Calgary
Canadia
Girl on cell: Are avocados vegetarian?
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canadia
Brunette girl: I love whole wheat nachos.
Blonde girl: They should make whole wheat potato chips.
(silence)
Brunette girl: Ohmigod! You're serious? There is no such thing as a whole wheat potato! (laughter)
Blonde girl: Wow! I am really not that dumb.
Nova Scotia
Canadia
Overheard by: nicole
Guy: They might be autistic, but that doesn't mean they don't want to have gay sex with children.
New Britain, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Grace
