Professor: Today we’re going to be synthesizing a 6,6 nylon molecule. Who can tell me where the sixes come from?
Student: The devil!
Professor: Very good. Note the dreaded mark of the polymer beast.
Chemistry lab, Concord University
Athens, West Virginia
Overheard by: I’m also failing chemistry
Professor: I don’t care what you say, there’s nothing worse than eating a baby.
Community college
North Carolina
Overheard by: First row fanboy
Professor: I guess one lesson we can take from this book is to never slap a Chinese warlord.
20th Century World Novel class, Mississippi State University
Mississippi
Overheard by: blondie
Professor: It’s like she said — what’s your name again?
Girl: Alandra.
Professor: Alandra. Okay, I’m going to try and remember that.
Girl: It’s easy. Alandra. Just think of ‘a laundromat.’
http://overheardatthemecca.blogspot.com/
Overheard by:
Professor, as it snows out of season: If I wanted to see white powder this time of year, I’d buy some fucking cocaine! Not that I’ve ever bought drugs… But if I did, the statute of limitations has long passed… Okay, let’s talk about bribery!
http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/2007/05/are-you-sure-that-last-night-is-out-of.html
Overheard by: legal lush
Professor: Okay, this appears to be advertising for a brand of malt liquor. Who here drinks malt liquor?
Only black guy in class: Me!
Professor, laughing: Okay, Martin drinks malt liquor.
Black guy: Brothers drink malt liquor!
Professor, laughing: That’s right, brothers drink malt liquor!
Anthropology class, UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Student: Man! Question number four on that exam? The one about chickens was so hard… It took me forever.
Teacher: Well, it seemed tricky, but the problem was really pretty straightforward. It just involved birds instead of mammals.
Student: … Chickens are birds?
Bloomington, Indiana
Professor: Well, Miss Two-L, I am going to need a better legal argument than, ‘It seems really shady,’ but that’s a good start.
http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/2007/05/shady-is-legalese.html
Overheard by: kks
Aikido student: Um, Sensei, I think there's spit on the mat…
Sensei: There's sweat on the mat?
Aikido Student: No, spit.
Sensei: Oh, spit! That's gross!
Humboldt State University
Arcata, California
Overheard by: Eli
