Teacher, incredulously: You never read Harold and the Purple Crayon?!
Student: Well, sorry, I was reading Machiavelli.
http://overheardinhighschool.blogspot.com/
Teacher, incredulously: You never read Harold and the Purple Crayon?!
Student: Well, sorry, I was reading Machiavelli.
http://overheardinhighschool.blogspot.com/
Professor: We have to accept the fact that there are still individuals in this country who are horribly racist, who have a completely backwards system of beliefs… Now, I call that person ‘Nana,’ but that’s neither here nor there.
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Professor, about PowerPoint: You guys don’t have this slide in your notes… Hahaha!
UC Davis Vet School
California
Middle-aged student: … But technically, can a woman get pregnant by two different men?
Biology professor: Depends on what party she went to.
York, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Jessica
Professor: Usually people ride donkeys to the top of the mountain because it’s really steep. Afterwards, you can go down on the donkeys, too, if you’d like.
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Caylin
Professor: I have a low threshold for body movement!
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2007/05/08/hawkings-disease/
Overheard by:
American history professor: Whoever is writing ‘vah-jay-jay’ instead of ‘Virginia’ in the notes they are submitting, please stop.
eavesdropdc.blogspot.com
Professor: Okay, let’s go fill your heads with useless crap.
Centennial College
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Meech
Professor: Has anyone ever eaten anything that made them sick, and now they have an aversion to it? [A few students reply.] Yeah, I think it happens to everyone… Like for me, it’s those small, white powdered doughnuts. I just can’t eat them anymore — they taste furry now, and the thought of something furry in my mouth makes me gag. [Pause.] I think I’ve said too much.
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Overheard by: well, now I’m jsut curious…
Professor: So, you see, the barns were directly beneath the houses, and the people and the animals had a very, very intimate relationship for many years. Very intimate.
Jock: Niiice [high fives jock friend].
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Overheard by: chroma the great
