Drunk teacher: Those aren't coasters, they're pasties. (holds them up to her breasts)
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Heather
Drunk teacher: Those aren't coasters, they're pasties. (holds them up to her breasts)
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Heather
Professor, near the end of two-hour lecture, taking a few deep breaths: I'm losing it myself, I'm bored!
Michigan State University
Overheard by: almost-facinated student
Communications professor: There are no stupid questions. If you have a question, that means you don't understand something. If you don't ask the question you will be behind for the day, for the week, semester, and the rest of your life. You will find yourself sucking cheap wine out of a paper bag and sleeping on a grate.
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington
High school teacher: So they employed guerrilla warfare.
Chick: Wait, seriously? They sent gorillas out into the jungle? Wouldn't that be dangerous?
Vienna, Virginia
Anthropology professor: So they tried so hard to be hetero that they just came out being really homo…
Class: (laughs)
Anthropology professor: …geneous.
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Peter
Pretentious student to professor: There were a lot of people there. Interesting people. But most of them weren't as interesting as me.
University of Maine
Orono, Maine
Professor: When I tell people I'm an English professor they always ask what my favorite word is. You know what I tell them? “Fuck” is my favorite word. Also, “lackadaisical.” How about “lackadaisical fuck”? (laughs)
Gordon College
Barnesville, Georgia
Biology teacher to uninterested students: Sperm doesn't just crawl along the floor.
Maine