Weirdness

Old white lady, leaving table with a flourish: Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to the bathroom to shoot up.

Lemongrass
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Loves Her Some Thai Food

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?

Woman at table dining with friend: I mean, I love infectious diseases, don’t get me wrong, but that’s not my life.

Red Restaurant
Nashville, Tennessee

Overheard by: kyndgrrl

Professor: The guillotine was humane. It was just humane many thousands of times.

Oberlin, Ohio

Overheard by: Secret Spy

Neal Patrick Harris lookalike: Okay, okay: no pickle dicks on Molly!

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Girl #1: Shit!
Girl #2: What?
Girl #1: I forgot to ask him if he's gay!
Girl #2: But you don't even know him!
Girl #1: I know, and now I've lost my chance…I'll wonder for the rest of my life if he was gay or not. And maybe one day, when I'm old and gray, I'll see him, at a bus-stop maybe, and then I'll try to ask him…and he'll be already on the bus, and I'll never know.
Girl #2: You're kind of a freak.

University of Delaware

Professor: What does 95% confidence mean?
Weird kid: It means there are 95 parallel universes between the values!
Professor: Well I don't know about that.

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Woman on phone: So you want me to call her anyway and tell her that I'm not coming to a party that I wasn't invited to?

Park Ave
Long Beach, New York

Overheard by: Christina Federici

Stoned frat boy: I have this aversion with talking to dentists… or really anyone who wants to help me with my general health.

SUNY Geneseo
New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Teen, hearing that IBM computer “Watson” is winning at Jeopardy: That makes me so happy! We have robot overlords!

Ithaca, New York