Words

Student: Somebody drew a triforce in the bathroom.
Teacher: There’s a penis in the hall and now a triforce in the bathroom?

English Class
Arcadia, California

Overheard by: Sam

Guest speaker: What are the rules for language in this class?
Professor: Go right ahead. You can say ‘fuck’ all you want.

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Yale polo player #1: What are all those people doing on old campus?
Yale polo player #2: Probably “Soccer for Darfur” or something. I hate fake activism like that.
Yale polo player #3: You mean “S'mores for Darfur,” right?
Yale polo player #1: I keep hearing that word, “Darfur.” What does it even mean?

overheardatyale.com

Overheard by: Overheard at Yale

Tipsy guy to girl beside him: What are you doing later?
Girl: Going home to Scotchgard my bathrobe.

Duke & Duchess Bar
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Cooper Street Relic

English teacher to class: Apostrophes and semicolons really turn me on.
Class: (horrified silence)
English teacher, to self: Maybe I shouldn't have said that.

High School
Wisconsin

Gay sports fan to table of gay sports fans, while watching Packers game: So, are you a packer or a packee?

Washington, DC

Teacher: Does anyone know how to spell that?
(silence)
Student: Looks like it’s time to whip out the dic!
Teacher: Some words should *not* be shortened.

High School Classroom
Rhode Island

Roommate on phone: You've gotta get through the ribcage.

University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Wondering what they're planning.

(five-year-old boy is slapping and punching packages of beef and pork)
Father: Josh! Stop slapping the meat.
Bystander: (laughs out loud)
Father (hissing): No! Not that!

Safeway
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Overheard by: TK

Girl #1: Even when I was a little kid I knew it was Christian propaganda. I was like, “Hey, this lion is Jesus!”
Girl #2: That was great, say it again.
Girl #1: This lion is Jesus!

AMC Century City