Yeahhh, college!

College guy: I like salsa, but it makes me sad.

Duluth, Minnesota

Overheard by: Nic

Bearded college guy: Yeah, I would have had a much better chance if my last name was, like, “Visigoth,” but I couldn’t, like, lie to her about it at that point, you know?

Madison, Wisconsin

Overheard by: Elizabeth

Boy: I believe in waiting until marriage.
Girl: That’s funny, cause I believe in you fucking my brains out.

Bryn Mawr College
Pennsylvania

Drunk college guy: Is that Nala?
Drunk college chick: She is so pretty… Don’t you think she’s pretty?
Drunk college guy: I’m not really into cartoons…[after several seconds] I gotta say, though, Kim pretty hot.

Nashville, Tennessee

Overheard by: Megan

Girl: So Natalie Portman is speaking tonight. I want to go.
Boy: What is it about?
Girl: Poverty, but who cares? It’s Natalie Portman.
Boy: Yeah, fuck poverty, she’s hot.

University
Berkeley, California

College jock: Girls suck. I would so be your gay lover if it weren’t for the whole butt-sex thing.
Scrawny friend: Me too, man.

Davis, California

American college guy to friends: My mom told me I was pussy-whipped.

Brussels National Airport
Belgium

Overheard by: aja

Eager freshman: It’s like a disco, but with books!

Harvard Yard
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Female college student: Do boys still really have cooties at thirteen?
Male college student: Nope. That’s when they get penises.

Tempe, Arizona

Overheard by: Meghan

Layer-wearing college student: We went to Ikea in a Zipcar, and some jerk had left all their Starbucks trash in the front seat.
Queer: You are such a trendy bitch I don't know whether to hug you or puke on your shoes.

Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: i'd go with puke