How Was My Penmanship, for Example?

Student to professor: So, the only comment you made on my paper was that I completely missed the point of the assignment… So everything else was okay?

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canadia

Posted on January 30, 2015
Canadia, General Idiocy, Students, The Classroom

The Proper Medical Term Is ‘Gazinta’

Cheerleader: What’s that muscle called? My ‘gunna’?
Coach: What? Your gunna? What are you talking about?
Cheerleader, pointing to her groin: My gunna, it hurts.
Coach: You mean your groin?
Cheerleader: Yeah, my gunna hurts.
Coach: Jesus.

610 W 4th Street
Buchanan, Michigan

Overheard by: and this is my future?

Posted on January 19, 2015
General Idiocy, Michigan, Students

A Number Two?

Boss: And I would bet my… um… pencil, on that. Wait… what do they say?
Grad student: Ass. You'd bet your ass on that.
Boss: Oh, no. I don't want to bet that. I'll bet my favorite pencil.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

Posted on January 13, 2015
Body Parts, Bosses and Underlings, Maryland, Students, Weirdness, Words

That Certainly Gives You More Career Choices

30-something coworker to staff member’s nephew: So, you can get weapons… Can you also cast spells and do magic?
Nephew, playing a medieval computer game: Yeah. That’s called ‘Religion.’ Some people get really into religion, but I don’t. I just like killing stuff.

University of Sydney office
Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: Wil Dog

Posted on January 2, 2015
Australia, Coworkers, Students, Time Management, Violence

Ohmigah, a Photocopier? Cute!

Law student intern #1, on first day: Wow, look, we get cubicles!
Law student intern #2: Oh my god! This is so cool. It's just like on The Office!

Vancouver
Canadia

Posted on January 1, 2015
Canadia, General Idiocy, Interns & Temps, Students, TV

Or One Of Those Fictional Places, Like in Madagascar?

Redneck high school kid checking out campus: Guantanamo Bay? Is that one of the places the bugs attack in Starship Troopers?

UT Campus
Austin, Texas

Overheard by: Flabbergasted Longhorn

Posted on December 31, 2014
Animals, Cinema, Education, General Idiocy, Geography & History, Students, Texas

He Prefers Rooms with Lots of Light

Student: I hate going to the weight room. Those weights are heavy.

School
Texas

Overheard by: dan

Posted on December 31, 2014
Education, General Idiocy, Gripes, Places, Students, Texas

To Get Them Into Good Habits?

Student teacher #1: I have to write a unit on the book My Side of the Mountain.
Student teacher #2: What? Why are you teaching something called “mindset of a nun” to your kids?

Ford City, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Lyndsay