NYU Professor: Being a visiting professor has its good points: I don’t give a shit what I say!
19 University Place
New York, NY
NYU Professor: Being a visiting professor has its good points: I don’t give a shit what I say!
19 University Place
New York, NY
Korean teacher: Do you have a boyfriend?
English teacher: No.
Korean teacher: Don’t you get lonely?
English teacher: Not really.
Korean teacher: Doesn’t your… body get lonely?
English teacher: Did you really just say that?
Korean teacher: I’m not sexually harassing you! My English just isn’t good!
Sacheon
South Korea
School social worker, to kindergartner on lap: So what happened right before you ran out of your classroom?
Kindergartner: I’m peeing.
Social worker: What do you mean, you’re peeing?
Kindergartner: I’m peeing.
Social worker: [jumps up, displaying huge wet spot on her pants]Kindergartner: I TOLD you I was peeing.
5130 Roxbury Road
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Fair warning given
Student walking into class late: The bad news is, I am late. The good news is that my intramural football team won the championship.
Professor: What is your team’s name?
Student: The Jack Bauers.
Professor: Is that the guy from 24? I can’t get into that show…
Student: Because you hate freedom?
Capital University Law School
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: captain awesome
Student: So how many participants will I need to use?
Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor: So you could just use eight friends.
Student: Oh. Okay. Really?
Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Do you have eight friends?
Otago University
New Zealand
Overheard by: he's my supervisor too…
Grad student presenter: … So we think that the protein might be diffusing.
Professor: Well, according to the dream I had last night, that couldn’t happen.
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: LabCat
Professor: Yes, the Chinese are very oriental.
Muncie, Indiana
Overheard by: She's teaching us?
Teacher running in, glancing around wildly: Anyone got a lighter?
Preschool
Denver, Colorado
Trainer: In America, when our kids don’t finish their meals we tell them that there are starving kids in Africa. What do you tell them?
Clients from Kenya: [Silence]
Cafeteria, Hazina Towers, 258 Monrovia Street
Nairobi, Kenya
Post-doc: I see… You condition the mouse to know that it gets a treat after you pick it up.
Professor: Exactly. ‘I know I’m happy when you touch me and give me food!’
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: LabCat
