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
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
Teacher: Coffee is like steroids, you know.
1600 Maryhill Drive
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Teacher: Hugh*, why are you out in the hallway? You should be in the classroom.
Student: Well, I had skidmarks in my underpants so, you know, I was putting them away…
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: another teacher
Teacher: This is David from Israel. Do you have any questions for David?
Senior student: Yes. Do you have air conditioning in your tents?
High School
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: IsraeliTexan
Teacher: When he came in to register his kids here, he tried to use his arrest report as his proof of address. “Possession with intent to sell,” it said. I told him, “You can’t use that as your proof of address; you need a BGE or a water bill.”
2000 Cecil Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Philosophy professor: History is written by the winners. Losers are killed… But in philosophy, losers aren’t killed, they’re marginalized.
Athens, Ohio
