Teachers

Spanish teacher to students: Now for those of you who do not know a sandwich is: two pieces of bread with one or two objects in between them, and is eaten as a snack.

Loveland, Colorado

Overheard by: Aristide

Professor #1: I need some furniture for my new house, but everything here is so weird and expensive.
Professor #2: You should go up to Pennsylvania. The Amish hand-make very nice furniture, and it’s not that bad price-wise.
Professor #1: The Amish… okay. Do they deliver?

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

At little boy spills his drink. The supervisor hands him a mop

Supervisor: Now go clean up the mess you made. This will teach you what you’ll be doing when you grow up.

20410 Highway 46 W
Spring Branch, Texas

Tennis instructor to day-campers: You were special last year. You are not special anymore. If you still suck this year, leave these courts.

Birchwood Swim & Tennis Club
Chappaqua, New York

Overheard by: rachel kieffer

Biology professor: You can’t just come up with your own hypotheses!

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

Teacher: Does anyone know what Sputnik was?
Student: That’s, like, a dog, right?

High school
Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Kong

Teacher: Okay, so now that you know the basic rules of the computer lab, I have to ask you one more question… Do any of you ever check out the NMBLA website? [Silence.] Well I do, frequently. I want to know who the enemy is. Also, I like to look at the new Russian brides on Fridays.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Cupcake1

Professor: I like nuns. Nuns taught me to the play the clarinet. So I love nuns!

Suffolk County Community College, New York

Overheard by: Rachel

Professor: Someone hacked into the university’s website, and now the Russian mafia has all of your information.

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Overheard by: Colleen

Older, proper female professor #1, giggling: Well, I guess after that I should probably just invest in a new turkey baster.
Older, proper female professor #2: I should say so, my dear.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: This place is killing me…