Posts Tagged ‘higher education’

  • But I Really Like Saying Cadmium

    Date: 2009.10.19 | Category: all | Response: 1

    Art Student #1: So, guys, I’m thinking of dying my hair red.
    Art Student #2: What color red?
    Art Student #1: Like, red red.
    Art Student #2: No, I mean, like a cadmium red? Or more a cadmium red/orange?
    Art Student #1: Just… red.

    Minneapolis College Of Art & Design
    Overheard by Pfft. Only at art school.

  • Space Them Out Over An Hour

    Date: 2009.10.15 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Guy in hallway: So, I got all jittery before class and then I threw up right before lunch. So, yeah, don’t take six at once.

    Duluth, St. Scholastica
    Overheard by B-dubs.

  • So You’re Not On Drugs?

    Date: 2009.10.13 | Category: all | Response: 0

    College girl, defending herself: I’m on drugs, you can’t trust anything I say.

    Saint Paul, Concordia University Library
    Overheard by cspme.

  • He’s Going To Pretend He Can’t

    Date: 2009.10.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

    College girl: So, are you, like, deaf in one ear?
    College guy: Well, sort of. It’s like 40 percent.
    College girl: So, can you hear me right now?

    Roseville, Northwestern College
    Overheard by No, he just mastered telepathy.

  • Get Out While You Still Can, Dan

    Date: 2009.10.04 | Category: all | Response: 1

    College Girl to another College Girl: I taught him how to cuddle. Dan, show her how you cuddle!
    Dan: I don’t remember.

    Concordia University St. Paul
    Overheard by Expert Cuddler.

  • This Is True If You Don’t Watch A Lot Of Movies

    Date: 2009.09.30 | Category: all | Response: 2

    Freshman (white) girl: Why is it that in all the movies, Asians are the bad guys?

    Arden Hills, Arden Hall, Northwestern College
    Overheard by Jackie Chan, Mr. Miyagi, and all the Bond villains.

  • The Problem Is She Can’t Do One Without The Other

    Date: 2009.09.18 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Little girl talking to her mom: When I’m DANCING, I’m THINKING!

    Minneapolis, MCAD
    Overheard by Quietly observing, pretending to work.

  • We Have So Much In Common

    Date: 2009.07.14 | Category: all | Response: 1

    Cosmo student: My mannequin says “I love farts!” on it!

    Minneapolis, Aveda Institute
    Overheard by fellow avedite.

  • I Don’t Want It If There’s Work Involved

    Date: 2009.05.11 | Category: all | Response: 1

    Guy walking out of school on his cell phone: How am I supposed to seduce you if you’re not drunk?

    Bloomington, Normandale Community College

  • Or Puppies

    Date: 2009.05.08 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Student #1: Dude, is that you that smells like cinnamon rolls?
    Student #2: (laughs) I wish, bro; do you have any idea how many girls I could get if I went around smelling like cinnamon rolls all the time?!

    St. Paul, University of St. Thomas; Brady Hall
    Overheard by The New Axe Fragrance.

  • That Was A Memorable Dollar Bill

    Date: 2009.05.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Lab partner #1: Dude, you know that stripper that we met last night at the club?
    Lab partner #2: Yeah.
    Lab partner #1: Dude, she totally added me on Facebook!

    St. Paul, St. Thomas
    Overheard by He must be a winner…

  • Who Can Keep Track?

    Date: 2009.05.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Red haired goth girl working on a paper: What was that thing called where the Nazis killed the Jews?

    Minneapolis, a University dining hall
    Overheard by feels like she was just an embarrassment to humanity itself.

  • That’s Worse

    Date: 2009.05.04 | Category: all | Response: 0

    College girl: John*, my bellybutton is oozing for you.
    John, apparently: That’s sick. Could you have made it sound a bit more sensual at least?
    College girl: It wasn’t mean to be sensual. (long pause) I mean, oh yeah, my bellybutton is wet and waiting for you!

    New Brighton, Das Hus
    Overheard by a.lil.

  • Oh Yeah, All Of Them

    Date: 2009.04.29 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Lady in cafeteria to Hispanic worker in cafeteria: So, how about that swine flu? It’s scary. Do you know anyone in your home country who got it?

    Minneapolis College Of Art & Design
    Overheard by informed art student.

  • WHO WILL HELP ME?

    Date: 2009.04.28 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Girl, walking behind her boyfriend a few feet whispering: Baby, baby, baby! Listen to me. My butt itches.

    Minneapolis, Augsburg college
    Overheard by You don’t whisper very quietly.

  • And Now She Needs A Nickname

    Date: 2009.04.28 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Girl #1: I have a cough. I think I have the swine flu.
    Girl #2: You don’t have the swine flu. Ugh, you’re that girl that thinks she has cancer all the time, arent you?
    Girl #1: No, I’m not.
    Girl #2: Well, you’re going to be that girl.

    Minneapolis, College campus
    Overheard by I hope I didnt just catch swine flu.

  • Who Said College Was Hard?

    Date: 2009.04.28 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Dumb St. Thomas Girl #1: Oh My God! Tonight is going to be so crazy! I swear, I’m going to black out and definitely make out with, like, 20 guys.
    Dumb St. Thomas Girl #2: No seriously, me too!

    St. Paul, Outside the Arches on campus
    Overheard by don’t you have class tomorrow?

  • He Is?

    Date: 2009.04.27 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Woman #1, whispering to a friend about a guy in the orchestra at a play: Dude, I wanna run over and grab that guy’s flute and beat him over the head with it.
    Woman #2: NO! He’s autistic! (about a minute later) Actually, you probably should. He’s really annoying.

    Austin, Riverland Community College
    Overheard by a.lil.

  • Formerly A GAP Asian

    Date: 2009.04.22 | Category: all | Response: 1

    Girl #1: What, he was Asian?!?!?!
    Girl #2: He wasn’t ASIAN. He was…United Colors of Benetton Asian.

    Minneapolis, Augsburg College

  • She Has Our Sympathy

    Date: 2009.04.22 | Category: all | Response: 0

    30 something female student: She just got out of surgery and can’t have sex for a month.
    20 something male student: Who can’t?
    30 something female student: My mom.

    Minneapolis, MCTC Skyway
    Overheard by thank god they are not in my class.