Overheard

February 08, 2012

Girl: “Sometimes when I’m in a crowded hallway I like to float around and say, ‘Look at me, I’m a blood clot!’”
—Coffman Union

Guy: “Saturday morning I woke up with no shirt or shoes, wrapped in a rug in a building I’ve never seen in my life.”
Girl: “What happened?”
Guy: “Turns out it was a llama farm/petting zoo.”
—Willey Hall

Girl 1: “Yeah, but all you have to do when you get a minor is like 40 hours of volunteer work.”
Girl 2: “Did you do it?”
Girl 3: “Yeah ... Wait, can I put that on my résumé?”
—Elliott Hall

“Oh, I wouldn’t mind getting tased in the butt!”
—The Cube

Girl 1: “Alaska is next to Canada.”
Girl 2: “No, it’s next to Washington.”
Girl 1: “Oh yeah, you’re right.”
Girl 3: “Let’s prove them both wrong.”
—Comstock Hall

Professor: “If you didn’t study hard in high school, you’ll end up in America, teaching Japanese.”
—Japanese class

Girl: “Well, it was nice meeting you Steve ...”
Guy: “My name is Frank.”
Girl: “Does it really matter? I am likely to talk to you or about you the same level of never.”
Guy: “Does that mean you’ll take my phone number?”
—Anderson Hall

Freshman: “Have you ever been to Dinkytown?”
—Hard Times Cafe

Gopher Chauffeur [takes wrong turn]: “Sorry, we are just so used to going to T-hall.”
—Unknown

Girl: “So you aced the alcohol quiz while drunk?”
Guy: “It’s not that hard.”
—Middlebrook Hall

Guy: “Why is the condoms section called family planning? Is that supposed to be like a joke?”
—CVS

Professor: “I have so much more respect for Styrofoam peanuts. It’s a little nugget of infinity.”
—Science Teaching and Student Services building

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