Overheard on campus ... and elsewhere

[sinenomine]

(Had to restart this one from the CHE fora...)

I'm at my alma mater during Parents' Weekend and just overheard a couple discussing their visit to their daughter's apartment:

"I'm worried about that count they have posted on the refrigerator. I hope it's kissing."

[Wahoo Redux]

One of my favorite conversations of all time, heard on an elevator:

"So how was your first date?"

"It was terrible!  He drove like a bat out of hell!"

[paultuttle]

One of my favorite conversations of all time, heard on an elevator:

"So how was your first date?"

"It was terrible!  He drove like a bat out of hell!"

Ouch! :clutches my chest histrionically: I felt that!

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A coworker's pre-teen child came to work with her. I overheard the following:

Child: "I'm hungry."

Coworker: "You know there's a vending machine downstairs, right? We went there the last time you were here."

Child: "But I don't have any money!"

Coworker: ". . . which means now's the time to practice your powers of persuasion. Again."

[mamselle]

Training in grantsmanship can never start too early in life....

M.