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Girl #2: What's sexology? Girl #1: Um, the the study of sex. Girl #2: Oh. -- Overheard on Elgin Crescent http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/sexology.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/sexology.html Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:38:11 -0500 Guy: Quitting smoking sucks. The closest I can get to that nice feeling in my head I get when I smoke is standing up really fast. -- Overheard in the cafeteria http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/quitting_smoking.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/quitting_smoking.html Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:38:26 -0500 Guy: I don’t see why this Quebecois as a nation thing is such a big deal. If they want to be special, fine, call them special. Girl: I think it’s because it also opens the doors for Native Canadians to also want special status. Guy: So? Pass a bill saying they’re special too. It’s Canada! Everyone can be special! -- Overheard in the Torque Room http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/quebecois_are_special.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/quebecois_are_special.html Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:39:13 -0500 Girl #1: I think that's a squirrels nest! Girl #2: Squirrels have nests? Girls #3: I thought birds had nests!? Girls #4: Squirrels lay eggs? -- Overheard on Weber St. http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/squirrels.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/squirrels.html Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:46:57 -0500 Girl #1: "I object! I'm not a whore!" Girl #2: "You never object, that's WHY you're a whore!" -- overheard on MSN http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/youre_a_whore.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/youre_a_whore.html Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:47:08 -0500 Girl #1: "Wait, so when....when he......finishes, you finish too?" Girl #2: "Uh, sometimes. Just because he finishes doesn't mean you've finished" Girl #1: "Oh..." (awkward silence as Girl #1 inwardly contemplates previous sexual relations) -- Overheard in the cafeteria http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/finished.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/finished.html Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:48:23 -0500 Jeopardy is on television. A discussion about how pretentious Alex Trebeck is is going on. Girl 1: Could you imagine ever having sex with Trebek? Girl 2: (impersonating Trebek) I'm sorry, the correct answer would have been WHO IS your daddy! -- Overheard on Brighton St. http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/alex_trebek.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/alex_trebek.html Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:37:02 -0500 Girl: OH my GOD!... that kid is taking a pee on the side of the road Guy: (looks out window) No fair, last time I took a pee on the side of the road I got a ticket - overheard in dining hall (people looking out the window onto university) http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/peeing_on_the_side_of_the_road.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/peeing_on_the_side_of_the_road.html Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:48:07 -0500 Guy: Why do so many houses around here suck with the Christmas lights? If I was decorating my house, I'd have a SHIT-LOAD of Christmas lights. Girl: A shit-load? - Overheard on King St. http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/christmas_lights.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/christmas_lights.html Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:39:41 -0500 Guy on cell phone: (yelling) I just want to shove my tongue down your throat, man! - Overheard on University Ave http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/_tongue_title.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/_tongue_title.html Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:16:32 -0500 A girl talking about her ex: Girl: I'm like a puppy and he's like my master who beats me but I always come back. -- Overheard in the Fred Nichols Campus Centre http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/_puppy.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/_puppy.html Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:36:17 -0500 15-year-old girl: I'd SO be a prostitute. They make so much money and they only have sex with rich people. - Overheard on the 7C bus http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/prostitute.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/prostitute.html Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:39:51 -0500 Guy: Why do people bother raking leaves? It would be so much easier to set everything on fire. - Overheard in the Cafeteria http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/leaves.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/leaves.html Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:40:12 -0500 Prof: Any other questions? *student puts their hand up* Prof: Yes, keener? - Overheard in Poli Sci lecture http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/_keener_needs_title.html http://www.overheardatlaurier.com/2006/12/_keener_needs_title.html Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:35:41 -0500