Girl (correcting guy’s grammar in a paper): You throw around commas like one dollar bills at a strip show. — Thurston Ave Awkward Dude (to friend): It’s so much fun to be in the men’s locker room with a bunch of naked guys. (Awkward silence.) Maybe I shouldn’t have used the word “fun”; it’s interesting. It’s a whole different ... dynamic. — Outside Helen Newman Amazed Patron at Synapsis: They donated the entire medical school, and now this?! — Weill Hall Clean-cut Girl: I don’t like rubbing it the right way! — Uris Guy 1: Yo, did you see those breast cancer shirts? Guy 2: Yeah, what of it? Guy 1: I liked the “Save Second Base” one. Guy 2: What’s “second base?” Guy 1: (pause, then laughter) Guy 2: Dude, don’t look at me like that and then laugh. It’s a legit question — Guy 1: You don’t know what second base is?! Guy 2: Yo, I know the bases are sexual innuendos. Like, I know first base and home base, but not the intermediates! — Olin Hall Sorority Girl: Like, how much smaller do you get when the baby comes out? —Trillium Drunk Girl: I’m so confused gravitationally. — North Campus Freshman Girl to Friend: I just don’t understand it! There are 1500 boys in the entering freshman class and not a single one will have sex with me! Friend: Well, have you asked them all? — Appel Commons Hear something raunchy or ridiculous? Submit your eavesdroppings to Overheard@cornellsun.com
Overheard Oct. 30: 'I’m so confused gravitationally.'
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