Overheard

By Compiled By Stephanie Herbert

Published on Friday, May 5, 2006

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Midterms have apparently drained us of common sense/basic brain function:

"What are those territories, you know, in the Northwest of Canada called?"

"The Northwest Territories?"

"Oh yeah."

• '06 Girls, Collis.

"What is skeet shooting? Does it involve killing animals? What is a skeet, exactly?"

• '08 Girl, Tridelt.

[cell phone starts playing "Sex and the City" theme]

'06 Girl: "Um, Christopher, why is your cell phone ring the 'Sex and the City' theme'?"

Her High School Brother: "What?! My phone says that's 'Latin!'"

"You know, I didn't know Michael Jackson was black until I came to college?"

• '09 Girl, Alpha Chi.

Girl 1: "I want to hook up with Thayer Guy X."

Girl 2: "Apparently he gave Random Girl Y an STD."

Girl 3: "Still want to hook up with him?"

Girl 1: "Well, now I'm definitely second guessing it. But here's the question ­-- was it curable? I mean if it's curable we can work with that, but if its just treatable that's not really my bag."

• Wheelock Street

'06 girl to other '06 girl: "Oh my god, like I don't even wanna think about how much saturated fat is on this plate."

Another '06 girl: "Pshhh, I don't even know what saturated fat is."