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27 things overheard at UK universities
01 Oct 2015
Some wonderful human being created a hilarious Facebook group called: “Overheard at University“, listing all the kooky, silly, dense and downright outrageous things that have been caught by the prying campus ears…So we’ve trawled through a truck load of UK ‘Overheard’ pages to bring you the best of the best!
1. Overheard at Plymouth University:
Girl 1: “Do you need any help with your Student Finance application?”
Girl 2: “Yeah, am I a UK national?”
2. Overheard at Canterbury Christ Church Univesity:
Boy 1: “The weather is awful here in Essex, what’s it been like in Canterbury?”
Girl 1: “Well it’s been really hot, obviously.”
Boy 1: “Why obviously?”
Girl 1: “Because it’s closer to Africa!”
3. Overheard at the University of Bath:
Student 1: “Have you cooked your first meal yet, as an officially poor peasant?”
Student 2: “Yeah, it was quite extravagant. I put the beans under the toast.”
4. Overheard at Collingwood College:
Girl 1: “Clueless came out in 1995.”
Girl 2: “Woah, I was dead then!”
5. Overheard at the University of Sussex:
A Tour Guide at the Library was asked: “What do you want to do when you graduate?”
Tour Guide replies: “I want to be a Barrister.”
The guy who asked the question looks confused, then asks: “Why do you study law if all you want to do is serve coffee?”
6. Overheard at the Oxford Union:
Member of the audience: “But Latin is my first language.”
7. Overheard at the University of Derby:
Second year Biology student: “Why do they add gravity to your bill?”
…He definitely meant gratuity…
8. Overheard at Bangor University:
Student: “What’s more vegetarian, ham or chicken?”
9. Overheard at the University of Worcester:
(In the middle of a lecture) Student: “I’m not really feeling learning.”
10. Overheard at Brunel University:
Student: “I’m literally turning back into a Foetus.”
11. Overheard at the University of Winchester:
Second year History student as he walks into lecture: “This room already smells like tears and despair.”
12. Overheard at University of St Andrews:
Student: “So 12 Years a Slave wasn’t about Nelson Mandela?”
13. Overheard at the University of Surrey:
Student: “Just because you have headphones on doesn’t mean we can’t hear you break wind.”
14. Overheard at the University of Buckingham:
Girl 1: “What’s feminism?”
Girl 2: Ummm…
*Thinks how to put it*
Girl 2: “It’s like patriarchy, but with tits.”
15. Overheard at Nottingham Trent University:
Student 1: “So Dragons don’t actually exist?
Student 2: “Well, Comodo Dragons do, but they aren’t the massive ones in films.”
Student 1: “Oh, but they still breathe fire, don’t they?”
16. Overheard at the University of Sheffield:
Student: “I’m not going to the 9am lecture today, it’s far too windy.”
17. Overheard at Cardiff University:
Student 1: “Yeah, we just had a Welsh door put in our house.”
Student 2: “A Welsh door?”
Student 1: “Yeah, well we couldn’t afford French doors, so we just knocked a hole in the wall.”
18. Overheard at the University of the West of England:
Student: “The use of big words is what sets us apart from typical UWE students.”
19. Overheard at Manchester Metropolitan University:
Girl 1: “What does propaganda mean?”
Girl 2: “Don’t know…I know what taking a gander means.”
20. Overheard at the University of Cambridge:
“You don’t look like you’re from Canada.”
21. Overheard at the Bournemouth University:
Student: “Do you need a passport to go to Cornwall?”
22. Overheard at the University of Exeter:
Girl: “Oh my God, last night was so bad…I threw up on a tramp!”
23. Overheard at King’s College London:
History student, after an awesome, thought provoking lecture from Professor Richard Drayton: “I want to lick his brain.”
24. Overheard at Glyndŵr University:
Boy: “In my opinion, the Queen is fitter on £10 note than a £5.”
25. Overheard at Newcastle University:
Guy 1: “Euugh, what’s that smell…stinks of sick!”
Guy 2: “Nah mate, that’s not sick, it’s just dinner.”
26. Overheard at Southampton Solent University:
Student: “A friend of mine thought that Buzz Lightyear was Darth Vader’s son.”
27. Overheard at Aberyswyth University:
Student: “I love a good poop in Tesco.”
Students, eh? You gotta love them…
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