Overheard in Madison

This blog is dedicated to things heard in and around the wonderful city of Madison, WI. We know you're listening, so tell us what you hear!

~ Sunday, February 19 ~

“ It just straight up smelled like condoms!

— A guy in Smith talking on his phone (submitted by parfaits-reves)

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~ Wednesday, December 21 ~

“ He never tests us because he feels the information is “valuable” but it’s not. It’s just so FUCKING hard.

— a girl on Library Mall near State Street (submission from playourhand)

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~ Saturday, December 17 ~

“ Lady Gaga is all the proof I need that there is no god.

— ILS 205 TA (submission from cait-flynn)

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“ Just because nobody loves you doesn’t mean you can get two cats. That’s not okay.

— in College Library on the UW Campus

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~ Wednesday, December 14 ~

“ I smiled really bigly.

— a girl walking between Bascom Hall and Ingraham Hall on the UW campus

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~ Thursday, December 8 ~

“ That’s it. Male and female. Just two categories.

— an English TA discussing the concept of sex in a discussion for a class about gender and sexuality in literature

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~ Tuesday, December 6 ~

“ I hate women.

— female Communication Arts student at Grainger

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“ When we were in France we had to learn how to balance on the metro. It was so cool, and, I don’t know, it was just cool because we got used to it, and when we’d go through a tunnel it felt like were in a time warp or something.

— girl riding the 80 who had to stand (submitted by malyvang)

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~ Thursday, December 1 ~

“ Seventy-five percent of the population in Iran is under 35. THAT’S HUGE! That means so many people are fucking, folks!

— an English professor at UW-Madison

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~ Wednesday, November 9 ~

“ You don’t show up to a date lookin’ like a hot mess even though you’re really thoughtful, intelligent… whatever, interesting.

— an English professor in the Humanities building on the UW campus

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