Overheard in the Workplace

16/02/2026

Lecturer: I learned a new word tonight and need to be restrained from using it: John Oliver coined "this needs to be 'spellcheckerated'"

And then the next student sagely announced in their essay "All learns comes from within."

07/01/2026

QOTD: "Swearing is an integral part of my everyday academic process ."

17/02/2025

Tough Geordie foreman turning green while describing to a room full of Aussies the video his staff took of two black snakes fighting on site and the loser getting eaten: priceless.

17/02/2025

At a local diner:

“Ooh I like your batman costume!”
“It’s not a costume! It’s a shirt, look!”
“Ohh- does that mean you’re actually batman?”
“No 🙄” -interaction with a very well spoken 4 year old

26/12/2024

Merry Christmas from the ED!

Do you realize that this is the 12th year we’ve run this series? Time really flies when you don’t have something lodged up your butt. But for those of you who do, read on to see if you made this year’s list of the weirdest stuff that entered America’s orifices. If not, there’s always next ...

27/09/2023

🤣🤣🤣

23/07/2021