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Saturday, June 13, 2026
Overheard in Madison 10/4

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Overheard in Madison 4/19

Girl on the phone on Mills Street:

OMG Andrew, I just had my first one night stand this weekend.

Guy in English class, regarding a poem about a woman and her child:

Well, it's really hard to say without the baby's perspective...

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Botany Professor:

There's no pairing of homologous chromosomes in mitosis just like there's no crying in baseball!

Ken Robinson, member of Royal Science Academy, speaking at the Memorial Union:

—One of them offered me a free autopsy.

—On the census: You didn't have people with little calculators going around since the beginning of time saying, ""Oh look, here's four more!""

Guy in Vilas Hall:

What's Catholic school sex ed like? ""Just don't touch it. Ever.""?

Girl in Union South:

An ocelot? I could take on an ocelot. Probably not a lynx.

Guy looking at a Google map:

Who the fuck designed Washington D.C.? It's like a labyrinth. I'm surprised it's not ruled by Mayor David Bowie.

People say the darndest shit, so submit your Overheards to vstatz@dailycardinal.com or comment on this week's submissions at

dailycardinal.com/page-two.

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