Overheard on campus

It's not fun to be back at work, but I am somewhat enjoying being back on campus. Spring makes all the students lively, and I've taken to eating at the student-run eatery The Flaming Eggplant, despite their apparent motto, "raw garlic is our only seasoning!" (luckily I fully support their secondary motto, "beets in some form on every dish!") Standing in line at The Eggplant affords me some great student interaction, as does being back in the action of main campus in my new office.

Girl One: You look so clean today?
Girl Two, in dirty Vans and leggings that look like they used to be tights: Yaaaaah, I took a shower. I'm moving up in the world.
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Boy, lethargically throwing bathroom-style paper towels on a large puddle of water spilled on the brick floor inside the library: I feel like this is really wasteful?
Girl: Yaaaaah, I mean, it will just evaporate, right?
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Staff member to student employee: Where are you from?
Student employee: Seattle.
Staff: Oh, your "about" sounded Canadian.
Student, gesturing excitedly: Yeah, when I was little, Nickelodeon had this show on with a ventriloquist, and I thought that was just the coolest thing, so I spent hours practicing throwing my voice, and I pretty much lost all my annunciation. You have to move your lips a lot more to say "ab-aut" [the American way] than you do to say "ab-oot" [the Canadian way].