Voluble man: Hey, blondie! Hey! Guess what? I'm the prettiest man on this here bus! I'm like Muhammad Ali! Get your degree, smoke your crack free, national American methiversity! Hey, blondie! Guess what? I gots the prettiest dick on this whole bus! You should come over and check it on up!
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Overheard by: blondie
Man on cell: Look, I could've taken her back to my apartment, put a condom on my tongue... but I didn't... What's wrong with putting a condom on my tongue?
Binghamton University
Binghamton, New York
Woman #1: Yeah, well, she's really not friends with him anymore. You know, since he held that knife up to her throat?
Woman #2: Yeah.
Thorold, Ontario
Canadia
Girl to boyfriend: I'm sorry I stabbed you after you took me to the circus.
Denny's
Novi, Michigan
Girl: Yeah, I need to talk to my advisor about changing my major. I want to be a space girl.
University of Texas, Austin's Forty Acres bus
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: an engineer
Crazy man at bus stop in front of the Union: I'm a Nazi for sex, ya fuckin' sluts.
Shout-out: overheardina2.blogspot.com
Overheard by: gen
Dude #1: Why are we walking through the engineering quad?
Dude #2: C'mon man, it's like the hypotenuse... It makes sense!
Dude #3: Dude, we just got out of hockey and you guys are talking about fourth dimensions?
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: marcella
Chick to friend: You should marry a fish! Then you can have sex and have mermaid babies!
High school
Marietta, Georgia
Overheard by: me
Girlfriend: I'm telling you, you definitely came inside my pussy last night.
Boyfriend: But I was fucking your ass!
Girlfriend: No, sweetie, that was my pussy.
Boyfriend: Then how come my dick had shit all over it this morning?
Train station
Paterson, New Jersey
Redhead chick: Oh my god, the school year's almost over!
Greek girl: Yeah! I'm gonna miss all the good times we've had!
Redhead chick: Yeah, like the time I woke up and there was a bear in my bed growling at me, and you laughed.
Greek girl: Oh, yeah, and all the one night stands! [Girls sigh.]
Upstate New York high school
New York
Kid #1: Michael Jackson? I think he died.
Kid #2: He died?
Kid #1: Yeah. He killed someone and then he died.
Kid #2: Oh, yeah, I remember.
Golden Corral
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Guy: The only reason I remember the day I got accepted to Cornell is because it's the only time I ever walked in on my parents having sex.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: doug
Spastic girl: Why does everyone keep biting my left shoulder?!
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Deb
Whiny girl: My flight was canceled!
Friend: Oh, no! ... Your hair looks great!
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: Paris
Teen twink: It was so hard to follow, and then he ate the ferret...
St. Michaels High School
Maryland
Overheard by: MarionC
Girlfriend: You put the 'whore' in 'horrible.'
Boyfriend: Uh, well, you put the 'ho' in... 'I'ma slap you, ho.'
Singapore
Overheard by: Greg
Student: She was more of a leisure crackhead than a street crackhead.
York University
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: there's a difference?
Encouraging seven-year-old girl to another: You can always use weapons.
Elementary school playground
Mount Vernon, New York
Ninth grade English teacher: I mean, it isn't just like, 'Wee, the man in the moon is gettin' laid!'
Newton North High School
Newton, Massachusetts
Middle-aged guy on ski lift to lady: ... So I'm at work, and the new 18-something marketing intern comes up to me and basically directly propositions me for sex. Now, since I have that restraining order my wife got against me and I'm done dealing with that assault conviction, I didn't think it was going to be a bad idea. My wife won't come over and my probation officer calls the same time every day...
Crystal Mountain ski area
Washington
Overheard by: should have waited for the next chair
Woman on cell: So, wait, let me get this right: you're saying that he wrote a book about his boat and then mailed it to himself at the wrong address?
Marathon, Florida
Overheard by: Chey
Woman #1: Motherfucker knew I was wearin' a thong.
Woman #2: Mmm-hmmm.
Woman #1: Motherfucker knew my booty was shakin'.
Woman #2: Mmm-hmmm.
Woman #1: Motherfucker did nothin'.
The Loop
St. Louis, Missouri
Preggers: My baby's gettin' the bottle. Ain't no baby suckin' on these titties -- that ain't what they're for...
Hamilton, New Jersey
Overheard by: Um, that IS what they're for
Mom: If you don't stop hitting your sister and start behaving nicely, we're gonna go right back there and return those guns!
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Overheard by: attention target shopper
Guy looking at picture of Daniel Craig modeling watches: Did you ever get to see Casino Royale? What did you think?
Chick: I don't really know. I was kinda too busy having sex during it.
Shout-out: community.livejournal.com
Young topologist: It would be so cool to be a chef, because, like, what you cook would be inside people who eat your food.
Creative Arts High School
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dude #1: Did you see the gash on his forehead?
Chick: Oh my god, there's another fight going on!
Dude #2: Oh, look! The lunch line is short!
Glen A. Wilson High School
Hacienda Heights, California
Woman on phone, sobbing and screaming: We have two beautiful children, and you want to stick your dick in someone else?
Disneyland
Anaheim, California
Woman on cell: I totally didn't recognize her. Yeah, so I guess she thinks she can get away with not doing her hair and make-up before surgery.
Office Depot
Fort Worth, Texas
Child runs out into busy parking lot.
Mom: Careful! There are old people driving!
Overheard by: Eric Smith
Teen #1: No. Seriously. What's five eighths as a fraction?
Teen #2: God. We should totally know this.
Girl #1: We are so fly, we should kill ourselves.
Guy: Oh, yeah.
Girl #2 nods.
Shout-out: overheardatthemecca.blogspot.com
Overheard by: autumn
Dad to howling toddler: Stop it! Suck it up! You don't hear anyone else crying, do you?
United flight descending into O'Hare
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Hipster on cell: I've been everywhere. [pause] Yes, I've been to Queens.
Hope Street, Williamsburg
Brooklyn, New York
Girl on cell: What do you want? I'm in a fucking dressing room... Oh yeah, I guess there was a stabbing earlier... What? It's not like I was the one stabbing people!
1576 NE Halsey
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: really?
Girl: No, no! Vicodin is bad! Vicodin is bad, Percoset is good!
Shout-out: overheardatstanford.blogspot.com
Girl #1: Lumberjacks wear flannel.
Girl #2: And junkies.
Drunk chick: So his penis ended up in my mouth. It just happens.
Backroom Tavern
Knoxville, Tennessee
Guy #1: Who's Ian Gillan?
Guy #2: You know, the guy in Deep Purple? He was also in Jesus Christ Superstore.
Long Beach
Little girl at checkstand: Mommy, I want to drink my soda out of a paper bag, just like daddy!
Safeway
Lakeport, California
Overheard by: Corinna
Future career counselor: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Future asylum inmate: A crazy person that likes to be alone.
Future career counselor: Like a snarly recluse?
Future asylum inmate: Like the Unabomber.
Wausau, Wisconsin
Guy: Dude, that is your belly.
Shout-out: nimbleit.21publish.com
Loud grad student in restaurant: I don't know why anyone would want to be a relativist when they could be an expressivist!
Overheard by: Monkey
Mexican boy: We have to get up at 4 in the morning to go to school every day.
Mexican grandma: Yeah, well, I had to swim the Rio Grande to get to this country. So what?
Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica, California
Overheard by: Amused third generation Mexican
Little girl: Mommy, I know where 'em at.
Mom: Where? Show me.
Little girl: Right here -- here are those big things you stick between your legs.
Mom: No honey, I need your dad.
Mansfield, Texas
Boyfriend: Hey, did you guys go see the camel?
Girlfriend: No, where is it?
Pal: Don't even bother. It's so ugly. It looks so out of place... It's probably thinking, 'What the hell am I doing in Ithaca?! I could probably be scoring hot camel chicks in Egypt or something.'
Boyfriend: That's what I think every day.
Girlfriend: What?
Boyfriend: Don't worry, babe, I'm sure he'll get laid by another loner camel in Ithaca.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: willard straight, also dj-mee
Drunk girl: I love how I come home trashed every night!
Boyfriend: And trip on the same step...
Drunk girl: [Trips] Fucking step.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Overheard by: JP
Hobo, gesturing to trash can: I was right! There's definitely a big hole in this thing!
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: dek
Guy to girl selling breast cancer t-shirts: I'll do it later -- the kids with cancer will still have cancer.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: Mike
Teacher before movie: There is one part with a naked woman in it. Are you guys ok with that?
Guy: Is it an ugly woman?
Teacher: No.
Guy: Then we should be fine.
Cupertino High School
Cupertino, California
Lady: Hi sweetheart, how old are you?
Little girl: I'm four, and I'm too young to die.
Connecticut
Drunk redneck: You wanna shoot a shotgun naked? Come to my house!
The Pour House
Charleston, South Carolina
Overheard by: innocent bystander
Girl on train: I usually do my arms, but then I look at Jane and her hairy arms and think, Man, if she can do it, I can, too!
Shout-out: overheardinsydney.blogspot.com
Guy: I don't mean children should burn in hell, just burn a little. Like their hands.
Wisconsin
Girl: He was 26, I was 18. I liked him until I found out he was a loser.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: anonymous
Costumed dad to little girl: You need to listen. Understand? You will not take your clothes off!
Star Wars 30th Anniversary Celebration
Los Angeles, California
Girl on cell: Well, if you keep blacking out, you won't be a virgin anymore.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: Brian
Girl: Oh god, I must really be drunk -- I'm mixing my metaphors!
Bucknell University
Woman: Excuse me, my phone doesn't work. What should I do?
Salesman: What happened to your phone?
Woman: Well, my two year old son poured chocolate syrup on it, so I soaked it in the sink with dish soap to get it off.
Shout-out: overheardinlakecounty.blogspot.com
Grocery bagger to another: Yeah, man -- just last month I spent over a hundred bucks on my balls!
Overheard by: Chey
Mother to three kids: It doesn't matter if they come from Jewland, they're still Americans.
Shout-out: overheardina2.blogspot.com
Overheard by: Philip
Grandmother to small child: Now, you can't tell your father about this, but we're going to build an arsenal with lots of weapons...
Target
Rochester, New York
Mother to toddler son in stall: Honey, I really don't understand your obsession with tights.
Arclight bathroom
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: flashback to my boyfriend's childhood
Chick on cell: I don't know -- sometimes I'm just overwhelmed with a desire to smell my boss's head.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Jason Carr
Business professor: What time is the final next week?
Students: Monday from 1 to 3pm.
Business professor: No! That can't be right -- the school would not give a 3-hour exam!
Girl on cell: I love you. I do. I love you more than weed. Do you believe me? You know how much I love weed, right? Well, I love you more... If you had the choice between me and a rock, what would you choose? Me, I love you more than weed. I really do.
Overheard by: miss_jaffacake@lj
Girl: So, I was here yesterday and there was this, like, gorgeous guy standing in front of me. And then guess what he did? He let one go! Seriously! It wasn't quiet, either -- more like someone ripping carpet off a floor. I wondered if he'd messed himself... Gnarls Barkley again? Don't they have any other mixed tapes?
Shout-out: community.livejournal.com
Chick on cell: So there's, like, a 10 percent chance I might get eaten by a cougar... if I do tell my boyfriend I fucked his brother.
Virgin Festival
Vancouver
Canadia
Overheard by: T-T-T- Taylor
Drunk girl #1: Hey, Ken! How huge was that vagina I drew?
Ken: Yeah, it was pretty big.
Drunk girl #2: It was classy, though.
Kransky's Bar
St. James, New York
Overheard by: Gette
Three-year-old boy yelling at goats: Stop pooping! No more pooping! I said no more pooping!
Mom: Stop yelling at the livestock.
Petting zoo
Long Island, New York
Angry girl to man: No! It was when you pulled down the top of my dress and exposed my breasts to everyone that it became a problem!
North Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Lisa
Professor: Her motto was, 'Forget the pill, it's all God's will.' So nature had its way and this young lady got pregnant. And just so you know, I had nothing to do with it.
Philosophy lecture, Melbourne University
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: sleepy philosophy student
Liberated woman: I don't know what I'll do until I get married... I'm just so not into, like, doing taxes and stuff.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: disillusioned
Grad student: Do you still need your rocks warmed?
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Overheard by: Jessica Bessica
Third year student #1, about exam: What the hell was up with the reference to Aristotle?
Third year student #2: That's code for, 'I cordially invite you to bullshit.'
Shout-out: overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com
Frat boy: Your nipples totally saved my life tonight. Thank you for that.
Star Market
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dad to little boy: If it comes between your life and this camera, save the camera!
Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World
Florida
Queer on cell: I think I broke my nail inside your asshole.
Augusta
São Paulo
Brazil
Annoyed guy: You want me to talk to you during sex?! Let's do it on the kitchen counter! That way I can make you an omelet, too, while we're at it!
Cypress Run apartments
Tampa, Florida
Overheard by: likes it in the kitchen
Fat guy: You wanna see a hot picture?
Girlfriend: Yeah, I wanna see a hot picture.
Fat guy: It's me with no shirt on... And I was rubbin' m'nipples.
Columbia High School
Maplewood, New Jersey
Six-year-old: You know my friend, Lucy? Well, before she was a girl she was a boy.
Mom: What? That's not possible. You can't change from being a girl to being a boy.
Six-year-old: But Lucy did.
Mom: No, she didn't. Why are you saying this?
Six-year-old: She did! She was a boy and now she's a girl! She told me!
Mom: She's lying. It doesn't happen that way.
Six-year-old: But she did! You don't know anything! She was a boy and now she's a girl!
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: just over the fence
Chick: Well, I was going to rub the peanut butter all over Maureen*, but that didn't happen, so...
Gateway High School
Colorado
Overheard by: Pilbur
Camp counselor: Do you know if Bill has a Jack, offhand?
Camp Cory
Penn Yann, New York
Overheard by: i refuse to speculate
Teen boy #1: Ouch.
Teen boy #2: Oweee! Did you break a nail?
Teen boy #1: Yes!
Teen boy #2: You should get manicures like I do so that won't happen so often.
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Overheard by: I get them too
Brunette: Why are you laughing?
Redhead: I have this thing I do in video stores where I replace one word of the movie title with 'vagina.'
Brunette: So?
Redhead: Dude, where's my vagina?
Video store
São Paulo
Brazil
Chick #1 watching Terminator II: The bad guy in this is so hot...
Chick #2: Totally. In, like, a blond, blue-eyed, Nazi S-and-M porn kind of way.
Chick #1: So hot...
Chick #2's boyfriend: What the fuck is wrong with you two?!
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Employee: Did you know it is impossible to stuff three ounces of hamburger in half of a mouse? I tried for, like, 10 minutes.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Minnesota
Co-ed: This is just like a Friends episode, except we're all ugly.
Poolside
Columbia, Missouri
Overheard by: Jenn
Man #1: Are these seats taken?
Man #2: No, they are not, but I have to warn you -- we both had Chinese food for dinner, so we are going to have some major gas in a little bit.
Man #1: That's fine, we had Thai.
Man #2: Oh, then we're even. Have a seat.
Consolidated Theaters
Silver Spring, Maryland
Overheard by: feeling a little gassy myself
Old man: Are you going somewhere exciting?
Girl with suitcase: Not really. But when I get there, I'm getting laid.
Shout-out: overheardinpdx.blogspot.com
Overheard by: aaron
30-ish blonde: Yeah, my three o'clock appointment canceled, so I lasered off my pubes.
Bar
Newcastle, Oklahoma
Dude #1: I hate coming in during the middle of girl conversations.
Dude #2: Oh, God -- I came in on the wrong end of a tampon conversation the other day...
Dude #1: Is there a good end of a tampon conversation?
Herndon High School
Herndon, Virginia
Overheard by: Carly
World History teacher: The Nazis imprisoned more people than just the Jews -- handicapped people, homosexuals--
Bimbette, interrupting: --They had homos back then? I thought they didn't invent that until, like, the '70s.
Osbourn High School
Manassas, Virginia
Overheard by: This is the last time I take a class that isn't Honors
Girl: I'm not a nerd.
Boy: Yeah, you are.
Girl: Well, if I'm a nerd, you're a nerd.
Boy: No, I'm not.
Girl: Yes, you are.
Boy: No. Being a nerd is not a transitive property!
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: not a nerd
Drunk girl: I don't need a man. I need a sex toy. Shit, I got carpal finger.
433 4th Street
Columbus, Indiana
Nurse: I didn't even bother checking the urgency, but I guess if there are stab marks it's urgent.
Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com
Overheard by: funvill
13-year-old goth boy: Hey! You look like a hippie!
Hippie: Yeah...
13-year-old goth boy, offering hand: My name's Jason*. I thought I should introduce myself since I said you looked like a hippie and all.
Hippie: Okay...
13-year-old goth boy: You know, you look like a Tim. I've got a friend named Tim who looks just like you, only his face is mousier.
13-year-old goth girl: Oh. My. God! That's it! No snowball for you!
13-year-old goth boy: Christ! I can't play with dead squirrels, I can't talk to the hippie...! What the hell can I do?!
Snowball stand
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Amused Girlfriend
Girl on PA: Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers. We need Dan Smith* to return to automotive for a confrontation on your vehicle.
Wal-Mart
Kentucky
Gym bunny #1: ... So then he said I must not be paying attention to my practice if I had so much to say about his.
Gym bunny #2: Oooh, that's a yoga slap if I've ever heard one!
Donkey Coffee
Athens, Ohio
Overheard by: Lisa
Passenger to Muslim agent lady: People must get freaked out when they see you.
Ticket counter, Newark airport
Newark, New Jersey
Overheard by: OOC
Little girl, about passerby wearing turban: Look, Mommy -- it's Aladdin.
Target
Virginia
Overheard by: Makes me want to have kids!
Scholar: I fucking love going to finals wasted!
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Nerd #1: Everything men do in their lives is for women.
Nerd #2: Except masturbation -- that's for us.
Gainesville, Florida
Bossy little girl: No, no, no! You can't play with us!
Normal little girl: What? Why?
Bossy little girl: Because we want to be unicorns and you want to be Wal-Mart!
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: amy
Chick #1: What took so long?
Chick #2: We were so close to getting the squirrel, you have no idea...
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Man to another, letting him board bus first: I always say, 'Age before beauty.'
Bus driver: I always say, 'Somebody get on the damn bus.'
Bus, Belmont Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Bardley
Loud woman: Yeah, Santa was all fucked up on drugs.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Sorority girl: Guys! Anybody! Help! I just woke up on a couch and I can't find my jacket, my purse, my shoes, my phone, my wallet, or my gays!
Sorority house
Texas
Employee: She was my supervisor at the one daycare... Then they fired her, so now she works for the government.
Target
Rockville, Maryland
Overheard by: absent
Beggar girl to lady: Miss, look at you. You're so beautiful! Give me money and God will bless you. Your boyfriend will marry you.
Man: We're already married.
Beggar girl: Then you will be blessed with many, many babies.
Man: But I don't want any babies.
Beggar girl: What?! Shame on you for not wanting babies! God will smite you for this! Unless you give me money...
Mumbai
India
Overheard by: Mirchi
Teacher: Jordan*! Can you tell us the answer to the problem on the board?
Student talking in back of class: Um... No, sir.
Teacher: You are interrupting the class! What were you talking about?
Student: Petroleum lightsabers.
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Chick: I got so much shit to do this week!
Dude: Shit as in projects or finals?
Chick: What? Oh, no -- shit as in drugs.
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington
Overheard by: Kevin
Teacher: So, who do you think tells us what to do in this country?
Boy: Jesus.
Teacher: No. Remember, in the Constitution there is a separation of church and state.
Girl: I know -- the frogs. You know, those old-looking dudes, the frogs?
Boy: I liked Jesus better. At least he don't look like no frog.
Teacher, shaking her head: Oh, my husband is gonna love tonight.
Mountain's Edge Elementary School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Overheard by: I want to be a teacher
Distressed girl: I don't know how many bitches I have!
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: queer engineer
Dude: It's like... you know when you watch geek porn and it's just uncomfortable?
Kitchener
Ontario
Canadia
Student on cell: So, I was going to call you back, but I didn't want to call you.
Shout-out: overheardinphilly.blogspot.com
Bimbette #1: We need to find men to buy us drinks tonight -- I only have, like, 10 bucks.
Bimbette #2: Why don't you make out with Mom again? That worked last time.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Princess at front of bus: ... And I went through seven laptops in high school.
Passenger: Oh, yeah? I went through ten laptops in high school!
Princess, offended: It's rude to eavesdrop, you know!
5 bus
San Francisco, California
Serious man: You don't want to fuck with a kangaroo.
Cortland, New York
Overheard by: adrienne?!?
Chick: I mean, I looked down at my underwear and I was like, 'Toxic stuff really shouldn't be down there.'
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Chick: Is she a good actress?
Dude: Well, she gives good blowjobs.
Café Pequeno
São Paulo
Brazil
High school girl to friend: Uh, I'm sorry I didn't say much to her -- I was entranced by her fucking zit-covered bosom.
West Plains, Washington
Woman: I gotta smoke as much as I can before May 30th, 'cause after that it's bad for the baby.
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Teen boy: Whenever I go to your house you make me run around naked with your mom standing right there.
Teen girl: Oh, she doesn't mind!
Calgary, Alberta
Canadia
Animal technician: Oh, did she pipette her hoo-hah yesterday?
Research facility
Nashville, Tennessee
Overheard by: Jessica Bessica
72-year-old lady: The last time I was carded buying alcohol I was 35 and pregnant.
Kohl's
Dunedin, Florida
Girl #1 at sink: You know, Nicole is bringing a guy here tonight.
Girl #2, shocked: Shut up!
Girl #1: Yeah, his name is Aaron, and he likes high-fives.
Women's room, Philly Roller Derby
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Miss Carrie
Hobo #1: Man, you never even realize it -- you start to watch The Price Is Right instead of filing your taxes, and then bam -- you're shitting in the park and wiping your ass with newspaper.
Hobo #2: Yeah, man. For me it was Cops.
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Cafeteria lady: Last night Jesus took me home!
Shout-out: overheardinphilly.blogspot.com
Overheard by: cherrynwhite
Eight-year-old: I believe the fanny dance is in order here.
Amused passerby: Awww, what is the fanny dance?
Eight-year-old: Wouldn't you like to know.
Dallas, Texas
Male student: My GPA doesn't mean shit if I can't wipe my own ass, you know?
Shout-out: overheardinphilly.blogspot.com
Chick #1: What is that? A rape whistle?
Chick #2, wearing whistle around neck: Yeah, it is! [Blows it loudly] I'm gonna rape you!
Cans Bar & Canteen
Charlotte, North Carolina
Overheard by: Devon
Four-year-old boy, singing: I'm gonna piss in your mouth, I'm gonna piss on your head...
Mom: Sweetie, who are you talking to?
Four-year-old boy: You.
Mom: Oh, okay.
Publix grocery store
Florida
Overheard by: Amused yet appalled
Suit to another: She's no fun with her shoes on.
Boston Common
Boston, Massachusetts
Guy: ... So then this girl just starts biting the staples off of her butt!
Shout-out: overheardatlc.blogspot.com
Chick: He was so short and cute -- it was like having sex with a pre-Parkinson's Michael J. Fox!
Caribou Coffee
Des Moines, Iowa
Toddler: Do you want a piece of me? Do you want a piece of me?
Father: Are you talking to me?
Toddler: Do you want a piece of me?
Father: No, that's okay.
Chicago, Illinois
Excited girl exiting bathroom: That toilet smells like America!
The Angel Restaurant
London
England
Overheard by: Nics
Girl: ... And I'm like, 'I don't want to look at my own vagina. Why would I want to look at hers?'
West Junior High School
Columbia, Missouri
Overheard by: Kelsey
Loud chick: You don't kill someone you are trying to have sex with.
Movie theater
Australia
Overheard by: Jessica
Drunk girl: I have an amazing vagina.
Bartender: Is it an innie or an outie?
Madison, Wisconsin
Overheard by: abby
Girl #1: Ugh, I just got raped by another final.
Girl #2: Seems all you talk about these days is getting sodomized by exams.
Girl #1: Why do you always assume it's anal?
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Crazy hobo: You lookin' good, girl! You look like Elvis!
Davis Street
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Overheard by: the queen of rock 'n' roll
Dude: I don't believe in AIDS. I think STDs are just negative energy.
Corda Bar
São Paulo
Brazil
Scholar: So, at what elevation do deer turn into elk?
Gateway High School
Florida
Overheard by: Pilbur
Girl: Shit! I've been out of commission for, like, one week and there's already three new gay words!
Casa dos Artistas Fashion Show
São Paulo
Brazil
Weight lifter to buddy: If I had a vagina, I would call it Simon!
Australian National University Gym
Canberra
Australia
Crazy English professor: Now, Herrick -- his poems are like eggs... I used to have an ostrich egg... I knew the ostrich, too... Not that it makes any difference.
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, Alabama
Overheard by: poetrywhat?
Girl: But, I mean, he was in my lower intestine. I just can't get past that.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: benji
Girl: Oh my god, I can't believe you! You vomited all over their bathroom!
Drunk chick: I'll vomit in your vagina!
Blacksburg, Virginia
Chick: There comes an age when just kissing won't do it anymore. I'm 22 and I want to be fucked!
Augusta Street
São Paulo
Brazil
Overheard by: Laughing passerby
Queer: At least I can say I did not die naked eating JELL-O.
House of Erika Palomino, Vila Madalena
São Paulo
Brazil
Waitress #1: At least you didn't pee your pants like you did yesterday.
Waitress #2: I know, right?
Steak-n-Shake
Cleveland, Ohio
Overheard by: pee bee
Eight-year-old boy to self while looking at China teapots: I just love the stuff in here. It's so breakable -- that's what's great about it. That, and it's shiny.
500 Shawnee Street
Leavenworth, Kansas
Overheard by: Rachel
Girl: I got into the international university in Bremen, but they didn't give me any scholarship money because I'm not Ethiopian and I eat dinner every night.
Washington, DC
Smart girl: Obviously 'irregardless' is the wrong word in the sentence.
Dumb girl: Why is that word wrong?
Smart girl: For starters, it's not even a real word.
Dumb girl: Sure it is -- I use it all the time.
Erie Community College
Orchard Park, New York
Overheard by: Smarty Pants
Student giving presentation: There's also astigmatism on people who are poor...
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
Overheard by: thinks he meant
Middle-aged woman to 20-something: I never knew there was that much variety in shape, size, color and girth. I'm talking about butt plugs. Oh, I'm sorry. You look shocked. I forgot -- you're just a librarian.
Wedding reception, Caesar's Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada
Overheard by: Sarah
Woman #1: I fell down the stairs yesterday.
Woman #2: Oh my god! Me, too! What happened?
Woman #1: I don't know. I just fell.
Woman #2: I guess I'm a little better than you -- a possum was chasing me.
Target
Virginia
Professor: I love talking about this stuff. I could go on forever. And I'm tenured, so if you have a problem with that you'll just have to deal.
Shout-out: eavesdropdc.blogspot.com
Crazy guy looking at reflection in store window: Man, what the fuck you lookin' at?
Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Dan
Student: I never talked about vaginas nearly this much until I came to Smith.
Cushing/Emerson dining hall, Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
Girl: Hey, Chantelle*! Chantelle!
Chantelle: What?
Girl: Did you bring skank boots?
Chantelle: Yeah.
Drama class, All Saints High School
Whitby, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: freshman whisperer
Black lady #1: So I said, 'What are you gonna do, hit me?'
Black lady #2: Mmm-hm.
Black lady #1: Then he really started to trip...
Black lady #2: Mmm.
Black lady #1: That's when I looked him right in the eye and I said, 'One of us is gonna die tonight.'
Joliet Mall
Joliet, Illinois
Teen boy: Tell me something I don't know.
Mom: I'm not your real mother!
Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Ashley
Crackhead bag lady, her face two inches from stranger's bratwurst meal: Is that cake?!
Detroit, Michigan
Girl #1: Oh, god. It's freezing! Fuck life!
Girl #2: You mean, fuck the weather.
Girl #1: No, fuck life... And fuck random people telling me I have ADD!
Shout-out: overheardatwestern.blogspot.com
Overheard by: dela
Dignified middle-aged foreigner to three students: Excuse me, can you tell me -- where is the pussy?
Grad student #1, while other two laugh: Pusey Library? You want Level D, then make a right and go down the hall.
Dignified middle-aged foreigner: Thank you. How late is the pussy open?
Grad student #1, losing his composure: Um, yeah. You know, man, that really depends on you. If you're good, it's open all night.
Widener Library, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: A.J.S.
Airport PA: Will the man with his pants around his ankles please return to Security and retrieve your belt?
Chicago Midway Airport
Chicago, Illinois
Pilot: We'll be flying with our team of flight attendants today, and of course we'll be looking forward to the great service they provide... [Awkward laugh] The great service they provide to you, of course.
American Airlines flight
Overheard by: not that kind of service
Philosophy professor: ... And Hegel scheduled all of his classes at the same time as Schoepenhauer's classes, which really pissed off Schoepenhauer because Hegel was like the P. Diddy of 19th century German philosophy.
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Jen
Guy: You're such a slut.
Chick: That's what my tattoo says!
Shout-out: overheardlines.blogspot.com
Overheard by: tim
History student: Seriously? Hitler was in the Second World War?
Ovens Road
Perth
Western Australia
Overheard by: Have You Just Not Been Listening Or What?
Bimbette #1: I think I did okay on the test, but I didn't get any of the locations.
Bimbette #2: Yeah, they were hard to study for.
Bimbette #1: Yeah, like, I put them all in Asia, and I thought maybe something was wrong. I mean... Madrid sounds Chinese, doesn't it?
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Teacher to Chinese boy who twisted his pen: How in the bloody hell did you do that?
Students: [Laugh and all try twisting.]
Chinese girl: I can't do it.
Teacher: But you're Asian.
Social Studies class, High school
Connecticut
Guy: Yeah, that whole pot-smoking thing? I totally started it!
Shout-out: overheardatwestern.blogspot.com
Overheard by: kate & matt
Cop: It better be your own shit you are throwing this time, Martha.
Citadel Theatre
Edmonton, Alberta
Canadia
Creepster #1: You know what's really hot?
Creepster #2: What?
Creepster #1: Sniffing a sexy chick's underwear.
Creepster #2: Yeah, man.
Creepster #1: So you do it, too? I do it after sex when she leaves the room.
Creepster #2: Yeah, me, too... But usually it's my mom's underwear, so my girlfriend doesn't get weirded out.
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Professor to puzzled student: You said one thing I didn't understand, so I something you didn't understand right back... God, I'm cruel.
Robinson Hall, University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Dude: I thought you could use chopsticks.
Chick: Why?
Dude: Because you have tattoos.
Chick: And that means I can use chopsticks?
Dude: Well, one of them is Chinese...
Noodle Man, Ryrie Street
Geelong
Australia
Overheard by: Does the septum ring make her part animal?