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Given That We Shoot Burglars on Sight
Guy: So you still living in Yeoville?
Girl: Yeah. I love it. I've got great rent. And last time I checked crime stats, our house break-ins were way lower than other places.
Johannesburg
South Africa
Overheard by: Kingmo!
In Spain They Speak Spainish
Mom doing magazine quiz to teenage sons: Spanish can't be one of the world's top languages. The only Spanish-speaking country is Mexico.
Cincinnati, Ohio
...Though I Do Still Have PTSD from That House.
Hippie: Yeah, John saw things that nobody should see.
Chic woman: Dude! We all did! Your house was seriously gross!
Hippie: Uh, I meant when he was in the war in Iraq...
Nashville, Tennessee
Categories: Compliments | Geography | Hippies | Sensory experiences | Tennessee | Women | Posted 2011-07-20 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
God, You're So Competitive, Jason!
Ditzy woman: It would look more like Australia if it was an island, because Australia is an island... right?
Ditzy woman's daughter: I think that's the smartest thing that's ever been said in my presence.
Ditzy woman: Well, somebody in this family has to be brilliant.
Four-year-old boy: Dogs are kinda like vampires because they both have pointy teeth.
Harrisburg, Illinois
The Song?
Sorostitute: Like, ohmigod, Africa is like so cute!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Ladle
Categories: Feelings | Geography | Massachusetts | Sorority types | Weirdness | Posted 2011-06-18 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...I Want a Postcard!
Woman, dropping friend off at airport, then heading to doctor's office: Enjoy your two weeks in France.
Friend: Thanks, enjoy your colonoscopy.
Airport
Ithaca, New York
Note to Self: Proofread Bucket List
Hopeful tourist to hotel employee: We came to see kangaroos in their natural habitat, which way is the outback?
Hotel Front Desk
Vienna
Austria
Overheard by: flamingriver
...Of American Debt
Professor: China's a sausage fest.
Murray State University
Kentucky
Unless You Count Wisconsin Ladies' Upper Thighs
Loud drunk guy on bus: You're from Oklahoma? Oklahoma has the best cottage cheese in the world!
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: I would have believed Wisconsin...
They Also Don't Understand How to Properly Complain About It
Girl: So I booked my cruise and my trip to Florida in the same week. People who aren't Jewish don't understand that going to Florida is not a luxury anymore.
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Overheard by: second cup
Categories: Geography | Girls | Jews | Money | Overheard at McGill | Posted 2011-05-19 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Alphonse Is a Great Wall Of Misinformation.
Man: Of course, back in the '70s, we didn't have China.
Chino, California
Categories: California | Geography | Guys | History | Stupidity | Posted 2011-05-11 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Dear World-- We Apologize.
American tourist #1: What's your background?
Tourist guide: Aboriginal.
American tourist #1: No, as in "where were you born?"
Tourist guide: Here, in Australia.
American tourist #1: But you're black!
Tourist guide: Yes... I'm aboriginal.
American tourist #1: But I thought you guys were all extinct! Are you, like, the last one?
American tourist #2: Jay, shut up. It's idiots like you that make us look stupid. He's messing with you, there are no aboriginals.
Adelaide, Australia
And They'll Be All, "Whooee, One Of Them Fancy Women!"
Woman: I'll be at the bar tonight and I'll be all, "hey guys, I bought this shirt at Kohl's for five bucks! And I'm single! And you won't have to call me ever because I'm from Virginia!"
Raleigh, North Carolina
Sometimes Your Editors Feel Like We're Fixin' to Die
Stoner girl to stoner guy: Vietnam was a war, not a country!
Sacramento, California
Categories: California | Druggies | Geography | History | Stupidity | Posted 2011-03-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Actually, I Think He Went to Columbia University
Girl #1: One time, this Colombian dude was hitting on me...
Girl #2, interrupting: What? Like from Columbia, Missouri?
Girl #1: No. This country--he was like Arab or something.
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: A.
No Gay Man Has Ever Seen RoboCop
Middle aged gay man on cell: Mother, stop making excuses. You chose to live in a government hellhole named Canada. You could have gone somewhere like Detroit, but nooooo...
Starbucks
Los Angeles, California
Categories: California | Family ties | Gays | Geography | On the phone | Pity | Posted 2011-01-23 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
According to WikiLeaks
Professor: And, as you know, Sweden has the strictest rape laws in America.
UCLA, California
At Which Point You're Supposed to Make a Wish
Thug in shadows: But when you pee on a rock it bounces back at you!
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Isn't That a Country Song?
Cashier: If it weren't for fat asses and sexy feet, I'd get out of the South and move back to New York.
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Overheard by: Nick
So I Just Drew a Bunch Of Unicorns on the Test Paper and Handed It In
Girl on cell: They had Greenland and Iceland on the test. (pause) Yeah, apparently they're two different things. (pause) I dunno, Greenland is the cold one, or something. (pause) Yeah, I think it was unfair, too.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Ginger
Categories: Education | Geography | Girls | Massachusetts | On the phone | Stupidity | Weather | Weirdness | Posted 2010-10-04 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
But She Once Wore a Paper Sombrero and Sang "La Bamba" at the School Pageant
Native American girl: Yeah, when I was in kindergarten, I was the only Mexican in class. Well, except for Reema. She's Lebanese.
High School
San Diego, California
Categories: California | Compare and contrast | Education | Geography | Girls | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Stupidity | Posted 2010-09-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Is This More Of Your Zen Crap?
Patron #1: Yeah, but everything's different in Hawaii. You can't even buy land there unless you were born there.
Patron #2: Actually, you can.
Patron #1: Yeah, but all their laws are different than ours.
Patron #2: You know that Hawaii is a state, right?
Starbucks
California
Categories: Bars & Clubs | Bosses | California | Compare and contrast | Geography | Money | Posted 2010-09-18 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
And What Language Are They Speaking?
Seven-year-old boy, stepping off train, to parents: We're in the middle of nowhere!
Train Platform
Maplewood, New Jersey
Overheard by: KBN
Beverly Hills? You're Already There.
Buff Asian kid, squinting at label on microscope: Made in... Douche-land? What the fuck is douche-land?
Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills, California
Categories: Asians | California | Geography | Insults | Kids | Names | Questions | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Stupidity | Posted 2010-08-10 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
You'd Think There'd Be a Train
Canadian girl #1 to tour operator: Where can we do tours of Auschwitz?
Tour operator: Um, well, Auschwitz is in Poland, so...
Canadian girl #2: No, but we mean the one the Germans set up for the war. The German one.
Tour operator: Yes, I understand, but they set it up in Poland.
Canadian girl #1, after pause: Are you sure? We came to Berlin just to see it.
Berlin
Germany
Overheard by: Jit
Sesame Street Has, Like, Totally Opened My Eyes!
Clueless teen girl: I didn't know that New Mexico was a state, I thought it was a country!
Ditzy blonde: Ohmygod! No way!
Clueless teen girl: Yeah, I know! And did you know that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "The Alphabet Song" are the same?!
Ditzy blonde: No fucking way!
High School
Wisconsin
Overheard by: Genius
What Happens When You Get Free Coffee at Work
Female barista: He's going to Tel Aviv or something. I don't even know where that is.
Male barista: Tel Aviv?
Female barista: Yeah, it's like in Egypt or something, I think.
Male barista: Oh, wait, no, that's the tv station.
Female barista: What?
Male barista: Yeah, it's like their version of the BBC.
Starbucks
Orinda, California
Categories: Baristas | Bars & Clubs | California | Geography | Stupidity | TV shows | Posted 2010-05-17 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
North Americans Should Feel Grateful for Their Relatively Untroubled History
Girl #1: Oh, are you talking about the skinny little Indian guy?
Girl #2: He's not Indian, he's Burmese.
Girl #1: Huh? You're talking about the skinny Indian guy, right?
Girl #2: Yes, but he's not Indian. He's Burmese. Like from Burma.
Girl #1: Well, who cares? Indian and Burmese are the same thing! That's like saying that Canadians and Americans are different! That's BS! They're not. They're the same thing, except that Canadians are inferior because they play hockey.
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Categories: Compare and contrast | Geography | Girls | Malaysia | Posted 2010-05-02 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Ignorance Stops Being Cute After Thirty, Though
Cute girl #1: Who's Hattie?
Cute girl #2: What?
Cute girl #1: Why do we have to help her?
Cute girl #2: You mean Haiti?
Cute girl #1: Yes, who is she?
Cute girl #2: You're so cute!
Dural
Australia
Overheard by: Hatter
If "Swaziland" Is Already Taken
Girl, looking at bag of coffee: Tan-zay-nee-uh. Hey, I didn't know that was a country!
(friends laugh)
Girl: That's a pretty name, I'm going to name my daughter that!
Starbucks
Manhattan, New York
And the Utter Decimation, but Whatever.
50-something suit at brunch: The South was a backwards place until air conditioning. That's what allowed them to advance as a people. Now, these hurricanes come and knock out their power. That's why they have so many problems during these storms.
Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com
Overheard by: didn't know ac saved south
We Can't Do the Mental Gymnastics Necessary for This One
Woman #1: If I were obsessive compulsive like Monk, I'd pick a cleaner city than San Francisco to live in.
Woman #2: That's why they film it in Canada.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Eric
Categories: California | Cleanliness | Geography | TV shows | Women | Posted 2010-03-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Ah, the Irish Curse
American girl: Are you British?
Irish girl: No, I'm Irish.
American girl: Ew! Does that mean you eat haggis?
Irish girl, peevishly: No, haggis is Scottish.
American girl: Ohhh! Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you!
Irish girl: The implication that I'm Scottish isn't what offends me about this conversation.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: T
Categories: California | Food | Foreigners | Geography | Girls | Stupidity | Posted 2009-12-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
They're All Just So Ignorant, Y'Know?
Man #1: I hate the Middle East.
Man #2: Yeah. We should just nuke that island.
Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com
Overheard by: amazed and frightened
Categories: Geography | Gripes | Guys | Overheard in Minneapolis | Violence | Posted 2009-12-18 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Ironically, That's When I Realized We Were Lost.
Girl: So then she told me her sister decided to major in geography. I had to pull over to the side of the road because I was laughing so hard.
Massachusetts
Overheard by: English Major
Categories: Education | Family ties | Geography | Girls | Massachusetts | Posted 2009-12-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...Where They Speak Guatlish
Older woman: Susie's daughter adopted two little Guatemalites... Guatemalians?
Younger woman: Guatemalans.
Older woman: Yeah, you know, from Guatemalia.
Younger woman: Uhhhh...
Sacramento, California
Categories: California | Family ties | Geography | Kids | Stupidity | Women | Words | Posted 2009-12-14 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
That's a Map Of Narnia, Jessica.
Girl: Oh my god, can you help me find the Dominican Republic of the Congo on this map?
Westchester, New York
Categories: Geography | Girls | New York | Offers and requests | Stupidity | Posted 2009-12-07 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
To Be Fair, Is It Important to Know About Belgium?
Girl #1: What's the name of that city in Belgium where all the stuff happens?
Girl #2: Portugal?
Umea
Sweden
Overheard by: Johanna
Portrait Of the Foreign Policy Advisor As a Young Girl
Little girl: Ah, Mexican and Chinese food. Two great European tastes.
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Overheard by: Julia
In the Immortal Words Of Khrushchev.
Chick giving presentation: Because this is Russia, bitch.
High School Classroom
Englewood, Colorado
Overheard by: Julia
Accurate, Yet Still Depressing.
Man: Chicago is not one of the 49 states.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Overheard by: Vanessa
Categories: Colorado | Geography | Guys | US Geography | Posted 2009-11-21 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Ask a Stupid Question...
High school government teacher: Which country has the most negative image?
Student, enthusiastically: Africa!
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Only Without the Three-Foot Margaritas
American tourist, overlooking Grand Canal: It's like... It's just like Las Vegas!
Venice
Italy
Overheard by: Pumpkin and Peanut
Categories: Compare and contrast | Geography | Italy | Stupidity | Tourists | Posted 2009-10-03 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Ironically, They Were Dancing to "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Hairdresser to client in salon: I really like Egypt, you know? I feel like I have a connection to Egypt, like I was there in a past life. Like, I was watching this show on the History Channel about Egypt? Or some place? And they have three religions there? The first one was this religion where everybody kisses this wall? Mmm-mm-mm-mm. They were making out with this wall! They loved that wall. And then the next religion, god told Abraham to kill his son? What kind of crazy religion is that? And then the third religion was all these people standing up, and bending down.
Client: They were probably Muslims. They were praying towards Mecca...
Hairdresser: Uh huh. And I said to my boyfriend, "that's good exercise." I was going to watch more, but Dancing with the Stars was on.
Collingswood, New Jersey
Categories: Clients | Employees | Geography | K-I-S-S-I-N-G | Murder | New Jersey | Parenting | Religion | TV shows | Weirdness | Posted 2009-09-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
And Difficult-to-Pronounce Furniture?
Professor, exasperated: Don't you guys know anything about education in Sweden? Or anything about Sweden at all?
Physical education major: Yeah, that's where we get those Swiss Army knives.
Education Class
Ohio State University
Overheard by: i can't believe these people are going to be teachers...
How Genocide Begins
Girl to another: I've never been to Malta, but you know who I think must be really weird? People from Malta.
Prague
Czech Republic
A Magical Planet, with Panty Vending Machines.
Teacher: I've decided that the Japanese live on another planet, that we can sometimes take a plane to.
Art Institute of Washington
Arlington, Virginia
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Geography | Teachers | Virginia | Weirdness | Posted 2009-09-02 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Puerto Ricans: "We've Never Seen This Girl Before in Our Lives."
Dude: Buenos Aires, eh?
Bimbette wearing Buenos Aires t-shirt: I gotta represent for my Puerto Ricans!
Summit Park Clubhouse
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: rock.star.
Or He Was in This Porn I Once Saw.
Super gangster teen guy, looking at Victorian book: Yo, why there so many pictures from Greece and Rome?
Super gangster teen girl: Greek is in Rome!
Bedford
Nova Scotia
Canadia
Overheard by: Heather
Would Any Other Country Name Its Team "the Patriots"?
Gay Blockbuster employee: I hear the New England Patriots are going to make it to the Super Bowl this year.
Customer: Yeah, I hope. They're my favorite team.
Gay Blockbuster employee: Wait, New England... Are other countries allowed to play in the Super Bowl?
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
We're Lucky the Wildfires Keep Us Safe
Girl #1: There are these bees in Asia, and they like shoot venom at you and it like eats your skin or something.
Girl #2: Wow, that's crazy, man! Remind me never to go to Africa.
High School
Scottsdale, Arizona
Yes, But It's Pronounced "Canadia"
Professor: Back then they actually had Hell located on the map. It was in the north.
Student: In Canada?
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
Then Where Are the Coconuts, Brainiac?
Tourist to park ranger: How do I get to Mt. Desert Island from here?
Park ranger: Ummm, you're standing on it.
Tourist: No, I'm not.
Park ranger: Yes, you are.
Tourist: This is ridiculous, I'm going to report you to the government.
Park ranger: No, really, you're on the island.
Mount Desert Island, Maine
How Professor Schmidt Got Mugged in Harlem
Professor: Many theaters are located in New York's East Village, located in the northwestern part of Manhattan.
OSU Theatre Class
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: Rachel Jane
Who Gives Map Quizzes at the College Level?
Student #1, pointing to answer on a map quiz: Why did I get this wrong?
Student #2: That's Canada, you labeled it the USA.
Student #1: But we own them, the professor said so.
Student #2: Figuratively.
Student #1: Well, that's misinforming!
Cafe, Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
Americans: "See? It's Not Just Us."
15-year-old female student, staring at results of geography test: But I thought Wales was that bunch of small islands at the top of Scotland...
Secondary School
England
Judge the Germans.
Mother: Where's Germany?
Daughter: There. (points it out on map)
Mother: That's not Germany! That's Germany! (points to Africa)
Daughter: What? Mom, that's Africa. (points to Germany again) This is Germany. And this is Europe...
Mom: Oh.
Daughter: Holy shit, mom.
Mom: Don't judge me!
Renton, Washington
Categories: Default | Geography | Girls | Moms | Offers and requests | Stupidity | Washington | Women | Posted 2009-06-19 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Ever Wonder What Happened to Gumby?
Woman: He's called "The Anal Man." His ass can bend in 15 different positions. He's a big hit in Europe. (produces rubber toy)
Los Angeles, California
Does That Sound Dirty to Anyone Else?
Teen boy to friends: Wait, how the hell did we start talking about the Swedish mafia?
Teen girl three tables away, leaping out of seat very excitedly: I want a Swedish muffin!
Cafeteria, Corona del Sol High School
Chandler, Arizona
Categories: Arizona | Compare and contrast | Default | Food | Geography | Girls | Guys | Offers and requests | Questions | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Teens | Posted 2009-06-05 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Grabbing Other Women's Butts Is a Cultural Thing.
College girl from England: Hey, whoa, are you drunk?
College girl from Prague: No! I'm Czech!
Royal Holloway University of London
England
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Drinking & drunks | England | Foreigners | Geography | Girls | Language barrier | Questions | Students | Posted 2009-06-05 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Your Editors Are Baffled, but Amused
Girl #1: I wish there were swing sets at college.
Girl #2: I know. Spain better have swing sets.
Girl #1: For when you're abroad?
Girl #2: No, just in general.
Claremont, California
Overheard by: swinging
Categories: California | Default | Education | Geography | Girls | Offers and requests | Questions | Wishes | Posted 2009-05-26 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Apparently She Didn't Know That, Either.
Seven-year-old girl with speech impediment: I told everyone in class I was going to the Kentucky Derby.
Mother: Did people know what the Derby was?
Seven-year-old girl: Alicia didn't! She was like "what is the Derby?" but everyone else in the class knew!
Mother: Well, that is because she is from Russia.
Seven-year-old girl: And New Hampshire.
Mother: She's from Russia.
Seven-year-old girl: And New Hampshire?...I told her I was sorry she was adopted.
Southwest Flight above Chicago, Illinois
Jeez, Even the Vatican Doesn't Go That Far
50-something clipboard guy: Excuse me miss, do you have just a couple minutes for campus international?
Girl: Sorry, I don't believe in other countries.
University of Minnesota
Overheard by: Cornielius
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Geography | Girls | Guys | Minnesota | Offers and requests | Questions | Weirdness | Posted 2009-05-21 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
What's That Mewling Thing Attached to Your Boob?
Girl to friend: Where have you been? I haven't seen you for almost nine months!
Friend: I've been in Mexico.
Girl: Why?
Friend: Think about it...
Westwood, California
Tell Me You Didn't Get It Just to Use That Line?
Girl: Yeah, my husband's in Iraq. And I just got a boob job! How do you like my rack?
High School Reunion
Michigan
Categories: Body parts | Default | Geography | Girls | Michigan | Questions | Relationships | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Posted 2009-05-02 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...That I Dipped in Cat-Food.
Teen girl #1 to friend: Ew, your breath smells like fish!
Teen girl #2: It's 'cause of the Swedish fish.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Categories: Animals | Compare and contrast | Default | Geography | Girls | Pennsylvania | Teens | Posted 2009-04-28 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...Which Is a Great Lead-In to My Lecture on Gonorrhea
Blonde girl: I hate horror movies, because then I get scared that those things are going to happen, cause they really do happen.
Teacher: You can't live your life like that! Those things are really rare! Like, I've been in all sorts of sketchy situations, and I'm still here.
Guy: You're just too sheltered.
Teacher: Like, when I was in Rwanda, this guy was giving us a ride and he was like "do you want to stay overnight at my house?" and we were like "okay," and I immediately regretted that one...
Toronto
Canadia
He's Really More Of a Northerner
Crazy man #1: Are you from Mexico or Switzerland?
Crazy man #2: I am from Georgia! From the mountains.
Crazy man #1: North Georgia?
Crazy man #2: No, the mountains.
Crazy man #1: Are you friends with Santa Claus?
Crazy man #2: No, me and Santa don't get along.
Marta Train
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Jessica
Categories: Crazies | Default | Geography | Georgia | Guys | Questions | Santa Claus | Train | US Geography | Posted 2009-04-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
The Yankee Candle Scent That Never Made It to Shelves
Kid on bus: Ew! What's that smell?
Teacher: That's New Jersey.
School Bus
New Jersey
Overheard by: this guy
Categories: Bus | Default | Geography | Kids | New Jersey | Questions | Sensory experiences | Students | Teachers | Posted 2009-04-19 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Ask a Monumentally-Retarded Question...
College student: Where do babies come from?
Professor: Well, one of mine came from a test tube, one came from China, and two of them came from a crazy woman. Any more questions?
UMW
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Family ties | Geography | Questions | Students | Teachers | Virginia | Posted 2009-04-17 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Isn't This Guy a Character on The Real World?
Ripped gym guy #1: This Jamaican guy showed me an ab exercise yesterday...it will kill you!
Ripped gym guy #2: (stares blankly, no reaction)
Ripped gym guy #1, louder: It will kill you! It will kill! You!!
Gym
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: wow, really?
Categories: California | Death & dying | Default | Geography | Guys | Gym rats | Health & Hygiene | Violence | Posted 2009-04-13 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I'll Wear the Inevitable Gonorrhea with Pride
Plain girl: He's in a band and he lives in New York. What else is there to talk about?
Farmers Market
Los Angeles, California
You Can See They Have Separate but Equal Cages
Zookeeper: We have three types of penguins: Humboldt, Emperor, and Macaroni.
Small child watching zookeeper: Are there African American penguins?
Zookeeper, clearly flustered: Er...well...there are penguins from many countries and continents...
Milwaukee County Zoo
Wisconsin
Overheard by: Not a penguin racist
Let's Just Say His Istanbul Couldn't Constantinople
Woman: I've only been to Turkey once, to visit my boyfriend.
Turkish woman: That's far. He must be very good in bed.
Woman: We're not together anymore. I'll leave it at that.
Eastern Market
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Intern
Categories: Default | Foreigners | Geography | Relationships | Sex | Washington, DC | Women | Posted 2009-03-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
But How Do You Feel About It?
Gossip girl #1: Oh my god! Did I tell you that I got accepted for my exchange to Paris next year? I'm going second semester.
Gossip girl #2: Oh my god! That's amazing!
Gossip girl #1: Yeah, I'm really excited.
Gossip girl #2: That's so exciting!
Gossip girl #1: Yeah, it's gonna be amazing.
Gossip girl #2: That is so amazing.
Gossip girl #1: Yeah, I'm super excited!
Gossip girl #2: That is just so exciting!
VIA Train
Montreal to Toronto
Overheard by: The zoe
Let's Milk This Country for All It's Worth!
Nigerian man to wife loading small children into overcrowded rental van: Come, we are in America now! We go home and eat cheese!
Rosicrucian Museum
San Jose, California
Categories: California | Default | Food | Foreigners | Geography | Guys | Offers and requests | Tourist attractions | Posted 2009-03-14 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Squeaking While You're Being Felt Up Is an Added Bonus
Guy: So they would smuggle one of these toy dogs in their shirt pocket.
Girl: Why don't they just put them in their bras? It's like "yeah, I got a boob job while I was in China."
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Overheard by: RU serious
Categories: Animals | Clothes | Colleges & Universities | Default | Geography | Girls | Guys | New Jersey | Questions | Posted 2009-03-13 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
What Passes for Raucous Wit, in Britain
Lady on loudspeaker: The train on platform 3 is going to Edgeware Road. The train on platform 4 is for Embankment Station. District Line services are not running between Embankment and Whitechapel. Platform 3 is for Edgeware Road, platform 4 is for Embankment. If you are still on this platform after these trains leave, you are lost and confused and need to find a member of staff.
Earl's Court Station
London
England
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | England | Geography | Jobs & Careers | Public Transportation | Train | Weirdness | Women | Posted 2009-03-12 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
At This Point in My Life, They're Semi-Precious
Instructor: I may have to open my kimono and give him access to my jewels. (entire class chuckles)
College Lecture
Dayton, Ohio
Overheard by: Mandi
Categories: Clothes | Colleges & Universities | Default | Employees | Euphemisms | Geography | Ohio | Posted 2009-03-08 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
It Has the Jonas Brothers' Faces on It
Little boy: Look! An end-of-the world watch!
Smith's Marketplace
Salt Lake City, Utah
Don't All Women Talk Shit Behind Your Back?
Asian guy #1: She's the kind of woman who stands to the side, but she's also the kind of woman who talks shit behind your back.
Asian guy #2: Yeah, traditional Asian bitch.
UCSD
San Diego, California
Categories: Asians | California | Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Default | Geography | Guys | Insults | Posted 2009-03-03 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
We Smoke It Over the Smoldering Corpses Of Our Enemies
Guy giving out samples: Free sausage! Try some local sausage for free! Made right here in Seattle, no preservatives!
(people walk right past stand without looking)
Guy, in same tone of voice: I will figure out where you live and burn down your houses! Free sausage! Try a sample!
Pike Place Market
Seattle, Washington
Categories: Compare and contrast | Condoms | Default | Employees | Food | Geography | Guys | Stores | Threats | Washington | Posted 2009-03-03 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
In Their Jewelry Boxes
Guy: All girls from Minnesota have the same thumbs.
Jerusalem
Israel
Categories: Asia | Body parts | Default | Gender issues | Geography | Guys | Posted 2009-02-23 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Encino Man Is Her Porn
20-something girl to another: I love hairy West Coast men. If they look like they haven't showered or shaved in a good week, send 'em my way.
Calgary
Alberta
Canadia
And Together, Our Geekiness Is Unstoppable
20-something girl: If anyone ever punches me, all of the turtles in western Pennsylvania will get together, form a giant stack, and bite that person.
20-something guy: Wow. Like Voltron?
20-something girl: Why did I marry you?
20-something guy: *Because* I say things like that.
20-something girl (sighing): Yeah, you're right.
Walnut St
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Categories: Animals | Default | Geography | Girls | Guys | Pennsylvania | Questions | Relationships | Posted 2009-02-21 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
If Not, a Dramatic Re-enactment Will Suffice
Male student: So after leaving my mom a note explaining I was going to New York, my friend and I just drove there. We saw a hobo pee in a cup then dump it out!
Female student: Sweet! Can I see?
Bus, University of Michigan
She Was Getting All Verklempt Up in Here
Drunk girl: So she was teaching him Ebonics, and he was teaching her Yiddish...
Parish Cafe
Boston, Massachusetts
Categories: Default | Education | Geography | Girls | Massachusetts | Names | Restaurants | Posted 2009-02-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
What Kind Of Ignorant People Would Do Something Like That?
College girl #1: Did you hear about that slavery thing?
College girl #2: No, like a real, live slavery thing?
College girl #1: Yeah! It's in Europe somewhere, like the Philippines.
Rock Valley College
Illinois
First Of All, There's Hardly Any Literacism There.
Elderly man to elderly gaggle: Why's everyone wasting their time trying to raise money for Africa? Africa's a wretched country.
Max's German Restaurant
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Ladle
Categories: Default | Geography | Guys | Money | Old folks | Pennsylvania | Questions | Restaurants | Posted 2009-02-12 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
You Bet Your Honduras!
Customer pointing to guacamole: Can you put some of that Guatemala on it?
Chipotle
Washington, DC
Categories: Customers | Default | Food | Geography | Language barrier | Restaurants | Washington, DC | Posted 2009-02-11 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I Hear the Russian Judge Gives Extra Points for That
Flaming gay over speakerphone: Just like that boy from Miami last night, I tried to suck his dick like I was trying to win an Olympic gold medal. And that's the only ass I would lick even if it wasn't clean.
Washington, DC
Categories: Ass | Compare and contrast | Default | Geography | Guys | Health & Hygiene | Penis | Queers | Washington, DC | Posted 2009-02-08 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
With a Cool Aussie Accent, You Can Marry Anybody in the U.S.
Schoolboy #1: I hear there's this law in America where if you're a guy you can marry your brother.
Schoolboy #2: That's wrong.
Schoolboy #1: Even if you're a dude!
Adelaide
Australia
The Main Problem Is the Language Barrier
Young man: I love living in Honolulu, but everything's so expensive. I can barely afford just to live. It's actually pretty common to buy milk for eight dollars a gallon!
20-something girl: Wow! Really? What's the exchange rate there?
Young man (looking rather baffled): It's about one to one.
20-something girl: Oh, well, that's not too bad.
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: Brian
Porn Overload Eventually Destroys Your Ability to Read
Customer looking up at menu board: Umm, I'll have the "German chock a lotta cock."
(girl scooping ice cream looks horrified)
Customer, now pointing: The "German chock a lotta cock." It's right there.
Ice cream girl: It's pronounced "German chocolate cake."
Cold Stone Creamery
Fountain Valley, California
Overheard by: RL
Categories: California | Customers | Default | Geography | Girls | Language barrier | Names | Offers and requests | Penis | Stores | Posted 2009-02-06 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Wait 'Til She Learns Sweden Also Has Universal Healthcare
Jersey girl #1: And then she was like, "What's a Guido?"
Jersey girl #2 (blissfully): I like to think there's a world where people don't know what Guidos are. I bet there'd be unicorns.
Manasquan, New Jersey
Categories: Animals | Default | Geography | Girls | Language barrier | New Jersey | Questions | Weirdness | Posted 2009-02-03 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Yuppie Naming Conventions Apply Only to White People
Girl #1: Why the heck is her name "Brezelle"?
Girl #2: Well, she's African.
Girl #1: Oh.
Temple University, Pennsylvania
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Geography | Girls | Names | Pennsylvania | Questions | Posted 2009-01-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
On the Plus Side, We've Finally Found a Decent Place for Our Slip-n-Slide
Loud woman on phone: I was at the funeral on Wednesday and Melvin was sitting in the pew behind me. Halfway through the ceremony he leans forward and goes: "We're at the wrong funeral!" So we had to get up and find the right one. When we got there, the hill was so steep the hearse couldn't get up the hill! It was awful!
Train
Aberdeen
Scotland
Eating Dirt Is Also Off-Limits
Girl #1, talking about Lasik surgery: Well, they either cut your eye completely with a laser, or they do part of it surgically.
Girl #2: No! No! Stop. I can't talk about eyes. Don't talk about eyes, especially when I'm eating.
Guy: This is just like with my friend, Marise. We can't talk about killing people because she's from Haiti.
Arlington, Virginia
Overheard by: Molly
Categories: Body parts | Compare and contrast | Default | Food | Geography | Girls | Guys | Violence | Virginia | Posted 2009-01-26 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
You Just Know There's a Girl in There Somewhere
Guy #1, during coldest day of the year: Chicks in long johns are totally hot, though... Right?
Guy #2: Ummm. Really?
Guy #1: Yeah! I mean... Minnesota lingerie!
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota
Overheard by: Concerned for our sexuality
Tonight's Lifetime Movie: The Thais That Bi
Asian chick: I'm going to meet my old boss at that Thai restaurant. You know, the one with the woman that feels me up.
Asian dude: Oh, yeah. Aren't all Thai women bisexual?
Jersey City, New Jersey
Overheard by: Shringle
Categories: Asians | Default | Geography | Girls | Guys | Jobs & Careers | New Jersey | Questions | Relationships | Sexuality | Posted 2009-01-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Obama Is Tony, America Is Maria, And McCain Is Bernardo
Professor: Let's move on...let's talk about Puerto Ricans in New York. And crack. And race. Well, let's start with Obama.
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Overheard by: lovecollege
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Drugs | Geography | Massachusetts | Names | Politics | Race | Teachers | Posted 2009-01-20 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
You Get a Cookie
Professor: So what happened in Germany between 1928 and 1930?
Student: 1929!
Fordham University, New York
Overheard by: Sromeo
Cool
Drunk girl looking at digital camera: Sometimes I'm having such a good time I look Chinese.
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Drunks | Feelings | Geography | Girls | Happiness | Pennsylvania | Technology | Posted 2009-01-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
The Page That Didn't Make It Into Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Professor: There's a reason to go to Pompeii: To see all the crazy penises!
Tallahassee, Florida
Overheard by: Adam
While Black Eyeliner Is the New Jersey State Bird
Goth girl to friend: You have to know your ChapStick! ChapStick is the Colorado state bird!
Aurora, Colorado
Overheard by: Lee
Plus He Brings Me Noodles from Afar
50-something woman #1: I think he has that Marco Polo thing.
50-something woman #2: What?
50-something woman #1: You know, when someone is like, really depressed one minute then really happy the next.
50-something woman #2: Do you mean bipolar disorder?
50-something woman #1: Yeah that's the one.
Liverpool
England
Now We Can't Even Keep Madonna
British theater professor: Well, you know Hong Kong used to belong to Britain. (angrily) Everything used to belong to Britain.
Theater Class, UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Chanimal
Categories: Class | Colleges & Universities | Default | Education | Geography | History | Massachusetts | Politics | Teachers | Posted 2009-01-11 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Tonight's Movie: Merde on the WestJet Express
Flight attendant: So I'm gonna let the lady in the box [the recording] take it away in French, then I'll finish up in English, because we like to save the best for last!
Entire plane: Oooooooooooooh!
Lady at the back (in French): We're still in Quebec, you know!
WestJet Flight
Montreal
Canadia
Categories: Airports & flights | Canadia | Compare and contrast | Default | Flight attendants | Geography | Insults | Language barrier | Public Transportation | Women | Posted 2008-12-30 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Though I Personally Prefer "Plucked from the Eyebrow of My Soul"
History professor: The Irish love country music. When you're there, you expect to hear bagpipes playing, but then you walk into a bar and it's all, "you've been flushed from the bathroom of my heart!"
Northern Kentucky University
Overheard by: Dohiyi
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Default | Geography | Kentucky | Music | Teachers | Words | Posted 2008-12-28 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Leave It to the Ivy Leaguers to Really Get to the Crux of an Issue
Frat boy: That's all I want, a girl from, like, some poor village in southern Italy, doesn't speak a fuckin' *word* of English, and I can bring her home, and she can lie in my bed all day, and fuck me, and make me gnocci.
Plain blonde girl: Do you really like gnocci?
Yale Berkeley College Dining Hall
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Food | Frat boy types | Geography | Language barrier | Massachusetts | Questions | Relationships | Sorority types | Wishes | Posted 2008-12-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
But Hopefully I'd Remain This Saucy
Kid to mom: Mom, if you were Indian, I mean if we were from India and you were Indian, I bet you could teach me to cook some really yummy food.
Mom: Even if I were Indian, I would have to be someone completely different in order to be a good cook.
Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com
Overheard by: jr.
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Food | Geography | Kids | Moms | Overheard in Minneapolis | Posted 2008-12-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
They Keep a Lot on the Down Low
Guy: I have a lot of respect for icebergs. They're not trying to show off or anything.
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Overheard by: aylmer
But, Then, Who Would?
Guy talking about Belgium: They probably would not speak weasel with their Flemish brothers.
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: i think i missed something
Categories: Default | Family ties | Geography | Guys | Illinois | Language barrier | Posted 2008-12-20 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Like People in Kansas Don't Drink Wine
Ghetto black chick: People in Europe don't eat nachos.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: D-One
Categories: Black people | Compare and contrast | Default | Food | Geography | Girls | Missouri | Posted 2008-12-14 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
And We Were All Like, "Fine, But Guess What Happened on Gossip Girl!"
Girl, to friends: So then she e-mailed us all, and she was like, "We just ate an African baby!"
Memorial University
St. John's
Newfoundland, Canadia
Overheard by: Mel
But I Love It As a Band Name
Jock in business attire #1: Islamic golf carts.
Jock in business attire #2: Sick, dude. Sick.
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Overheard by: taylor
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Geography | Jocks | Religion | Suits | Washington, DC | Weirdness | Posted 2008-12-11 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
It Was Almost Like Being in the United States
Train guy: I just got in last night from Denver.
Train girl: Oh yeah? What part?
Train guy: Colorado.
South Shore Train
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Chubi
Exactly Who Hollywood Would Cast
Woman #1: I've always wanted to go to London.
Woman #2: I've never really wanted to fly overseas, but one place I would like to go is Venice.
Woman #1: Venice? Really?
Woman #2: Yeah. But I'd like to have a nice Italian man to go with me, like Antonio Banderas.
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Categories: About celebrities | Default | Geography | Pennsylvania | Stupidity | Wishes | Women | Posted 2008-12-06 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
And You Said I Could Have Whatever I Wanted for My Bar Mitzvah
Teenage boy to father: I've been talking to a Thai lady on the internet and, I'll bring her to New Zealand for only $50,000!
Father: Is she genuine?
Teenage boy: Genuine Thai lady-boy!
Auckland
New Zealand
Overheard by: Tessa
Categories: Dads | Default | Gender issues | Geography | Guys | Internet | Money | New Zealand | Offers and requests | Questions | Sexuality | Teens | Weirdness | Posted 2008-11-30 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Dad's a Committed Mythical Traditionalist
Little girl: So when do we get to see the unicorns?
Dad: There don't have any. Unicorns aren't real.
Little girl: Even African unicorns?
Dad: No, they don't exist either. And even if there were real unicorns, they'd probably be from Europe.
Zoo
Honolulu, Hawaii
Overheard by: mel
The Gospel According to Brad
40-something suit: Jesus Christ could not possibly make Seattle more depressing.
Bus
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Carefull listener
...In Unrelated News
Preppy guy #1: "Pangaea," like the continent?
Preppy guy #2: Yeah, my sister just had a face lift.
Wal-Mart
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: Rev Loon
Might Even Trump the Popularity of Pregnant or Fat?
Black guy: You keep hearing about how racist Britain's getting, it's pretty scary.
White girlfriend: Oh, totally. I think that before anyone in that country over 40 is allowed to make a public statement they should take a test that's like "is this quaint, or just racist?" and if they fail they shouldn't be allowed to say anything.
Black guy: That would be an awesome game show.
Calgary
Alberta
Canadia
Even in Metric Drinks
Bartender: I've never seen someone drink ten Jägerbombs in 15 minutes before...you must be from hell.
Slightly drunk girl: No! I'm from New York. 10? That was 10? Oh, crap, 10 is a lot more than 3.
London
England
Categories: Bartenders | Compare and contrast | Default | Drinking & drunks | Drunks | England | Geography | Girls | Posted 2008-11-23 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
And Who Needs Foresight When You've Got a Guatemalan?
Guy: Who needs insight when you've got a Brazilian?
Moncton
New Brunswick
Canadia
Overheard by: Mel
...in Exchange for Cooking Lessons
Conductor: This train will terminate at Stratford. The next station is Waterloo. Please change here for the Bakerloo, Northern and Waterloo & City lines. Alternatively you can also change for Waterloo International, catch the next Eurostar, go to Paris and show the French how to play rugby.
London
England
Overheard by: kat
Categories: Conductors | Default | England | Geography | Offers and requests | Pride | Public Transportation | Train | Posted 2008-11-18 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
If Our Disastrous Trip to Thailand Was Any Indication
Frizzy-haired college girl: Are you seriously asking me to to sell myself so you can hitchhike to Sicily?
Friend #1: There are so many things wrong with that sentence.
Friend #2: Yeah. Like first of all, no one in Italy would want to pay for you.
UC Davis
Davis, California
Overheard by: Passing Student
Categories: California | Colleges & Universities | Default | Friends | Geography | Girls | Money | Offers and requests | Questions | Sorority types | Posted 2008-11-16 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
And We Both Need to Take It Easier on White People
Asian #1: So do you guys eat a lot of Mongolian beef and shit?
Asian #2: Dude! I'm Korean!
(later)
Asian #2: Do you understand everything in those anime movies?
Asian #1: I'm not Japanese! Now I don't feel so bad.
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Was He Also Overweight and Driving an SUV?
American tourist: Where's north here?
Local Swedish friend: (points north)
American tourist: It seems north changes everywhere I go, in Hungary it was that way (points), in Aspen it was that way (points) and now in Sweden it's that way (points).
(Swede stares in disbelief)
Stockholm
Sweden
And Serve Beef
Frat boy: Indian food can't be any good! I mean, if it was, they'd have chain restaurants!
Washington, DC
Categories: Default | Food | Frat boy types | Geography | Stupidity | Washington, DC | Posted 2008-11-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
We'll Have Italian When We Go to Ghana
Tourist #1: Do you think we should eat Mexican or Italian?
Tourist #2: Mexican is indigenous to the culture of Puerto Rico. Let's eat that...
San Juan
Puerto Rico
The Thin Line Between Martha Stewart and MTV Backup Dancers
Restaurant server on smoke break: How were the ladies at the bar?
Drunk man: Those bitches were hot. And I mean "bitches" in the best possible way.
Server: When I say "bitches," I mean "hoes."
Plano, Texas
The Peer Pressure Is Overwhelming
Lady at diner: Here's a tip if you're driving on the Northbound Freeway: Be driving north!
Portland, Oregon
Despite Having Been Voted Off the Island
Foreigner: Man, there's so many foreigners here! They're everywhere!
Kyoto
Japan
Categories: Asia | Default | Foreigners | Geography | Posted 2008-10-31 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Then We March Through Georgia!
Foreign language professor on first day of class (in Russian): By the end of this year, I will have you singing like Russian whores!
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Default | Education | Geography | Language barrier | Teachers | Tennessee | Posted 2008-10-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Says the Girl Who Bought Full House on DVD?
Guy: Wouldn't it be funny if she was actually selling her baby down in Mexico, and she ended up on 48 Hours Mystery, and we could say we knew her when?
Girl: I don't think you understand comedy.
Shout-out: overheardlines.blogspot.com
Overheard by: tim
Geography One: Self-Awareness Zero
Professor: The best time to study geography is in the morning after you've done the "walk of shame." It will help you to keep your mind off of what you've done." (cracks up) That's good shit.
Geography Classroom
Michigan State
Warren Beatty Should Stop Having Work Done
Tall, skinny kid: He's...like...suspiciously Asian.
Tall skinny friend: That's what I thought too!
Arby's
Tempe, Arizona
Or Worse, in Canadia Wearing a Spandex Unitard
Ten-year-old boy to another: Yeah, I told my sister that if she kept it up, she'd end up in Mexico with her panties off.
Charleston, South Carolina
Overheard by: i want to meet the sister
Categories: Default | Family ties | Geography | Guys | Kids | Sexuality | South Carolina | Threats | Posted 2008-10-04 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I Thought He Was a Colored Guy from Colorado
Human #1: I think he's Indian.
Human #2: Which kind?
Human #1: What do you mean?
Human #2: Where does he come from?
Human #1: Indiana.
Shout-out: overheardinpdx.blogspot.com
Overheard by: robert
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Geography | Overheard in PDX | Questions | Stupidity | Words | Posted 2008-10-03 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Alan Breaks Into a Chorus of "Gonna Floss Those Reds Right Out of My Lair"
Important looking man on cell: So, apparently, Georgia is being occupied by Russia. What this means to us is... Oooh! Toothbrushes!
Washington, DC
Overheard by: ak
Categories: Default | Geography | Guys | Health & Hygiene | On the phone | Politics | Washington, DC | Weirdness | Posted 2008-10-01 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Oh, the Hora! The Hora!
Queer #1: I remember you! Are you Jewish?
Queer #2: No! I'm from Charleston!
Gay Strip Club
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Oh, thank god!
So Hopefully He's a Good Swimmer
Woman #1 (reading a newspaper): Ohmigod, half of Bangladesh is under water!
Woman #2: So what? It's happened before.
Woman #1: But I think someone lives there!
Umea
Sweden
How Did We Meet? Funny Story, Actually...
Guy on cell: My mom's husband is my dad's wife's ex-husband. Now you know why I live in Seattle--as far away as I can get on the continental US.
Bank of America
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Thinking holidays must be rough
Categories: Default | Family ties | Geography | Guys | On the phone | Parents | Relationships | Washington | Weirdness | Posted 2008-09-26 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Now Square the Circle! Square It, I Say!
Math professor: In Russia, if something is not allowed and you want it really bad, you can do it.
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Default | Geography | Rhode Island | Teachers | Posted 2008-09-17 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I'm Writing You a Prescription for the History Channel
Customer: Excuse me. I just have to know, are you Polynesian?
Worker: No, I'm Native American.
Customer: Oh. Where are they from?
Utah
Ooo--Indian Burrrnnn!
Drunk girl screaming: No one here cares about any of the issues. None of you are from here. That just makes me sick, none of you are fucking from here.
Bus driver over PA: Sweetie, unless your name is Pocahontas, you're not from here either.
NJ Transit Bus
Categories: Bus drivers | Default | Drunks | Geography | Gripes | Insults | Names | New Jersey | Pop culture | Posted 2008-08-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
The Worst Case Scenario for The Gap's PR Department
Woman on cell: Uh, yeah, I'm standing in, uh... Old Navy. See you in a bit!
The Gap, Crossgates Mall
Albany, New York
Overheard by: unhappy gapper
Who Says The US Is Last In Geography?
Chick: I can never place his accent--it's like he lives south- but his accent's eastern too.
Guy: Maybe he lives... south east? I don't know.
Chick: No, he lives in Illinois- that's north-south.
New York
Says the Woman Wearing a Skort?
Little boy in ladies' room stall : You know mom, in Europe all the bathrooms are unisex.
Mom: Probably why it's such a godless country.
JCPenney
Greensboro, North Carolina
Overheard by: diesel
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Geography | God | Kids | Moms | North Carolina | Stores | Posted 2008-08-01 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Any Questions?
Professor: All the crazies kept moving from the East Coast to the west until they hit California. Some moved back to Oklahoma, but the rest of us just hope there's an earthquake and California floats off into the Mediterranean to become a homeland for Palestinians.
Carroll College
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Abbey
Without All Those People Cluttering Up the Landscape
Dude: Cool, you were in Asia... How was it?
Chick: The tsunami was the best thing for Thailand, everything was so clean and pretty afterwards.
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadia
Overheard by: Sean_G
You're Just in Time to See the Internet Made Illegible
Soldier: What is that thing?
Passenger #1: An iPhone.
Passenger #2: Man, where the hell have you been?
Soldier: Iraq.
Flight from Minneapolis to Pittsburgh
Categories: Airports & flights | Cell phones | Default | Geography | Military | Questions | Strangers | USA | Posted 2008-06-29 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
She Does a Lovely Rendition of "Plaque in the USSR"
American woman on cell: So when you go to Moscow, can you bring me back some toothpaste? Yeah, just Crest. Thanks.
13th St
Washington, DC
Categories: Default | Geography | Health & Hygiene | Offers and requests | On the phone | Washington, DC | Women | Posted 2008-06-23 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Would It Help If I Glued This Viola to My Hand?
Non-Asian student to Asian student: Dude, I keep forgetting you're Asian.
Asian student: I know! Me too!
Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com
Overheard by: m. Jo.
But They Look Fantastic the Whole Time
Professor: The Swedes. They look at the glaciers, go inside, watch a Bergman film, have a heavy drink, then have some sex in the sauna, but ultimately that is unsatisfying, so they kill themselves.
Oberlin, Ohio
Overheard by: Secret Spy
Categories: Class | Compare and contrast | Death & dying | Default | Drinking & drunks | Feelings | Geography | Movies | Ohio | Sex | Teachers | Posted 2008-06-07 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Some Of Ty Pennington's Ideas Are Rejected by the Network
Guy walking by the main library: ... And we could have, like, a Moroccan sex room, with pillows and draperies!
Male friend: Right on!
University of Toronto
Canadia
They Have the Cutest Little Subway
[Girl hugging a guy.]
Girl: Eew, you smell like vagina.
Guy: Oh no, that's just Philadelphia.
Shout-out: eavesdropdc.blogspot.com
Overheard by: EavesdropDC
Categories: Compare and contrast | Eavesdrop DC | Geography | Girls | Guys | Sensory experiences | Vagina | Posted 2008-05-30 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
It Is Hard To Come Across Jeans Already Faded
Guy watching Macy's commercial: Ugh! This American obsession with consumerism is just disgusting! Not to mention flawed.
Sarcastic girl: What the hell do you think you are, Mr. Abercrombie jeans? Jamaican?
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington
Overheard by: He was obviously a freshman
Categories: Clothing | Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Geography | Guys | Names | Pop culture | Questions | Washington | Words | Posted 2008-05-29 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
At Least You Have Your Priorities Straight
Ten-year-old boy: You know what I would have if I could have four wishes?
Big sister: I don't know. What?
Ten-year-old boy: One: no drought in Georgia; Two: no global warming; Three: world peace; Four: a Komodo dragon that is really nice and fun to play with, is a vegetarian, lives forever and can grant eternal life.
Druid Hills, Atlanta
Overheard by: Miranda
As We Shall See in Today's Film, Big British MILFs
Biology professor: There are a lot of great tits in england.
Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois
Overheard by: Oh, bio...
Categories: Beauty | Body parts | Colleges & Universities | Compliments | Geography | Illinois | Teachers | Posted 2008-05-26 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
....If There Any Left
College kid: Excuse me, what is the difference between these potato pancakes and a potato latka?
Grocery stocker: Um, I don't know what a latka is, so I couldn't tell you.
College kid: A Jewish potato pancake.
Grocery stocker: Well, those potato pancakes are German.
College kid: I wonder if a German Jew would eat them.
Sendik's Grocery Store
Grafton, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Arthur
But We Call Them "American Voters"
American chick #1: Ohmigod! Look at those white cows! I've never seen cows like that before!
American chick #2: Maybe they're albino... Or it could be a special British type of cow.
Guy sitting behind them: ... Those are sheep.
Bus, Southern England
Overheard by: pretends to be Canadian
Why Does "Mountainous Region" Sound Dirty to Us?
Older man walking: I know we live in a mountainous region, but if we lived in a really mountainous region I'd wear pants.
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Overheard by: I'd wear pants too...
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And at Least the Newport Jazz Festival Is Over in Three Days
Guy in suit: I said, "It's better than a Chinese prison, you should be used to it by now."
Memorial Union Bus Stop
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
Overheard by: Jo
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Sometimes She Feels Like Wearing It. Sometimes She Doesn't
Big sister: Look sis! This coat says it was made in Macedonia.
Little sister: Isn't that a nut?
Macy's at Roosevelt Field
Long Island, New York