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There Were Also Squirt Guns!
Girl to another: It was a gay bicycle riders' party, complete with gayish celebration music and lots of champagne corks popping. And by the looks of the constant make-out and groping sessions, I'm pretty sure those bottles weren't the only cylindrical things spewing liquids last night.
Atlanta, Georgia
Americans Mistakenly Believe Silence Can Be Improved Upon
Russian girl: When I read in Russian, nothing can stop me. But when I read in English, I need silence.
American girl: That's what the music is for!
Train
Moscow to Nizhniy Novgorod
Russia
Overheard by: Adam Nathan
Although If Girls Had Dicks, I'd Be All Over 'em
Guy #1: Do you like Guns 'n' Roses?
Guy #2: Yeah.
Guy #1: In a strange sort of way, I know Slash. Well... Slash's mom used to be my TA, you know, my teacher's assistant, when I was a kid.
Guy #2: You gotta get me his autograph. I'll suck your dick if you get me his autograph.
Guy #1: Do you prefer guys?
Guy #2: Yeah.
Spokane, Washington
Categories: BJs | Guys | Music | Offers and requests | Questions | Washington | Posted 2011-03-19 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
First Time in Massachusetts, Sweetie?
Black girl, after seeing renaissance a cappella group rehearsing: White people be doing the most ridiculous things! No offense...
Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Overheard by: None taken
Categories: Black people | Girls | Massachusetts | Music | Race | Weirdness | Posted 2011-03-18 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
The Best Part Is, He's Recording His Voicemail Away Message.
20-something man on cell: I've got women. I started my own religion. I don't give a shit if hipsters don't think I'm cool. (pause) I know in my heart I'm a fucking genius. If I died tonight, there would be a massive white trash orgasm. (pause) If you're so bad, your soul goes into a wax museum. We should make our own rap music. We'll be so good they'll put us in a mausoleum, like Stalin.
Norman, Oklahoma
Ooo, and He Could Design My Dress!
Girl #1, listening to John Denver: This is a great song. Especially if you're gay. You should have this at your wedding.
Girl #2: Well, if I marry a gay guy, it'll be great.
Phildelphia, Pennsylvania
Categories: Fag hags | Family ties | Music | Pennsylvania | Relationships | Posted 2010-11-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Good Thing You Issued That Disclaimer, Bob
Middle aged shop owner, as female vocalist sings pop song on the radio: I ain't no queer or nothing, but the first time I heard this song, I thought it was pretty as hell.
Waco, Texas
Categories: Bosses | Compare and contrast | Gender issues | Music | Texas | Posted 2010-09-23 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...Brian.
Mother of musical theater fan: Oh, I didn't know Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote that. Well, maybe I did, but you weren't my daughter then.
Canadia
To Explain, Here's Elmo With the Aphabet Song
Teen girl to another, while browsing CDs: Like, alphabetical order is so confusing.
Music Store
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Justin
The Right Is Soon-Yi
Girl: My left toenail is totally MIA.
Reading, Pennsylvania
Categories: Body parts | Girls | Music | Pennsylvania | Posted 2010-09-01 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Gosh, I Miss The Osbournes.
Tween boy #1: I'm bummed. I grabbed my mom's iPod instead of mine this morning.
Tween boy #2: They look the same, how do you know it's not yours?
Tween boy #1: I have Radiohead and The Shins, she has Deicide and Cradle of Filth.
Tween boy #2: I love that woman.
High School
Florida
Overheard by: Sandy Paws
Categories: Compare and contrast | Florida | Music | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Technology | Tweens | Posted 2010-08-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
That Guy Is Always Purple Raining on Our Parade.
Museum employee: I'm from Minnesota, originally.
Guy: I lived in Minnesota for a while, a long time back. Nice place, but there was way too much of that one guy. You know, that guy? The little guy? With "purple ..."?
Museum employee: ...Prince?
Guy: Yeah, that's the one.
Art Museum
Denver, Colorado
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
A Gal Can Dream
Old woman shopping with friend, picking up jeans: Well, these looked good on George Strait.
Warrenton, Virginia
Um, Vampire Style?
19-year-old girl #1: You know, I just a want a man I can sit naked with, watch Dead Poets Society, and then write a song about it afterwards.
19-year-old girl #2: Edward would totally do that for Bella.
19-year-old girl #3: You should leave Ryan.
19-year-old girl #2: Tell Ryan he can suck your dick.
Coffee Shop
Johannesburg
South Africa
Overheard by: Aeleron
One Look at Dee Snider Will Tell You How Right You Are.
Girl #1: Twisted Sister? Ew! Gross!
Girl #2: What is that? I've never heard of it, it is gross?
Girl #1: I don't know either, I just watched a ton of porn this morning so I keep thinking of things in the dirtiest way possible. Ewww.
Calgary
Alberta
Canadia
Have You Seen His Hair?
Indignant little boy: Beethoven is not creepy!
Little girls, in unison: Yes he is!
Melrose, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Categories: Insults | Kids | Massachusetts | Music | Posted 2010-04-03 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Which, Ironically, Would Be a Good Title for a Country Song
Black girl to white friends: Black people want to be country, but we don't want to listen to the music.
Harvard Yard
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: meems
Categories: Black people | Colleges & Universities | Massachusetts | Music | Race | Posted 2010-03-02 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Or There'll Be No Peace When You Are Done
Girl #1: I have cows in my head!
Boy: What?
Girl #1: We're playing "Carry on Wayward Son" in orchestra. C-o-w-s.
Boy: Oh.
Girl #2: You really need to tell people that before you tell them you have cows in your head.
St. Joseph High School
Michigan
But That Doesn't Mean I'll Tolerate Flogging and Spanking in My Class
Music teacher: Tenors like to dominate.
School
Western Australia
Australia
Categories: Australia | Jobs & Careers | Music | Roleplay | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Teachers | Posted 2010-01-17 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Why the Fairy Always Dies When His Mom Reads Him Peter Pan
Ten-year-old boy: Dad, why are people clapping?
Father: Because the conductor entered the stage. It's respectful.
Ten-year-old boy: I personally don't believe in clapping for someone unless they've done something.
Tanglewood Music Center
Lenox, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Bystander girl
The Demographic Oprah Couldn't Reach
Delivery guy to guy wearing "Deadheads for Obama" t-shirt: So the Dead are for Obama?
Man: Uh-huh.
Delivery guy: Then so am I.
Burbank, California
Overheard by: Urzzz
Categories: California | Clothes | Compare and contrast | Employees | Music | Politics | Questions | Strangers | Posted 2010-01-13 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
At the Time, I Considered a March on Washington.
Girl to friend: The Oscars don't really mean shit. I mean, personally, I feel it was a crime when they overlooked Eddie Vedder for best supporting actor in singles.
Atlanta, Georgia
Long Story Short, That Show Left Me with a Bad Taste in My Mouth.
Guy: I've never seen an emcee try to facefuck a crowd like that before.
The Roxy
Boston, Massachusetts
Categories: Bars & Clubs | Guys | Massachusetts | Music | Sex | Weirdness | Posted 2010-01-06 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Playing Boggle Again?
Gay goth kid: Diana Ross, what are you doing in my mouth?
Dunkin Donuts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Overheard by: hootinanny
Categories: About celebrities | Goths | Massachusetts | Mouth | Music | Queers | Questions | Stores | Posted 2009-12-07 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
But with a Better Sense Of Meter.
Student: I think that Eminem is like a modern-day Hamlet, you know?
Memorial University
Newfoundland
Canadia
Categories: About celebrities | Books | Canadia | Colleges & Universities | Music | Students | Posted 2009-12-07 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Is He on First?
Girl #1: You know every time I see Tyler Perry I think about the white Tyler Perry.
Girl #2: That's Steven Perry from Aerosmith.
Girl #3: That's Steven Tyler.
Girl #1: Well, I'm talking about the Tyler Perry from Friends.
Girl #4: That's Mathew Perry!
Cancun
Mexico
Categories: About celebrities | Central America | Compare and contrast | Girls | Music | Names | TV shows | Posted 2009-11-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
....Ooo, Chocolate Pudding!
Large chick in group of students: I like science, music, dance, and you know what else I like? Anal.
Community College
Virginia
Categories: Backdoor | Chicks | Colleges & Universities | Dancing | Fat people | Music | Science | Students | Virginia | Posted 2009-10-28 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Why R.E.M. Established an IQ Prerequisite for Their Fans
Michael Stipe to crowd: This next song is set in the state of Ohio.
Drunk dude: Go Chicago, woooooo!
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: Geographically Inclined
Categories: Colorado | Drinking & drunks | Drunks | Music | Stupidity | US Geography | Posted 2009-10-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Note to Self: Don't Try to Bond with Teenagers.
Teacher to girl: I like your shirt!
Girl: Oh, yeah, but it's from a show, so I'm not, like, just wearing a shirt... randomly or whatever.
Boulder, Colorado
Clay Aiken?
Student: I have that song "Ring My Bell" in my head.
Advisor #1: The one by Diana Ross.
Student: I think so.
Advisor #2, from adjacent cube: It's not Diana Ross.
Advisor #1: Well, who is it?
Advisor #2: I don't know, but not Diana Ross.
Student: And that song "In the Navy."
Advisor #2: That's not Diana Ross either. Just as gay, but not Diana Ross.
El Paso, Texas
Overheard by: Disco Dan
The Best Part Of Our Lives Happens Between Our Ears
Teenage girl, talking about singer at concert: It was like Star Wars, except we weren't fighting with lightsabers and my hand didn't get cut off. Oh, and he was onstage and couldn't see me.
Rumson, New Jersey
Categories: Compare and contrast | Hands | Movies | Music | New Jersey | Stupidity | Teens | Violence | Posted 2009-09-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...Okay, Love You Too, Grandma. Bye.
iPod girl on cell: I'm eating lunch and listening to lesbian music. (pause) Yeah, The L Word soundtrack. I'm working on becoming a lesbian again. (laughs) I'm just kidding. I'm still gonna drive stick. (pause) That's what happens when you're a cock whore. You can't just give it up cold turkey.
Atlanta, Georgia
So "Boy" Is Ironic?
20-something woman to little girl's mother: Do you know who is Boy George?
Little girl: He is a boy that would've wanted to be a woman.
Amused mother: I couldn't have explained that better.
Guadalajara
Mexico
Overheard by: passerby
We Won't Know 'til We Take the Bar Exam
Law student: The professor was late the first day because he couldn't find his keys until he realized they were in the ignition of his car, and then he came in and sat cross-legged on the desk and talked about Woodstock. So it could be worse, I suppose.
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Overheard by: Jennifer
Categories: Alabama | Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Education | Music | Students | Stupidity | Posted 2009-09-01 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
On the Intellectual Version Of Double Dare
Professor: They were playing the Rocky theme song while I was trying to think great thoughts.
McDaniel College, Maryland
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Maryland | Movies | Music | Philosophy | Stupidity | Teachers | Posted 2009-08-22 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Who Was Supposed to Bring the Lube Today?
History teacher: Ah, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Well, I definitely did the rock 'n' roll bit. Not the drugs, though. And uh... Hm. So did you all do the assignment?
11th Grade History Class
Hong Kong
China
And Will, Too, At The Drop Of a Hat
Seven-year-old boy: Jonas Brothers! The Jonas Brothers can suck my ass!
Borders
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: Amy D
Categories: About celebrities | Ass | Glad the condom broke | Gripes | Insults | Kids | Music | Texas | Posted 2009-07-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Almost As Great As "O Hanukah" on Kazoo
Guy on cell: Have you ever heard "Dreidel, dreidel " played on guitar? It's fucking awesome!
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Delaware | Guys | Music | On the phone | Questions | Sensory experiences | Posted 2009-07-10 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Or All Christmas Music After a Few Egg Nogs
Girl #1, listening to strange music: What is this? It sounds like hypnotizing propaganda music.
Girl #2: It sounds like underwater Christmas music.
Illinois
Overheard by: Claire
Categories: Compare and contrast | Girls | Illinois | Music | Weirdness | Posted 2009-07-09 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
You Can Sell the Blood to Marilyn Manson for a Bundle.
Professor: Now, I want you to listen to what McCormack does with this last phrase. And then I want you to go slit your wrists. Because I know I do every time I hear this.
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Emo has nothing on opera
Categories: Body parts | Colleges & Universities | Education | Feelings | Maryland | Music | Students | Teachers | Weirdness | Wishes | Posted 2009-07-08 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Depends -- Is It 1987?
Goth girl, looking at poster: Do you think that singing Weird Al in the middle of the train counts as suspicious behavior or unusual behavior?
H Line
Denver, Colorado
Categories: Colorado | Compare and contrast | Goths | Music | Public Transportation | Questions | Train | Weirdness | Posted 2009-06-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
But We'll Learn Better Ways to Do That in This Class
Professor: At concerts, you move your head in an up-and-down motion in certain parts, also known as "headbanging." You may also be Satanic. You may or may not, or you might just to piss off your parents.
Shout-out: www.overheardatumbc.com
Categories: Evil | Family ties | Music | Overheard at UMBC | Teachers | Words | Posted 2009-06-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I Still Got All Muddy, But I Was Paid for It.
Office worker: Well, I almost went to Woodstock, but then an opportunity to make money came up.
Shout-out: evadne-noel.livejournal.com
Categories: Compare and contrast | Coworkers | Money | Music | Other sites | Posted 2009-06-21 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...Remember When We Used to Talk About Politics?
60-year-old man #1: Do you get the Disney channel?
60-year-old man #2: I sure do!
60-year-old man #1: Do you ever watch Kim Possible?
60-year-old man #2: It's my favorite show!
60-year-old man #1: No way! Me too!
60-year-old man #2, attempting to sing: Call me, beep me, if ya' wanna reach me!
60-year-old man #1: (silence)
60-year-old man #2: I like the naked rat.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
Overheard by: Bacon
Nothing But The Chicken Dance for Me and My Posse
White geek girl: I swear, if it's the goddamn Macarena, I'm gonna cap a bitch!
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Anyone Else Find This Lady Frightening?
Short girl hugging friend: Let's make CocoRosie jokes and spoon.
Basketball Game
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Overheard by: sounds pretty nice to me
Categories: Default | Girls | Massachusetts | Music | Offers and requests | Relationships | Posted 2009-06-03 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
As Opposed to Those Infuriating Sign Language Songs
Hipster to friends: They have really cool songs, 'cause you can, like, listen to them.
Hipster friends: (nod and mutter in agreement)
Corner Brook
Newfoundland
Canadia
Categories: Canadia | Compare and contrast | Default | Hipsters | Music | Sensory experiences | Posted 2009-05-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
That's What You Said About Barry Manilow!
American Apparel-wearing teen: I bet if the Jonas Brothers were indie, you'd totally dig them. Like same music, just less known.
Toronto
Canadia
Categories: About celebrities | Canadia | Compare and contrast | Default | Family ties | Music | Teens | Posted 2009-05-05 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
We're Just Two Very Misguided People Colliding in Space
Redhead to 30-something man: You like Jason Mraz. I like Jason Mraz. Therefore, we're not having an affair.
Line for Jason Mraz Concert
Hammersmith Apollo, London
England
Overheard by: Tom
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | England | Music | Relationships | Sexuality | Women | Posted 2009-05-03 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Well I Certainly Hope So
Film student: Brittney spears is going to kill herself one day.
Film professor: Well, I see her more like a Liz Taylor, slowly bloating up and taking a long time to die.
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadia
Overheard by: Sean_G
Categories: About celebrities | Canadia | Compare and contrast | Death & dying | Default | Music | Students | Teachers | Posted 2009-04-28 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Is That What Jesus Would Do?
Catholic school girl #1: (sings "Total Eclipse of the Heart")
Catholic school girl #2: Stop it. I swear to god, I will shank you.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overheard by: Adelaie
Not As Much As Hanson, But Significantly.
20-something fashionista: Oh, the Spice Girls like totally changed my life!
Beverly Center
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Shabunapoodle
Categories: California | Compare and contrast | Default | Hipsters | Music | Names | Pop culture | Posted 2009-04-18 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Wait 'Til They Do "The Thong Song" in Middle English
Girls, singing: My milkshake bringeth the lads in the square, prithee, 'tis better than yours, 'tis better than yours, I could teach thee, but I'd levy a fee.
4 Bus
Victoria
Canadia
Overheard by: Fair maiden Juliet
Categories: Bus | Canadia | Compare and contrast | Default | Drinking & drunks | Girls | Music | Posted 2009-04-17 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
So Don't Forget to Bring Your Bongs to the Final Exam
Professor: You can't look at a record and hear the music...unless you're really baked.
Decatur, Illinois
But I'm Reasonably Sure That's Where Your Dad Is from
Girl: Whoa...There's a band called "Asia"? Mom, is this what I was named after?
Mother: No, honey.
Branson, Missouri
So, under the Law, It Didn't Count
Loud black girl: And Lafawnda was all, "I kissed a girl and I liked it!" But it wasn't like she was curvaceous or anything!
Outside Shedd Aquarium
Chciago, Illinois
Overheard by: Mateo
Race Relations in Boston Take Another Hit
Girl #1: So I was driving down the street blaring my rap music and then these people started hollering.
Girl #2: Wait, were they black people or were they normal people?
Northeastern Campus
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: really?
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Default | Girls | Massachusetts | Music | Questions | Race | Posted 2009-01-30 | 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
Like "It's My Potty (And I'll Be Dry If I Want To)"
Teacher: Do you have to go potty?
Two-year-old girl: I don't go potty anymore; I listen to music.
Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com
Overheard by: wayzata
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Girls | Kids | Kids | Music | Overheard in Minneapolis | Poop | Questions | Teachers | Posted 2008-12-28 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Danny DeVito Rehearses for the Next Batman Movie
Waiter in white shirt, black pants and black bow tie (singing): Doot doot doot, penguins walking downtown, doot doot doot, penguins smoking cigarettes...
Spokane, Washington
I Just Hadn't Met the Right Transsexual
Store clerk: Oh yeah, karaoke. I used to be totally into that shit back when I was gay.
The Video Underground
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Sam
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Employees | Massachusetts | Memory lane | Music | Sexuality | Stores | Posted 2008-12-22 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
We'll Be Departing Just As Soon As These Pills Wear Off
Pilot over loudspeaker (riffing on harmonica): This is your captain speaking, (harmonica riff) Welcome aboard, (harmonica riff) Please fasten your seat belts. (harmonica riff) Or we won't be able to leave beautiful Atlanta, Georgia.
(does long, jazzy harmonica riff. Passengers applaud)
Pilot (in Elvis voice): Thank you very much.
American Airlines Flight
Atlanta, Georgia
Categories: Airports & flights | Default | Georgia | Music | Nipples | Offers and requests | Pilots | Public Transportation | Posted 2008-12-21 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
The ACLU Defends the Constitution? What Kinda Commie Shit Is That?!
Volunteer #1: We can't be selling this music, it's devil worship.
Volunteer #2: Well, that's the ACLU. The ACLU ought to be abolished. They're why there's all this stuff around.
Customer: Why are you getting rid of that? Don't you think people ought to be able to choose for themselves?
Volunteer #2: Harry Potter is a witch!
Customer: I think we ought to get rid of Bush and Cheney, put them in jail--they're mass murderers!
Volunteers #1 & #2: (silence)
Joshua Tree Thrift Shop
California
Overheard by: Celeste Mann
Categories: California | Compare and contrast | Coworkers | Crimes | Customers | Default | Evil | Murder | Music | Politics | Religious fanatics | Stores | Weirdness | Posted 2008-12-01 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
A Valid Alternate Plan.
Mother: What time do you need to get up tomorrow?
Teen daughter: 8.30.
Mother: Well, I'm going to be leaving a little before that.
Teen daughter, offhandedly: "Wake me up/before you go-go."
Mother: I will kill you.
Aurora, Colorado
Why Hippies So Often Make Millions... Oh, Wait
Hippie, addressing group: If you can get you guitar to play music at the same frequency as telepathy, you'll make millions!
Portland, Oregon
And Maybe They'll Throw Grape Jelly at Us
Preteen in line at Spice Girls concert: I don't want them to leave the stage! At the end, let's keep screaming "Concord!"
Toronto
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Spiced girl
Whatever, Mister Finding Nemo
Artsy queer: You masturbated to the soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas?!
Houghton, Michigan
Overheard by: Midget Goldfish
According to a Priest and a Rabbi I Met in a Bar Once
Goth girl wearing blue beehive wig: So Morgan Freeman, a college professor, and a hot guy walk into a ska club.
Friend: And?
Goth girl: Oh, there's no punchline, that actually happened.
Denver, Colorado
And I Certainly Never Had a David Lee Roth Action Figure
Quiet guy, interrupting conversation: Um, Ben, did you ever listen to Van Halen while you were at school?
Ben: Uh, no.
Quiet guy: Yeah, neither did I.
Geelong
Australia
Overheard by: Bemused
I'd See You're Full Of Shit Is What I'd See
Professor: I mean, if you saw Eminem on the street you'd say, "He's white," but if you see him kickin' ass in 8 Mile, then you'd see he's black.
Haines Hall
UCLA, California
Overheard by: downtown
Categories: California | Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Default | Movies | Music | Race | Teachers | Posted 2008-10-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I'm Just a City Boy, Prof
Prof, to guy whose ringtone is "Don't Stop Believing": Aren't you a little young to like that song?
Princeton University
New Jersey
Categories: Age and ageing | Colleges & Universities | Default | Music | New Jersey | Questions | Teachers | Posted 2008-10-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Which Also Influences My Sleep Patterns and the Santa Ana Winds
Male student: I feel that this case may have been influenced by the fact that...well, people just hate Michael Bolton.
Seton Hall Law School
South Orange, New Jersey
Overheard by: he's got a point
Categories: About celebrities | Colleges & Universities | Default | Feelings | Guys | Music | New Jersey | Students | Posted 2008-10-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Always Knew You Leprechauns Were an Intelligent People
Tiny girlfriend: I know way more Killers songs than I thought!
Tall boyfriend (patting her head): It's because you're clever.
Northern Ireland
Overheard by: Limeinside
And Their Well-Tempered Claviers
White construction worker yelling into house under construction: Hey Miguel, what are you listening to in there?
Miguel, yelling back: Bach's Goldberg Variations.
White construction worker, muttering: Crazy Mexican drywallers.
Longmont, Colorado
Overheard by: Landscaper
Bratz Has Everyone Confused
Lady to greeter: Do you have any children's CDs...like for real children?
Greeter: (bewildered look)
Greenville, South Carolina
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Music | Offers and requests | Questions | South Carolina | Women | Words | Posted 2008-10-05 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
We Give Honey, I Shrunk Liberace! Two Thumbs Up
Middle schooler: There's a gay singer in my bra! There's a gay singer in my bra!
Muirlands Middle
La Jolla, California
Categories: California | Clothes | Default | Gender issues | Girls | Music | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Sexuality | Students | Tweens | Weirdness | Posted 2008-10-02 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
In My Spare Time I'll Either Collect Stamps or Become President
Rich college white guy: If this music thing doesn't work out for me, my backup is med school.
Malibu, California
Overheard by: Stephen Perlstein
Categories: California | Compare and contrast | Default | Education | Frat boy types | Music | Whiteys | Posted 2008-09-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
That's the Way You Need It
Man, rolling down window after being cut off in traffic: Motherfucker, you're lucky I'm listening to Journey!
Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com
Overheard by: anyway you want it.
Categories: Default | Guys | Insults | Music | Overheard in Minneapolis | Posted 2008-09-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
You'll Look for Any Excuse to Reference That Song
Girl #1 (talking about her relationship): Yup, I'm pussy whipped. Or...what's the male equivalent for "pussy whipped"?
Girl #2: Well, there's that Ian Dury song that goes "hit me with your rhythm stick", so maybe something along those lines.
Sabiá Bar
Sao Paulo
Brazil
It's True! I Read It on a Truckstop Bathroom Wall!
Teen guy #1: Who comes to a concert to make out?
Teen guy #2: Uh, anyone with a significant other.
Teen guy #1: If a girl will make out with you at a concert, then she's down for anything. Like she'd totally take it up the butt.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: not so much
Categories: Backdoor | California | Default | Guys | K-I-S-S-I-N-G | Music | Questions | Relationships | Teens | Posted 2008-09-16 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
"I'll See Ya Later, Boi" Is Code for "God Is Dead"
Grad student #1: Have you heard Avril Lavigne's song? The deep one?
Grad student #2: "Sk8r Boi"?
NWU Campus
New York City, New York
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Default | Feelings | Music | New York | Questions | Students | Posted 2008-09-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
She Took Music Class at Montessori School
Very white mom: "The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round..." Sing with me, honey.
Very white four-year old daughter: "Rollin' down the street smokin'..."
Walt Disney World
Orlando, Florida
But It's Music Made by Weenies for Weenies Who Make Weenies!
(odd club music plays in the background)
Student #1: Chef, what are we listening to?
Chef instructor: Just some flippy-trippy sausage making music! It's acid jazz.
Student #2, grinding variety meats: I'm so not on the right drugs for this.
Culinary School
Austin, Texas
Or, As in This Case, at Least Come Out Even
Girl #1: I'm so high.
Girl #2: Oh, I don't do that anymore, last time I was high I gave a two-hour blow job.
Girl #1: Oh my god, did a little piece of your soul die?
Girl #2 : Not really, Jesus Christ Superstar was on in the background.
Girl #1: Oh, well, musicals make everything better.
Girl #2: Definitely.
York, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Jess
Categories: BJs | Default | Drugs | Girls | Movies | Music | Pennsylvania | Questions | Time Management | Posted 2008-09-11 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Asian Gangs Confound All Our Expectations
Girl: I hate violinists!
Boy: What?
Girl: Violinists.
Boy: Oh. I thought you said "gang-bangers."
BART Airport Train
San Francisco, California
Categories: Airports & flights | Compare and contrast | Default | Feelings | Girls | Guys | Music | San Francisco | Sexuality | Words | Posted 2008-09-04 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
In the Future, Refrain from Writing "Fuck All Bitches" in Your Essays
Sociology professor: Did you ever listen to something the first time and like it, and then later on you change your mind? Like a song you listen to for the second time says "fuck all bitches" and you decide you don't like it after that?
Long Island University
New York
Overheard by: Ashley M.
But Then You Have to Live with It Haunting Your Dreams
Chick: You have never truly lived until you have been surrounded by drunk Welsh rugby fans singing I Touch Myself.
International Airport
Denver, Colorado
Categories: Airports & flights | Chicks | Colorado | Default | Drinking & drunks | Gripes | Music | Posted 2008-08-07 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Much Like Right Said Fred
Two-year-old boy: I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt! So sexy!
Eight-year-old brother: He doesn't know what it means, he just does it for attention.
Canadia
Overheard by: Amused Babysitter
They Should Be in a Nursing Home, Singing "Stay True to Your Stool"
Dude #1: I heard they were trying to get The Beach Boys for that motorcycle rally.
Dude #2: Man, that really says a lot about who is riding motorcycles these days. And it's not good.
Lone Star Floathouse & Grill
New Braunfels, Texas
Overheard by: D2
Just When You Thought This Cultural Reference Was Dead...
White, middle aged music professor: I don't do sevenths. Homie don't play that.
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
I Normally Give More Than Three "A"s
Professor: The dew line -by the way, any Rush fans in here?
(three or four raise hands in a class of 200)
Professor: Only three? That's a sad state of affairs.
Canadian History Lecture
University of Toronto
Canadia
Granted, I Cut Her, but They Still Owe Me Ten Bucks
Gay guy: I told them not to have hip-hop night cause a bitch would get cut. And what happened? A bitch got cut!
Outside The Hippo
Mt. Vernon, Mayrland
I Guess That's What They Want. What They Really, Really Want
Random guy, outside bank: I don't get it! It's like they're spending their money on Spice Girls tickets instead of drugs!
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard by: irina
With the Possible Exception of the Dominant Chord
Professor: So, how was survey of western music?
Girl: It was terrible: someone would always find a way to bring up gender issues. I mean, I hate to break it to you, but eighteenth century tonal music doesn't give a shit about your vagina.
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, New York
Warthogs! Cabbages! Pokemon!
Professor: So, what are most songs written about?
Student #1: Apple bottom jeans?
Student #2: Boots with the fur?
School of Environmental Studies
Minnesota
Wait 'Til You Hear "Total Ellipses the Sun"
English professor, going over punctuation: We can fix this sentence by putting a comma here... and here... and here. See? Comma, comma, comma. [Breaks into song.] Comma-comma-comma-comma-comma chameleeeooon!
Community College
Palm Bay, Florida
But the Midget Got Taller, If You Know What I Mean
Police officer to college girls: It turns out there was a midget in the closet.
Downtown Palo Alto, California
Categories: California | Cops | Music | Weirdness | Posted 2008-06-01 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Dude, Just Make an Audio-Visual Geek Your Friend
Music history professor, putting a CD in the player: And now we pray to the god of CDs. It's not good to be a teacher with CDs. They are very stupid things. [Pause.] ...It's not good to be a teacher, perhaps that's what it is.
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore, Maryland
They're Instrumental in Getting High?
Professor: So the wars of opium wars were fought because the Chinese didn't want their citizens smoking their bongos and being loopy.
Student: Wait, bongos?
Professor: Yeah those pipe things... Bongos, right?
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Overheard by: Erika
Material Boy Though I Am
Male professor: I'm sorry, I just can't sing "Some boys kiss me". I know that's desperately heteronormative, but I can't help it!
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Claire
Categories: Connecticut | Feelings | Gender issues | Guys | Music | Sexuality | Singing | Teachers | Posted 2008-05-16 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Strong Enough for a Man; Yummy Enough for Little Bobby
Little boy, singing: Should I stay or should I go now? If I stay I'll eat your armpits!
Newton, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Amy
Categories: Body parts | Kids | Massachusetts | Music | Questions | Singing | Threats | Weirdness | Posted 2008-05-12 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
His Life Is a Rich Tapestry of Loud Bullshit
50-ish white lady: He's a Christian rapper, but during the day he sells insurance.
Tempe, Arizona
Overheard by: Ashley
Even the White Album? C'mon Now!
Guy to friend: Dude, you just now figured out that The Beatles suck?
Public School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Anybody Seen Baryshnikov Lately?
Confused girl: Someone with an unknown number just called me twice. I, of course, ignored the calls. Then they left a voicemail of music from The Nutcracker...I have the feeling I'm about to be murdered.
Lexington, Kentucky
All Those Murdered Tomatoes...
College guy: I like salsa, but it makes me sad.
Duluth, Minnesota
Overheard by: Nic
Categories: Compare and contrast | Dancing | Feelings | Guys | Minnesota | Music | Yeahhh, college! | Posted 2008-04-23 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Since Barenaked Ladies Was Already Taken
Twenty-something dude: When I grow up, and learn how to play an instrument, I'm calling my band he-gina and she-nis.
McKenna's
Baltimore, Maryland
Categories: Age and ageing | Education | Guys | Maryland | Music | Names | Penis | Restaurants | Vagina | Words | Posted 2008-04-19 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Dude, You're Preaching to the Choir
Student: She thinks she's so good. She was probably the only soprano in her high school, so she was automatically the best. Or maybe she went to a school for like, people with severe burns. She was the best in the burn victim ward.
Westminster Choir College
Princeton, New Jersey
Overheard by: Gaby Young
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Education | Etiquette | Health & Hygiene | Music | New Jersey | Students | Weirdness | Posted 2008-04-17 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
His Parents Took Solace in Knowing He Would Be an "Aggressive" Gay
Kid #1, playing with blocks: This robot needs guns!
Kid #2: Pretend his hands are guns. [Pauses, then sings] Everybody dance now!
82nd and State
Kansas City, Kansas
Overheard by: BookVixen
A+
Black student, casually: Wait, let me get this straight: he was going to participate, but he was late, so he decided to hate, and that's what started this debate?
Teacher, baffled: Did you just rap that at me?
Columbia College Fiction Department
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: flunk_punk
Categories: Black people | Colleges & Universities | Default | Illinois | Music | Questions | Students | Teachers | Posted 2008-04-01 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Just Part of What It Means to Be an American
Dude: Is it strange that every time I hear opera, it makes me think of Looney Tunes?
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: Rosie
Dakota Works for Chris Hansen
Little girl singing in the aisle: Hide the wiener, hide the wiener!
Target
Orlando, Florida
Overheard by: Stephanie
One Day He Will Write Lyrics for Christina Aguilera
Dad in locker room, to son: Jake, take your pants off.
Five-year-old son, singing: Take your pants off, do the ducky-ducky.
Dad: Jake!
Five-year-old son: Take your pants off, do the something-something.
Newport Athletic Club
Middletown, Rhode Island
Do They Count If You Have to Blow Them Up?
Music history professor: Darwin says that the sole purpose for living things is to survive and procreate. What about us, as musicians? Do we need music to survive and procreate? Well, some people believe that music was created as a sort of mating call. Compare the reproductive life of Jimi Hendrix to the reproductive life of... well, me.
Class: Um...
Music history professor: Well, clearly I win hands-down because of all my groupies.
1 East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: stravinsky
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Compare and contrast | Default | Maryland | Music | Science | Sex | Students | Teachers | Posted 2008-03-18 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Like We Do at Funerals
Guy: Hey, the Pussycat Dolls are coming to Montreal!
Girl: Cool.
Guy: Wanna go?
Girl: Yeah! We can sit in the front row and masturbate!
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Overheard by:
Categories: Canadia | Colleges & Universities | Default | Girls | Guys | Masturbation | Music | Offers and requests | Overheard at McGill | TV shows | Posted 2008-03-16 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Definitely the Low Point of Any Bon Jovi Concert
Chubby guy on cell: You know it's bad when Bon Jovi shows up.
Target
Westminster, Maryland
Overheard by: JoviFan4Life
Categories: About celebrities | Maryland | Music | On the phone | Posted 2008-02-09 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
What's the Word for Ironic Irony?
Young hipster dude to older hipster dude: Man, fuck Yanni. That guy sucks. [Mocks his singing] 'The best part of waking up...' Wait, no, that's Michael Bolton. Wait, no, that's Folgers!
Blue line Metro
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Laughing at that guy
Categories: Hipsters | Music | Washington, DC | Posted 2008-01-22 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
He's Got to Be More Careful with His Fingering!
Dave Matthews Band groupie: Dude, the violinist totally screwed Dave up. He, like, totally blew his wad all over Dave's song!
Starwood Amphitheater merchandise stand
Nashville, Tennessee
Categories: About celebrities | Gripes | Guys | Music | Tennessee | Posted 2008-01-13 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Probably the Best Way to Play Showtunes
American tween boy, about show tune blaring through iPod earphones: I can play this on my armpit.
Heathrow Airport
London
England
They Also Recalibrated the Gay Scale
College boy, laughing: You mean to tell me you think the Beatles changed music forever?
Mom: Yes, of course.
College boy, still laughing: Come on, Mom -- with those 45-percent-gay haircuts?
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Categories: Frat boy types | Music | Pennsylvania | Posted 2007-10-11 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I Want to Stay Down -- Like George Michael
Small boy, dancing and singing: Wake me up before you go-go, I don't ever wanna be a yo-yo!
Hallmark store
Duluth, Minnesota
Overheard by: Nic
Categories: Glad the condom broke | Minnesota | Music | Posted 2007-10-08 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
... And My Boogie Sense Is Tingling
Dancing lady, about soca music: Do you like this music?
Five-year-old boy: No, I don't like music... except Spider-Man music.
Dancing lady: So, you don't dance?
Five-year-old boy: No... I only dance when I'm naked.
Harbourfront, Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: Pandora
Because If So, You'll Have to Add the Sexy Dance
Little girl, singing: Hey! I'm a crazy bitch, but I fuck so good you're on top of it when you dream of doing me all night...
Father: What the fuck?! Are you trying to get taken by the social worker?!
Food Court, Connecticut Post Mall
Milford, Connecticut
Categories: Connecticut | Dads | Music | Should have used a condom | Posted 2007-09-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
But My Anal Beads Respond Better to The Cure
Chick #1, perusing CDs: The Ramones? I've never really listened to them. Are they any good?
Chick #2: Oh, yeah, I listen to them all the time when I'm using my vibrator!
Shout-out: overheardina2.blogspot.com
Overheard by: chris
Categories: Chicks | Music | Overheard in Ann Arbor | Toys | Posted 2007-08-20 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
According to This Fortune Cookie
Extremely drunk man: You know, I don't think prime numbers are going to introduce us to aliens... But I think Chuck Berry will.
The Old Hole
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: E
See, Now I'm on Coke, and I Can Tell the Truth
Lady: When I was on morphine I told them I liked Pearl Jam. I hate Pearl Jam!
Eat 'N' Park
Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Categories: Gripes | Grumpies | Music | Pennsylvania | Posted 2007-07-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Say Bye-Bye to the '90s, Mom
Mom: But dear, you must like swing music. It's simply infectious!
Five-year-old daughter: Mom, I do not like swing music.
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: I don't like swing music either
Categories: California | Kids | Moms | Music | Posted 2007-07-09 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Exactly What Princess Superstar Is Going For
Dude: I'm not saying I don't like this song, it's just that it always strikes me as the kind of song that people with Down Syndrome would dance to.
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: Megan Mama
Categories: California | Guys | Music | Posted 2007-07-08 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
In My Father's Store, There Are Many Departments
Guy #1: Who's Ian Gillan?
Guy #2: You know, the guy in Deep Purple? He was also in Jesus Christ Superstore.
Long Beach
Categories: About celebrities | California | Guys | Idiots | Music | Names | Pop culture | Stupidity | Posted 2007-06-24 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
You Mean I Got These Knuckle Tattoos for Nothing?
Crazy lady with fanny pack, after hearing "Emotion" by the Bee Gees on loudspeaker: Love is not an emotion!
Wal-Mart
Oakdale, Louisiana
Overheard by: Vicky
And You Just Know That's His Porn Name
Chick: So, what are your irrational fears?
Dude: Well, I'm afraid of that song. You know, the John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt one. I mean, 'that's my name, too'? What does that mean?! I mean, think about it's larger sociological implications. That just freaks me out.
Shout-out: overheardinthevalley.blogspot.com
Categories: Dorks, Geeks & Nerds | Music | Overheard in the Valley | Posted 2007-04-09 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini? Really?
Chick #1, about techno music blasting from shop: What does this song make you think of?
Chick #2: Being stabbed repeatedly in the eye with a rusty nail.
Chick #1: [Silence.]
Chick #2: What about you?
Chick #1: Discos...
Sawnston Street and Flinders Street
Australia
Buddy, We've Got It Taken Care Of
Girl in sleeping bag outside music club to stranger walking by: Yeah, okay, we're waiting for a Hanson concert. Wanna make fun of us now?
Shout-out: overheardlines.blogspot.com
Overheard by: isaac
Categories: Chicks | Music | Overheard Lines | Posted 2007-03-23 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
