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He Fucks an American for Breakfast, an American for Lunch, and Has a Sensible Dinner?

Very drunk 20-something in kebab shop: I'll have... a large chips... with ketchup... and mayonnaise. (pause) A quarter pounder cheese and bacon burger with extra cheese and bacon. Two pieces of fried chicken... with chili sauce... and a ten-inch pepperoni pizza.
Sober friend #1: Fucking hell, mate, that's a lot of food...
Sober friend #2: Aren't you supposed to be on a diet?
Kebab shop guy, in heavy Cypriot accent: Yeah! He's on a fucking American diet!

Leamington Spa
England


Overheard by: Bleep


Categories: Diet & weight | Drunks | England | Food | Friends | Shopping | Posted 2011-08-30 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

And a Machete

Lady at fruit stall: Well, it's her birthday... I'd better buy her a coconut!

Brisbane
Australia


Categories: Australia | Fruit | Gifts | Shopping | Weirdness | Women | Posted 2011-08-18 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Just Like the Tag Promises!

Older lady: This purse is perfect! It has two outside pockets! One for my phone and one for my teeth!

TJ Maxx
Atlanta, Georgia


Overheard by: Interesting Use for a Purse Pocket


Categories: Body parts | Georgia | Old folks | Shopping | Weirdness | Posted 2011-06-28 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Like Hamburger Comes from the Pig Part

Eight-year-old boy to mother browsing meat counter at the grocery store: Mom, what's veal?
Mother: It's just another kind of meat.
Eight-year-old boy: But what kind of animal does it come from?
Mother, motioning to her chest area: Oh, I think it's from the lamb part of the cow.

Toronto
Canadia


Categories: Animals | Canadia | Food | Kids | Moms | Questions | Shopping | Posted 2011-06-19 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

My Dad Always Dreamed I'd Say That to a Lady

Gay dressing room associate: Did you find everything alright today?
Attractive female shopper: Everything except a pair of pants.
Gay dressing room associate: We'll just have to find you a pair, then.
Attractive female shopper: No, that's alright. The pants here never fit me correctly.
Gay dressing room associate: Well, I'll see if I can't fit you in my pants.
Attractive female shopper: Wait... What?

Banana Republic
Marin, California


Categories: California | Clothes | Customers | Gays | Shopping | Weirdness | Posted 2011-06-12 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Who Wouldn't Miss the Creepy, Animatronic Way in Which He Solicited Your "Friendship"?

20-something guy to friends: Yeah, I had a Teddy Ruxpin and I loved it but it made me feel sorta weird having it in my room and stuff, so I sold it on eBay. I regretted it instantly.

Atlanta, Georgia


Categories: Feelings | Georgia | Guys | Shopping | Toys | Posted 2011-06-07 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wasn't This an Alanis Morissette Song?

Man walking down the street: I ordered a dress online and got a raincoat.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Laura


Categories: Clothes | Guys | Internet | Pennsylvania | Shopping | Posted 2011-05-25 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Is Anyone Else Kinda Aroused?

Bogan guy: Oh, I forgot to get you something for dinner tonight.
Bogan girl: I wish I could walk to the shops. It's alright for you, you wanna walk somewhere, you just go.
Bogan guy: You can't go to the shops, it's not safe.
Bogan girl: I really like walking. You know, I just go out on my own, and I'm outside...
Bogan guy: But it's not safe on your own, and it's so far away.
Bogan girl: Yeah, but I really like walking, walking is really cool. I really like it.
(pause).
Bogan girl
: So, what, are you gonna have me eat two-minute noodles for dinner?

Bogan guy: For fuck's sake, I don't care what you eat! Walk to the fucking shops if you fucking want to! Just stop your fucking whinging!

Bus
Perth
Australia


Categories: Australia | Fears | Food | Rednecks | Shopping | Posted 2011-05-13 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Was All, "You, Sir, Are Morelly Suspect."

Pretentious woman with boyfriend to stranger: That's interesting, because he just had a guy try to sell him fake morels.

Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Ken


Categories: Food | Oregon | Shopping | Weirdness | Women | Posted 2011-05-07 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It's a Small Mind After All

Teenage girl to mother in annoyed tone: Everything in here is too Asian.

Japan Pavilion Shop
Epcot, Walt Disney World
Florida


Overheard by: I'm living in a world I do not understand


Categories: Feelings | Florida | Race | Shopping | Teens | Posted 2011-05-07 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Don't Like Feeling Exotic

Little girl to mother: I always get weirded out when we come to Asian markets.
Mom: Why is that?
Little girl: Because there are so many Asian people in one place!
Mom: Why is that weird?

Uwajimaya
Seattle, Washington


Overheard by: Koley


Categories: Kids | Moms | Questions | Race | Shopping | Washington | Weirdness | Posted 2011-03-28 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I'm All, "Cholesterol Be Damned!"

Tenor-voiced guy on cell: So I hung out at the pie shop after that for about half an hour. And I stole a quiche. Yeah, I totally stole it. And a croissant. Just walked up to the counter and bagged them for myself and walked out. It's my reckless streak.

Streetcar
Toronto
Canadia


Overheard by: Felicity Thistle


Categories: Canadia | Crimes | Food | Guys | On the phone | Shopping | Weirdness | Posted 2011-03-22 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It Isn't Easy Buying Green.

Guy: So I got there, and they were out of the green ones, so I had to get two of the green ones to get one of the green ones!

Nikki's Cafe
Beloit, Wisconsin


Categories: Guys | Shopping | Stupidity | Weirdness | Wisconsin | Posted 2011-01-25 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I'm Beginning to Regret Taking You to Therapy.

Little girl trying on boots: Mom, can I get them?
Mom: Yes, but you have to take them off.
Little girl: Will you help me?
Mom: No, if you don't know how to take your own shoes off by now, I've done something very wrong.
Little girl, in low voice, taking boots off: ...you have.

Target
Bellingham, Washington


Overheard by: Rachel


Categories: Education | Kids | Moms | Parenting | Questions | Shopping | Washington | Posted 2011-01-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Surprise!

Shopper, examining fish: So, have you had any perverts coming in here yet?
Shop assistant: No... Not yet.

Edinburgh
Scotland


Overheard by: Lena


Categories: Customers | Employees | Questions | Scotland | Sex | Shopping | Posted 2011-01-05 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

...Now That the Economy's Picked Up a Little

Mom to well-behaved 18-month-old son: You're about to be on eBay!

Washington, DC


Categories: Moms | Parenting | Shopping | Threats | Washington, DC | Posted 2011-01-03 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Tragically, Many Kids Don't Recognize a Vegetable When They See One.

Mom, with neck tattoo reading "ape" to toddler daughter picking produce: Put that back. That is not what you think it is.

Wal-Mart
Tulsa, Oklahoma


Overheard by: Kathyp


Categories: Kids | Moms | Offspring | Oklahoma | Parenting | Shopping | Posted 2011-01-01 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

See Those Guys Outside Erecting a Monument to My Not-Caring?

30-something woman: Should we get this one?
Mom: It comes with two 8x10s.
30-something woman, to brother across room: Do you want an 8x10?
Brother: Don't care.
30-something woman: Maybe we should get this one with the 5x7s. (to brother) Do you want a 5x7?
Brother: It's incredible how much I don't care.

Photo Studio
Germantown, Maryland


Overheard by: Daniel


Categories: Family | Feelings | Maryland | Shopping | Weirdness | Women | Posted 2011-01-01 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

America: Encapsulated.

Plus-size girl looking at maternity shirt: Oh, this is cute! (pause) It will hide my fat rolls!

JC Penney
Wichita, Kansas


Categories: Beauty | Body parts | Clothes | Fat people | Girls | Kansas | Shopping | Posted 2010-12-27 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

And Don't Even Get Me Started on Mullets.

Loud black guy at pharmacy counter to friend: You know why they got that, right? (points to sign about restrictions on liquid cough medicine sales) Cos people are using them to make methamphetamine. Mm-hmm, if you mix that up you can make methamphetamine. (looks around, whispers to friend, they laugh) You don't see any brothers doing that shit, that's all I'm saying.

CVS
New Rochelle, New York


Categories: Black people | Customers | Drugs | Health & Hygiene | New York | Shopping | Posted 2010-11-25 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Just As Long As It's Hot, Steamy Coffee, Okay?

20-something girl, skipping over to expensive jewelery shop window: Ooooh! Sparkly things!
20-something guy: Fuck.
20-something girl, eyes shining with delight: Oh... Look at the rings... They're beautiful! (sighs)
20-something guy: No.
20-something girl: Look at that one! It's cheap!
20-something guy: It's £450!
20-something girl: You just got paid! Oh, look! That one's even prettier and sparklier!
20-something guy: Granted... But there's also no price tag... So it's probably gonna be £1,000 at least.
20-something girl, resignedly: Yeah. (perks up) But you're my friend... (pleading voice) Buy me a ring... Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaasssse!
20-something guy: Look, for a £1,000 ring I'm going to expect at least a couple of shags.
20-something girl: True. Oh, well. Let's go get coffee. (skips off)

Burlington Arcade
London
England


Overheard by: Bleep


Categories: Couples | England | Gifts | Money | Sex | Shopping | Posted 2010-11-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Like This Garland That Says "Happy Birthday, Mom"?

Teen son to mother: Whats wrong?
Sulking mother: Well, it's just that it's my birthday and you're all just buying things for yourselves.

Department Store
West Australia
Australia


Overheard by: linda

I'm Too Tired to Hold My Sphincters Shut

Girl: We need to go steal more diapers from Target.

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas


Categories: Crimes | Moms | Parenting | Shopping | Texas | Posted 2010-11-23 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It's the Code Of the West

Teen girl to teen friends in checkout line bumping into each other: Stop it, you guys, this isn't the Dollar Store, we're in Wal-Mart, you gotta act classy!

Wal-Mart
Colorado Springs, Colorado


Overheard by: Shawna


Categories: Advice | Colorado | Etiquette | Shopping | Teens | Posted 2010-11-03 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Georgia Lesbians Do Not Play

Teen girl in dept. store: I need to buy her a present, but it can't be jewelry. She doesn't like jewelry. She likes weapons.

Gainesville, Georgia


Categories: Georgia | Gifts | Shopping | Stores | Teens | Violence | Posted 2010-09-09 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The U.N. Delegates Have This Problem All the Time.

Smokin' hot gay guy on phone: I bought the table under the impression that it was fuck-proof. My husband challenged me last night to prove otherwise. Now my table has been fucked through and Mark* isn't talking to me right now. (pause) Yeah, it does sound like a funny problem to have, but it's really not.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: The Sauce


Categories: New York | On the phone | Queers | Sex | Shopping | Posted 2010-09-05 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Okay, So It Was Technically an Abortion, But Same Principle

Mom to daughter, wandering off: No, come back here, I don't want to lose you in the store. I already lost one of my kids that way, and that's enough.

Dollar Store
Sept-Îles
Canadia


Categories: Canadia | Girls | Kids | Moms | Parenting | Shopping | Stores | Posted 2010-09-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

And the Most Space-Effective

Lady at table of discount clothing to guy browsing through sweatshirts: Yeah, Japanese-made condoms are really the most reliable.
Guy: Mmm-hmm.

Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com

Overheard by: woefully uninformed

And Landscaping

Attractive girl: Lesbians aren't there for your entertainment.
Young guy: Well, gays aren't there to be your shopping assistants, yet somehow you seem to have pulled that off. I figure we can do the same thing, except instead of shopping, it's sex.

Dallas, Texas

Overheard by: veryinterestedin this plan


Categories: Gender issues | Girls | Guys | Sex | Sexuality | Shopping | Texas | Posted 2010-07-09 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

When Stabbing a Stranger Is Okay: An Overheard Everywhere Short Story

Indecisive young woman to stranger: It's just so hard to chose which wallet I want!
Stranger: Er, yeah. I'm shopping for a gift for a friend.
Indecisive young woman, holding up two wallets: What do you think, the red or the black?
Stranger: Ummmmm... The black.
Indecisive young woman: Hmmmm. It's just that red is so classy, you know?
Stranger: Then take the red one.
Indecisive young woman: But red doesn't go with everything... Black goes with everything.
Stranger: Then take the black one.
Indecisive young woman: I don't know. I don't like the way it looks inside. I liked that brown one over there (points) but it's a color that would just get dirty so quickly, you know?
Stranger: Mmmm-hmmm.
indecisive young woman, holding up two other wallets: What do you think, what suits me best?
Stranger: Um, they're both nice. It's hard to say which is best.
Indecisive young woman: Oh, I know... Choosing a wallet is such a personal thing, you know?

Mall
Australia


Overheard by: which is why you ask a complete stranger for their opinion


Categories: Australia | Compare and contrast | Fashion | Gifts | Malls | Questions | Shopping | Strangers | Women | Posted 2010-06-15 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Now If Only I Could Marry Louis Vuitton

Really skinny sorority girl: I paid my rent and then I spent the rest, $700, on this new Louis Vuitton (squeals and hugs the purse). But now I have 30 bucks to last a whole month. Looks like I'll be dating for dinner or eating crackers.
Sorority friend: You spent twice as much on your bag as you did your rent! At least you paid your rent on time! Don't worry, you'll find dates. That purse is totally worth it!
Really skinny sorority girl: I know, right, I should just live in my purse. I think that is why married women get fat: they can finally afford to eat. You know my ass is getting fat when I get married.

IHOP
Dallas, Texas


Categories: Ass | Diet & weight | Fashion | Food | Friends | Money | Relationships | Shopping | Skinny people | Sorority types | Texas | Posted 2010-05-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

What Prevented You?

Girl on phone: I got two pairs of pants, a shirt, and I almost bought a beaver.

Boone, North Carolina


Categories: Animals | Clothes | Girls | North Carolina | On the phone | Shopping | Posted 2010-05-12 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Grocery Store Is to Me What Internet Porn Is to Your Father

Son: Mom, can we get something?
Mom: No.
Son: Can we get some Life Savers?
Mom: No.
(son walks over with five Hershey bars)
Son
: These?

Mother: No. And if I bought them, I'd eat them all in front of you.

Rocky River, Ohio

Overheard by: Beanah


Categories: Comebacks | Kids | Moms | Ohio | Shopping | Posted 2010-05-05 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Now Stop Complaining and Start Handing Out Apples

Target employee to another: The way the store is set up is to make the child misbehave and be tempted.

Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com

Overheard by: hilary!


Categories: Employees | Kids | Overheard in Minneapolis | Shopping | Posted 2010-03-31 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

My Contract Doesn't Permit Me to Draw Any Conclusions

Guy with chocolate bars: Are these really two for two dollars?
Wal-Mart cashier: All I know is they're a dollar each.

Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com

Overheard by: ellie.


Categories: Employees | Food | Money | Overheard in Minneapolis | Shopping | Stupidity | Posted 2010-03-27 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

What? You've Never Heard Of Rounding?

Young teenage girl to friend: $3.25 for a Rockstar? That's like, wait... (pauses for a few seconds) That's like five dollars.

Tacoma Mall
Washington


Overheard by: Not impressed by the math skills of today's youth.


Categories: Money | Shopping | Stupidity | Teens | Washington | Posted 2010-03-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Why Some Mothers Get Left at Wal-Mart

Daughter: I hate it when things don't have a price on them.
Mother: Oh, how much is it?

Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com

Overheard by: another tired mother


Categories: Gripes | Moms | Overheard in Minneapolis | Shopping | Stupidity | Posted 2010-03-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Goal Is to Prevent That, Not Hasten It

Son, in dog food aisle: Why don't we buy this one?
Mom: Because he won't eat it.
Son: But it's cheaper!
Mom: And therefore not good for him.
Son: I don't see what the problem is, he'll be dead soon.

Tesco Supermarket
England


Categories: Animals | Death & dying | England | Food | Moms | Shopping | Should have used a condom | Posted 2010-02-27 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

We Have No Words for This Quote.

Woman: Do you have the book How to Fix Your Marriage without Words?
Saleslady: Sorry, it looks like we don't have that in stock right now.
Woman: Fuck!

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Taylor


Categories: Books | Customers | Employees | Insults | Relationships | Shopping | Washington | Posted 2010-02-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

"Thou Shalt Not Gelati," It Says

Wife in line at water ice stand: I want a gelati!
Husband: They don't have any gelati. What do you want?
Wife: I want a gelati!
Husband: But they don't have any gelati!
Wife, pointing to menu, where it says gelati: What's this?
Husband: Rules.

Ambler, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Gracie


Categories: Couples | Food | Pennsylvania | Shopping | Stupidity | Posted 2010-01-26 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

...So I'm Afraid I'll Have to Decline Your Offer.

Macy's sales clerk: Now this cologne is $19.99 for the large bottle and comes with the free teddy bear.
Large woman spilling out of leopard-print tube top, sniffing: This is nice... It's real classy smelling.

Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: I don't discriminate; I hate everybody.


Categories: Customers | Employees | Fat people | Sensory experiences | Shopping | Toys | Virginia | Posted 2010-01-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Welcome to the Twilight Zone

30-something guy to seven-year-old kid: So even when you get older you will be spending a lot of time in stores waiting for women to shop... It's boring for us, but looking around and not buying anything is somehow fun for them.
Seven-year-old kid: Oh. You aren't American. Where you from?
30-something guy: I'm from Ireland.
Seven-year-old kid: Ireland? What do they speak there?
30-something guy: English.
Seven-year-old kid: You speak English?
30-something guy: Well, we're speaking English now.
Seven-year-old kid, incredulously: We are?

Long Island, New York

Overheard by: Jack


Categories: Foreigners | Gender issues | Kids | Kids | New York | Questions | Shopping | Posted 2010-01-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Do You Want Me to Divorce You, Too?

Very well-behaved boy: Mom, I have been so good lately, can I please get a toy?
Very patient mom: Do you have any money?
Very well-behaved boy: Um... no, but you do. I looked in your wallet this morning.
Very patient mom: That's snooping!
Very well-behaved boy: Well, daddy does it all the time!

Salem, New Hampshire

Overheard by: Jenna

Ten Bucks Says She Has a Daughter Who's Single

Lady to man putting bagels in a bag: Are you getting those because you are Jewish?

Whole Foods
Boston, Massachusetts


Overheard by: jigawhat


Categories: Food | Guys | Massachusetts | Questions | Religion | Shopping | Stores | Women | Posted 2010-01-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Oh Honey, We Feel You.

Little boy, desperately: I need to get out of here!

Kohl's Fitting Rooms
Georgia


Overheard by: Iris


Categories: Georgia | Kids | Kids | Shopping | Stores | Posted 2010-01-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Firefighters Multitask Brilliantly

Drugstore cashier to another: Are the firemen here to shop? Or is someone down again?

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: jamjam


Categories: Coworkers | Maladies | Questions | Shopping | Washington | Posted 2009-12-31 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Let Your Mother, God Bless Her, Wear the Army Boots

Teen girl holding shoe: Can I get this in a...
Ghetto shoe salesman: Dayummm girl, that's an ugly shoe!
Teen girl: Em... Aren't you supposed to be selling this to me?
Ghetto shoe salesman: Yeah, but see, y'alls not a ugly person, I can't let y'all buy an ugly shoe.
Teen girl: Thank you?

Los Angeles, California


Categories: Beauty | California | Employees | Questions | Shoes | Shopping | Teens | Posted 2009-12-30 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Kids Start Disappointing You As Soon As They Possibly Can

Little girl: Mom, can I buy that doll house?
Mom: No, you don't have enough money.
Daughter: Can't I just use my college money?
Mom: No.
Daughter: But I don't want to go to college, I want the doll house! I don't want to go to college!

Toy Store
Canadia

I Like to Tape Pictures to It

Customer #1: Can you tell me about these TVs? Oh, sorry, I thought you worked here. You are dressed just like them.
Customer #2: That's okay. I don't know much about TVs.
Customer #1: What's to know? You plug it in and connect the cable, right? You probably know as much as them. Now these TVs, if they are digital, which they say they are... do I need a cable box for these or do I just put the setting on cable?
Customer #2: I don't know. I don't have a digital TV.
Customer #1: I don't have a TV either. I'm homeless. I have a radio.

Best Buy
Baltimore, Maryland


Overheard by: Scomart


Categories: Clothes | Customers | Maryland | Offers and requests | Shopping | Technology | Posted 2009-12-18 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

For the Sake Of the Wife and Kids

Obvious minor: Can I get a pack of Marlboro lights?
Mini-mart man: Do you have ID?
Obvious minor, indignant: Yeah, but I don't have it on me!
Mini-mart man: Would you like two packs for $9.45?
Obvious minor: No thanks, I'm trying to cut down.

Greenport, New York


Categories: Clients | Employees | Money | New York | Offers and requests | Questions | Shopping | Smoking | Posted 2009-12-15 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Clustered Around the Mayonnaise and Wonder Bread

Aunt: Jared*, put the toy back. We are going to go over to K-Mart, because they have a better selection.
Four-year-old: I don't want to go to K-Mart, auntie! There's too many white people over there!

Ocean City, Maryland

Overheard by: His (embarassed) Mother


Categories: Family | Kids | Maryland | Race | Shopping | Should have used a condom | Stupidity | Toys | Wishes | Posted 2009-12-13 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

When You're Swimming through Them Like Scrooge McDuck

Woman to another, shopping in frozen food aisle: You know, I think sometimes you really can have too many Tater Tots in the house.

Shoppers Food Warehouse
Northern Virginia


Overheard by: Pat Trenner


Categories: Food | Shopping | Stores | Stupidity | Virginia | Women | Posted 2009-12-12 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Because They Just Laughed at Me When I Asked at Toys R' Us

Guy, walking up to greeter: You wouldn't happen to have any buttplugs, would you?

Target
Little Falls, New Jersey


Overheard by: harry bohemis


Categories: Ass | Clients | Employees | New Jersey | Offers and requests | Shopping | Stores | Posted 2009-12-08 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Thought That Was Only Possible in Thailand?

Professor: Here, let me make you some flesh. You know, you can buy flesh in the school store!

Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, Maryland


Overheard by: Painting with Mr. Lector


Categories: Body parts | Colleges & Universities | Maryland | Shopping | Teachers | Weirdness | Posted 2009-12-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

What Will Thailand Think Of Next?

Dude on phone: You have a post-coital gift shop?!

College Campus
Denver, Colorado


Categories: Colleges & Universities | Colorado | Gifts | Guys | On the phone | Questions | Sex | Shopping | Weirdness | Posted 2009-11-29 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Please Don't Get Angrified.

Cashier: Sorry, your credit card has been declineded.
Woman: Declineded?
Cashier: Um... Yes, the credit card people declineded it. Like, ya know, it's been denieded.

South Florida


Categories: Clients | Employees | Florida | Money | Shopping | Words | Posted 2009-11-22 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

One Word About V-Neck Tees and I Will Slit Your Throat

Girl #1: Hey, let's go to The Gap, they have short pants there.
Girl #2, pissed off: Shut the fuck up! I hate you.

Mall
Northern New Jersey


Categories: Clothes | Clothing | Girls | Gripes | Insults | Malls | New Jersey | Shopping | Posted 2009-11-22 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

At the Hermaphroditic Contortionist Children's Support Group

Five-year-old girl, pointing at store window: Balls!
Young mom: That's right honey, those are balls, but you ate your balls, huh?
Five-year-old girl: I ate my balls!

Buffalo, New York


Categories: Balls | Food | Kids | Kids | Moms | New York | Parenting | Shopping | Posted 2009-11-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Is It Too Late to Start Over?

Customer: Do you sell Elastoplast?
Shop lady: What?
Customer: Do you sell Elastoplast?
Shop lady oh, I thought you said something about "the last of the Apaches."
Customer
: That film was called The Last of the Mohicans.

Shop lady: What film?

Glasgow
Scotland


Overheard by: somedaftlassie


Categories: Clients | Employees | Movies | Offers and requests | Questions | Scotland | Shopping | Stores | Words | Posted 2009-11-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Type Of Question That Should Be on the SATs

Teenage boy to school friend: Dude, why would you buy a pocket vagina and not use it?

High School
Hartford, Connecticut


Overheard by: Murray

That's Also Sad, but for Different Reasons

Girl #1: It so sad that racism is still a problem in Canada.
Girl #2: I know what you mean, the other day my mother-in-law went to a variety store, and she, like, couldn't get served in English.

Toronto
Canadia


Overheard by: Sad York Student


Categories: Canadia | Family ties | Girls | Language barrier | Race | Shopping | Stupidity | Posted 2009-10-30 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Hot Salesgirl

Whiny man: I don't even know how to read. Why are we here?

Borders
California


Categories: Books | California | Guys | Questions | Shopping | Stores | Stupidity | Posted 2009-10-30 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Her Anti-Drug: Crime

Goth schoolgirl: So, I bought 500 feet of police crime scene tape today. Heheheh!

Adelaide
Australia


Overheard by: A vaguely worried teacher


Categories: Australia | Crimes | Goths | Movies | Shopping | Students | Weirdness | Posted 2009-10-19 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

...So You Can Steal Their Social Security Checks.

Hispanic cleaning lady, about being a nurse in Mexico: It's not like over there, like say, if you accidentally kill an old person, you have to buy another one.

Houston, Texas

Overheard by: high school aide


Categories: Compare and contrast | Employees | Latinas | Murder | Shopping | Texas | Weirdness | Posted 2009-10-13 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

That's Why Her Name Is Bjorrjammijjinanan

Shorter kid playing basketball to taller kid: Your dad bought your mom at Ikea!

Watertown, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Ariel


Categories: Family ties | Kids | Kids | Massachusetts | Parenting | Relationships | Shopping | Posted 2009-10-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Why Undocumented Immigrant Surrogates Exist

Sloppily-dressed teen girl to another: Do you know how many new outfits I would have to buy to carry a baby around for nine months?

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas


Categories: Clothes | Clothing | Colleges & Universities | Kids | Money | Pregnancy | Questions | Shopping | Teens | Texas | Posted 2009-09-26 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

...Which Is Also What Tom Said.

Girl #1: So what are we looking for here?
Girl #2, distractedly: A birthday card for my boyfriend Tom*. (pauses) I mean...
Girl #1: Oh my god, you totally just called your best friend your boyfriend! If that's not a huge Freudian slip, I don't know what is.
Girl #2: Freud can suck my dick!

Culpeper, Virginia

Overheard by: freudian follower


Categories: Gifts | Girls | Insults | Mental illnesses | Questions | Relationships | Shopping | Virginia | Posted 2009-09-09 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Like, One Containing a Central Venous Line

Middle-aged rich bitch on cell: I'll pay up to $300 for a hat I can't live without, you know?

Washington, DC


Categories: Biotechs | Clothes | Clothing | Money | On the phone | Shopping | Washington, DC | Posted 2009-09-07 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Kid Surprises Are Fun, but Illegal

Woman #1, approaching register counter: Ooh! Kinder eggs! I love those things!
Woman #2: What are they?
Woman #1: They're chocolate! With something inside!
Cashier: They're hollow chocolate eggs.
Woman #1: With a surprise inside!
Woman #2: Ew!
Cashier: It's a toy.
Woman #2: Oh. A toy.
Cashier: Whoa, okay, just imagine you were a kid again, and what a surprise meant when you were a kid.
Woman #2: I know... I know. It's just, adult surprises are never fun.
Woman #1, walking out of store: What were you thinking it was going to be? A penis that would squirt all over you?
Woman #2: You never know! Adult surprises are always bad!

San Francisco, California


Categories: Candy | Clients | Cum | Employees | Kids | Penis | Questions | San Francisco | Shopping | Toys | Posted 2009-08-29 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

We Regret to Inform You That New Jersey Was Founded in 1664, Dear Reader

Bimbo #1, buying coffee: Do you ever, like, look at your change and think, "Wow: $16.64. Something totally happened that year!"
Bimbo #2: Oh yeah, I totally agree. Like, if I bought something for like two dollars with a $20 and my change was $19.78, I like might know someone who was born that year!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: BaptistaBarista


Categories: Bimbettes | History | Money | Pennsylvania | Questions | Shopping | Stupidity | Posted 2009-08-26 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Sometimes I Like to Playfully Snap My Own Strap!

Girl browsing underwear section: I love this bra--you'd wear it just to play with yourself, you know?

Wiltshire
England


Overheard by: J


Categories: Clothes | England | Girls | Masturbation | Shopping | Undies | Posted 2009-08-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Is There a Toy for Me Anywhere in That?

Small boy: Dad! Dad! Can I have that?
Father: I've told you before, craving leads to attachment.

Toy Shop
Eastern Suburbs, Sydney
Australia


Categories: Australia | Dads | Kids | Kids | Offers and requests | Parenting | Shopping | Stores | Stupidity | Wishes | Posted 2009-08-17 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

If Your Editors Had a ShamWow, We Would Use It Every Day

Frat boy #1: Oh, dude, a ShamWow! (to friend at counter) Hey, should we get a ShamWow?
Frat boy #2, without looking at him: No.
Frat boy #1: But it's a ShamWow!
Frat boy #2: You're an idiot. (long pause) Fine, get the fucking ShamWow.
Frat boy #1: (excitedly runs ShamWow over to counter)
Frat boy #2: Fuck.

Pet's Mart, Montana

Overheard by: Sadie


Categories: Frat boy types | Insults | Montana | Shopping | Stores | Stupidity | Posted 2009-08-15 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Martha Stewart: "It's a Good Thing."

Dominatrix: The best s&m tool of all time is the Williams Sonoma Spoontula.

Good Vibrations
San Francisco, California


Overheard by: Ladle


Categories: Compare and contrast | Kink | San Francisco | Shopping | Women | Posted 2009-08-13 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Shall We Try "P" for "Polanski"?

Guy #1: What aisle are we looking for?
Guy #2: We should be looking under teen girls' rugs.
Guy #1: Yikes!

Furniture Store
New York City, New York


Categories: Guys | Hair | New York | Questions | Sex | Shopping | Stores | Vagina | Posted 2009-08-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Just As a Conversation Piece, Y'know?

Hipster: You're buying an Ethiopian? I did that once.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Tickle Feet


Categories: Hipsters | Maryland | Questions | Shopping | Weirdness | Posted 2009-08-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Next Step: Getting Rid Of This Mullet

Woman #1, watching hobo in a dress: You know, I finally feel like I'm a metropolitan woman.
Woman #2: Why? Gotten used to the traffic, crowds, pollution and public transportation?
Woman #1: Well, yeah, but that's not why. See that guy in that dress over there? When I first came to the city, I would have been amused or shocked to see something like that. Now, my first reaction is: "Those shoes and socks don't go with that dress--and Macy's isn't that far away. Dude, go get some pumps!" I mean, how often do you think I would have thought to say "dude, go get some pumps" when I was still living in Ohio? I'm living the dream!

Financial District
San Francisco, California


Overheard by: And the jacket didn't match either


Categories: Clothes | Clothing | Questions | San Francisco | Shoes | Shopping | Stupidity | Women | Posted 2009-07-27 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Wow. Suddenly I Loathe Myself.

Client: So, how will we work it out if I want a custom tattoo designed?
Tattoo artist: Have you ever been shopping with your girlfriend where you just sort of follow her around for a while and point stuff out until you figure out what she wants?
Client: Yeah...
Tattoo artist: It's just like that, except you're the girlfriend.

Americana Tattoo Parlor
Augusta, Georgia


Overheard by: Clarissa St. Tacocrotch


Categories: Clients | Compare and contrast | Employees | Georgia | Questions | Shopping | Tattoos | Wishes | Posted 2009-07-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

They Don't Tell Me to Burn Things! I Swear!

Customer: Hi, I'd like to return these pants.
Store manager: Can I ask why?
Customer: The pants talk.
Store manager: (...)
Customer, frantically: I mean, they pop! They pop!

Burnsville, Minnesota

Overheard by: I had to return a pair of talking pants once too


Categories: Bosses | Clients | Clothes | Clothing | Minnesota | Questions | Shopping | Weirdness | Words | Posted 2009-07-22 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

West Side Story: The Lost Dialogue.

Woman: Jorge, I wanna go to Kmart!
Man: Yeah, and I want chop suey. We all have our dreams, Maria.

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Kate


Categories: California | Food | Guys | Latinos | Shopping | Stupidity | Wishes | Women | Posted 2009-07-16 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Raise Your Hand If You Share His Irrational Love Of Costco

Random male shopper: We're looking at meat accessories!

Costco
Raleigh, North Carolina


Overheard by: Anna


Categories: Clients | Food | North Carolina | Shopping | Stores | Posted 2009-07-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Penny-Pinchers Are Born, Not Made.

Little girl reading plastic bag: "Value village." Value village? Do you know what that is?
Mother: It's a store.
Little girl: It just makes me so happy.

Toronto
Canadia


Categories: Canadia | Happiness | Moms | Names | Parenting | Questions | Shopping | Should have used a condom | Words | Posted 2009-07-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Time to Start Talking About Gay Rights in More PC Terms

Voice over intercom: So, come out and buy some juice and support a good cause.
Girl #1: Um, what good cause?
Girl #2: I dunno. Fruit?

High School
Calgary
Canadia


Categories: Canadia | Colleges & Universities | Food | Fruit | Girls | Questions | Shopping | Stupidity | Posted 2009-06-26 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

...When We Run Out Of Saran Wrap.

Roommate #1: Do you want to go clothes shopping for spring break?
Roommate #2, making disgusted face: I don't wear clothes on spring break.
Roommate #1: (long pause)
Roommate #2: I just wear a bathing suit.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Overheard by: Roommate #3


Categories: Clothes | Colleges & Universities | Default | Girls | Michigan | Questions | Shopping | Posted 2009-06-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

One Of These Days, We Should Get a Dog.

Woman on cell: No no no...I haven't been doing much shopping at all. The only thing I've bought is a fur dog collar. It was only $300!

Park City, Utah


Categories: Animals | Default | Money | Shopping | Utah | Women | Posted 2009-06-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Doctor Said You Border on Mumu Fat.

Woman: You should shop at Lane Bryant!
Girl: Mom, that's a fat girls store!
Woman: I shopped there when I was 17, and you're much fatter that I was!

Hendersonville, Tennessee

Overheard by: Tanner

NewsFlash: Teen Sober. Film at 11.

Sober teen: The mall is, like, all about clothes now.

Towson, Maryland

Overheard by: Sven Johnson


Categories: Clothes | Compare and contrast | Default | Maryland | Shopping | Teens | Posted 2009-05-28 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

It's Not Gay If It's About Video Games

10-year-old boy to GameStop guy, after purchasing Mario Galaxy: Bye, I love you! I mean...wait. I meant "thank you." I didn't mean it! (runs away)

GameStop
Vestavia Hills, Alabama


Overheard by: that's what they all say


Categories: Alabama | Default | Feelings | Guys | Kids | Kids | Shopping | Stores | Words | Posted 2009-05-09 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Do You Care If Our DVD Player Is Shaped Like a Schlong?

Man on cell: Yeah. (pause) No, yeah, I'm at Best Buy right now.

Porn Store
Oswego, Illinois


Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Guys | Illinois | Shopping | Stores | Weirdness | Posted 2009-05-09 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Um, This Is Applebee's.

Intercom: The store will be closing in 15 minutes. Please bring your purchases to the front of the store to the check-out line. We hope you enjoyed your shopping experience. Thank you for shopping at K-Mart... Shit, I mean "Wal-Mart."

Wal-Mart
Massachusetts


Overheard by: Caitlin


Categories: Default | Employees | Massachusetts | Names | Offers and requests | Shopping | Stores | Posted 2009-04-26 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Difference Between the South and the North: Encapsulated

Female #1, seeing adult bookstore: well, that doesn't look like a porn store. It looks classy...like an ammo shop.
Female #2: Like an ammo shop? Classy like an ammo shop?

Egan, Louisiana


Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Girls | Louisiana | Porn | Questions | Shopping | Weirdness | Posted 2009-04-16 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Need That Trunk Space on the Way Back

Middle schoolboy to wimpy friend: I always dump my girlfriends before I come to the mall.

Pleasant Hill, California

Overheard by: sam


Categories: California | Default | Guys | Relationships | Sexuality | Shopping | Students | Posted 2009-03-31 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

TV Has Been Slow to Catch on in Canadia

Older white woman, excitedly: And he just bought the electronic device that's going to save their marriage!

Restaurant
Edmonton, Alberta
Canadia


Overheard by: Both disgusted and yet intrigued


Categories: Canadia | Default | Old folks | Relationships | Restaurants | Shopping | Technology | Weirdness | Women | Posted 2009-03-07 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Have You So Little Faith in My Navigational Ability?

Woman to husband, facing large sign saying "Carolina Mall": Can we get to the mall from here?

Charlotte, North Carolina


Categories: Default | North Carolina | Offers and requests | Questions | Shopping | Women | Posted 2009-02-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

To Avoid Shopping Tantrums, See That Your Husband Is Properly Fed and Watered

Husband trying on sandals: There's too much bullshit. What is all this bullshit on here?
Wife: I don't know...there's a lot of stuff.
Husband: It's too much bullshit. I'm not paying for all this bullshit.

Leesburg Corner Outlet Mall
Leesburg, Virginia


Overheard by: Nat


Categories: Couples | Default | Guys | Insults | Malls | Money | Questions | Shopping | Virginia | Women | Posted 2009-01-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Which Is Why I've Named Her "Sids"

Grandma: She doesn't need those...she's getting too big for baby clothes.
Mom: I know, but I don't want her to be too big for baby clothes! I just want her to stay little and not start talking...or moving.

Shop
Buffalo, New York


Categories: Clothes | Default | Family ties | Kids | Moms | New York | Old folks | Shopping | Stores | Women | Posted 2009-01-23 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Never Take That Option Off the Table

Old man pushing shopping cart, singing happily to himself: Maybe I should get an 8-million-dollar lawsuit against my own family!

Seattle, Washington


Categories: Default | Guys | Money | Old folks | Shopping | Singing | Washington | Posted 2009-01-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Now Finish Your Pop Rocks and Soda, and Let's Go Home

12-year-old girl to younger sibling: Every time you buy a Barbie they give money to the abortion place to give someone like a scholarship for an abortion. Every time you touch a barbie, it's like touching an abortion.

Toy Store
San Francisco, California


Overheard by: i now want to touch a barbie


Categories: California | Default | Girls | Kids | Kids | Shopping | Stores | Toys | Posted 2009-01-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Why Few Gymnastics Coaches Can Sustain a Marriage

Man to wife in purse section: That doesn't look like a travel bag! Stay focused!

Nordstrom
Austin, Texas


Overheard by: Kim


Categories: Default | Family ties | Fashion | Guys | Shopping | Stores | Texas | Posted 2009-01-10 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Plus, I'm Pretty

Bawling small girl in grocery store, after not getting what she asked: But, mom, I'm crying really hard!

Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa


Categories: Default | Family ties | Girls | Iowa | Kids | Kids | Shopping | Posted 2009-01-03 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Joking in Florida Is Always Risky

Lost mother with child to employee: Excuse me, sir? Where can I find the exit?
Employee (bluntly): Um, you have to buy something before you can leave.
Lost mother with child: (blank stare)

Sam Ash
Orlando, Florida


Overheard by: Stole something instead


Categories: Default | Employees | Florida | Moms | Offers and requests | Questions | Shopping | Stores | Weirdness | Posted 2008-12-16 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

For People's Pet Rocks.

Passerby to friend (excitedly): We should so sell bottled dirt!

KSU
Manhattan, Kansas


Overheard by: Nicole

The Sierra Club Got a Restraining Order Against Her

Woman #1: Hey! Look! Trees!
Woman #2: No, you can't get one. Not after you killed the last one we gave you.

De Anza Flea Market
Cupertino, California


Overheard by: shyinvisiblegirl


Categories: California | Death & dying | Default | Shopping | Stores | Weirdness | Women | Posted 2008-11-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Tonight on The Don't-Have-to-Wonder-Anymore Years

Kid: Can we go yet? Why are we shopping for luggage here, anyway?
Mom: Because I'm leaving your father.

Department Store
Altamonte Springs, Florida


Overheard by: Voip


Categories: Default | Florida | Kids | Moms | Offers and requests | Questions | Relationships | Shopping | Stores | Weirdness | Posted 2008-11-08 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I'm So Glad You Confided in Me

Frumpy middle aged woman: Excuse me, who can I talk to if I'm interested in purchasing a piece of furniture?
Employee: That would be me. How can I help you?
Frumpy middle aged woman: I'm interesting in purchasing a piece of furniture.

Furniture Store
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Categories: Customers | Default | Employees | Offers and requests | Pennsylvania | Shopping | Stores | Women | Words | Posted 2008-09-20 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

A Confusion Often Found in Young Big Bad Wolves

Mom: Can you sit there and be mommy's good boy just a little longer? We're almost done shopping.
Boy: No. I'm not your good boy. I'm not your good boy anymore.
Mom: Oh you aren't? Then will you be a big boy for me?
Boy: No, I'm not your big boy! I'm not your big boy, and I'm not your good boy anymore.
Mom: Oh really, then what are you?
Boy: I'm a grandma!

Shout-out: overheardinpdx.blogspot.com

Overheard by: kari

...The Fifth Being My Blackberry.

Student selling pink ribbon bracelets: Professor, would you like to buy some bracelets? They're for a good cause.
Professor: Sure, I'll take five. One for each appendage.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Categories: Body parts | Clothes | Default | Pennsylvania | Questions | Shopping | Students | Teachers | Posted 2008-09-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

You Sure You Need a Rocket Launcher?

White trash guy to wife at gun counter: I don't know, honey, that might be too big to conceal.

Academy Sports
Plano, Texas


Overheard by: We're not in Michigan Anymore


Categories: Advice | Default | Guys | Shopping | Stores | Stupidity | Texas | Violence | Posted 2008-09-01 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

This Christening Is Going to Rock

Girl to friend: I mean, they have everything. I don't need anything... they have gold, knives, drugs...
Friend: (nods in agreement)

Shopper's Drug Mart
Toronto
Canadia


Categories: Canadia | Default | Drugs | Friends | Girls | Shopping | Weirdness | Posted 2008-08-25 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Then We Have a Newfound Admiration for P.S.- I Love You

Mother holding DVD box to two tween kids: No, we can't get this one, it has too much (whispers) anal sex.

Best Buy
Calgary
Canadia


Categories: Backdoor | Canadia | Default | Moms | Parenting | Shopping | Stores | Posted 2008-08-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

...And Season One Little House on the Prairie

Girl #1: It's just that I feel like Amazon is judging me.
Girl #2: Why?
Girl #1: I bought one gay erotica book and now it wants me to buy Japanese porn.

Starbucks
Ukiah, California


Categories: Bars & Clubs | Books | California | Default | Feelings | Girls | Internet | Pop culture | Porn | Sexuality | Shopping | Posted 2008-08-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

How Little You Wear Under It Is Up to You

Woman holding long sweater: Excuse me, do you work here?
Employee: Yes.
Woman: What is this? Is this a dress?
Employee: It's one of those... long... sweaters...

H&M, Water Tower Place
Chicago, Illinois


Categories: Clothes | Clothing | Default | Employees | Illinois | Questions | Shopping | Stores | Women | Posted 2008-07-31 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

He Was Made Out of Gingerbread and Frosting

Suit to other: Then he kept trying to sell me this little boy for a dollar...

Taco Bell
Colorado Springs, Colorado


Overheard by: Brandon


Categories: Colorado | Default | Kids | Restaurants | Shopping | Suits | Weirdness | Posted 2008-07-23 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Told You to Start Keeping Condoms in There

Cashier (handing over receipt): Would you like this?
Customer: No, they make babies in my purse...

David's Supermarket
Whitney, Texas


Categories: Customers | Default | Employees | Pregnancy | Questions | Shopping | Texas | Weirdness | Posted 2008-07-19 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

From Then On, Whenever Sally Did Naughty Things, She Blamed Baby Jesus

Grocery store bagger (handing stuffed cat to little girl): So, what are you going to name your new kitty?
Little girl: Baby Jesus!

California


Categories: Animals | California | Customers | Default | Employees | Jesus | Kids | Names | Shopping | Stores | Posted 2008-07-12 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

For the Same Reason I Like Tightly-Wrapped Christmas Presents

(a couple at the checkout counter buying nylons)
Girl
: I'm really excited for these tights.

Guy (excessively excited): Me too!

Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canadia


Categories: Canadia | Clothes | Customers | Girls | Guys | Shopping | Stores | Weirdness | Wishes | Posted 2008-07-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Maybe Pick Up Some Rat Poisoning for the Kids...

Loud white ghetto guy on cell: Dude, I'm at Target. They don't got nothing here! Man, I should have gone to Wal-Mart. (pause) Oh, here's a sweet knife. Maybe I'll buy that for shits and giggles.

Shout-out: feeds.feedburner.com

Overheard by: gee, you have to wonder what this guy does with his free time...


Categories: Default | Gripes | Guys | On the phone | Overheard in Minneapolis | Shopping | Stores | Weirdness | Posted 2008-07-08 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

The Lipstick Kind, at Least?

Size 4 girl #1: I love H&M but it makes me feel so fat. I have to wear a size 6 or 8 when I shop here.
Size 4 girl #2: Yeah, and that vest makes you look like a lesbian.

H&M
Chicago, Illinois


Categories: Beauty | Body parts | Clothes | Clothing | Default | Diet & weight | Friends | Girls | Gripes | Illinois | Sexuality | Shopping | Stores | Posted 2008-07-07 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Our Prediction: Advertising Will Eventually Convince You That You Do

Girl #1 to friend (indicating a cream to get rid of razor burn bumps on the bikini area): Does this stuff work okay?
Girl #2: Yeah, it works, it just smells kinda funny.
Girl #1: I don't care how it smells, it's goin' next to my vagina. I don't need no strawberries.

Target
Winchester, Virginia


Overheard by: Kendra


Categories: Advice | Beauty | Default | Friends | Girls | Health & Hygiene | Shopping | Stores | Vagina | Virginia | Posted 2008-07-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Told You When God Closes a Door, He Opens a Window

Father: So, any luck with finding a jacket?
Teenage daughter: No, but somebody tried to sell me drugs.
Father: Well, that's something.

Victoria Market
Melbourne
Australia

Would You Mind Taking a Picture Of Us With It?

[A young woman in a wetsuit and a young man in normal clothing are standing near the packaged meats.]
Female employee
: Can I help you with anything?

Young woman: Oh, no thanks, we're just admiring the bacon.
Female employee: Oh. Okay! Have a nice day!

Vons
Ventura, California

Then Why Are My Hands Silver After Touching It?

Tourist: Is it solid silver?
Salesman: Let me show you. First, do you know how to tell the difference between solid silver and silver plate?
Tourist: No.
Salesman: This is solid silver.

Dodgy Souvenir Shop
Egypt

...For Not Telling My Servants to Buy More

Student girl: Aw man, I've no food in the house. It's like I've been robbed, but it's my fault!

Sainsbury's
Lancaster
England


Categories: Compare and contrast | Crimes | Food | Girls | Gripes | Shopping | Stores | Students | UK | Posted 2008-05-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Knew I Should've Let the Doctor Keep You a Girl

Mother to ten-year-old son at supermarket check-out queue: And then we'll go and look for a dress for me.
Ten-year-old son: I'm not going clothes shopping with you. You go in every shop, you try everything on, you never like anything and come home with nothing and I'm not standing around waiting!
[All male members of the queue cheer.]

Luton
England


Categories: Character | Clothes | Feelings | Gripes | Guys | Moms | Offers and requests | Shopping | Stores | Tweens | UK | Posted 2008-04-30 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

You Have the Hairbrushes, Right?

Girl, wearing leather pants and high heels, pushing a cart containing D batteries, duct tape, and huge bag of rice, on cell: I don't know why he's so smug, I told him what I would do to him if I caught him again. [pause] Okay, well I've almost got everything I need, I'll be right over.

Wal-Mart
Lufkin, Texas


Overheard by: wtf?


Categories: Bimbettes | Girls | On the phone | Relationships | Shopping | Stores | Texas | Threats | Posted 2008-04-15 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

If You're Really Bad, I'll Make You Go in the Ball Pit

Angry father, to young daughter: Do you wanna go to Chuck E. Cheese?
Daughter: [scared silence]
Father: Then stop touching shit!

Wal-Mart
Long Island, New York


Overheard by: Molly BOOM


Categories: Dads | Default | Etiquette | Family | Food | Girls | Kids | Kids | New York | Offers and requests | Shopping | Stores | Wishes | Posted 2008-04-13 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Wonder If the Hospital Would Give Me a Discount If I Produced in Bulk

Black woman, to friend: I love Costco. It makes me like, want to have five kids.

Costco
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania


Categories: Default | Feelings | Friends | Gender issues | Offspring | Pennsylvania | Shopping | Stores | Wishes | Women | Posted 2008-04-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Well, That Self-Actualization Seminar Was a Bust

Nine year-old girl: I want that shirt and you are going to get it for me. Any questions?
Mom: Many. Shut up and put the damn shirt back.

Target
Atlanta, Georgia


Categories: Clothes | Default | Etiquette | Family ties | Georgia | Gifts | Girls | Kids | Kids | Moms | Offers and requests | Shopping | Stores | Wishes | Posted 2008-04-11 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

If You Require Further Explanation, You Definitely Need to Attend.

Hot chick: I'm having a fantasia party; I made it a facebook event: Are you going to come?
Clueless girl: Whats a fantasia party?
Hot chick: Its for like chicks only, you hang out, drink and buy naughty stuff.
Clueless girl: I don't get it?
Hot chick: What's there to get? You come to my place, get drunk and buy sexy, naughty things?
Clueless girl: I still don't get it.
Hot chick: Holy fuck! Its like a Tupperware party -only with dildos!

Ottawa
Ontario
Canadia


Overheard by: Make Mine 9 Inches!


Categories: Canadia | Chicks | Default | Drinking & drunks | Friends | Girls | Internet | Leisure | Shopping | Toys | Words | Posted 2008-04-03 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Which Is Much More Important Than Sending Her to School

Woman on cell: I saw the most adorable little cheetah, so I bought it for her. You know, I am the one who assigns personalities to all her animals. We have a ritual.

3rd Street Promenade
Santa Monica, California


Categories: Animals | California | Default | On the phone | Shopping | Women | Posted 2008-03-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Want Those in Watermelon, Too?

16-year-old female lifeguard: Hey, I'm running to 7-Eleven to get a Slurpee... Anyone want anything?
14-year-old male lifeguard: Yeah, can I get some watermelon Bubble Yum and... [lowers voice and looks around suspiciously] ... some condoms?
16-year-old female lifeguard: Um...

Vienna, Virginia


Categories: Shopping | Teens | Virginia | Posted 2008-02-17 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

To Buy from Us Is to Be Royally Fucked

Cute chick on cell: No, I'm on my way to work. Come visit me there! ... No, it's not weird! ... Well, yeah, it's a sex shop, but it's a boutique sex shop!

Melbourne
Australia


Overheard by: Want her business card


Categories: Advice | Australia | Chicks | On the phone | Shopping | Posted 2008-02-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Am So Through with Jesus

Haggard drunk woman to group of drunk men: He says he loves me but won't even buy me a cupcake!

Boston, Massachusetts


Categories: Drinking & drunks | Drunks | Food | Massachusetts | Shopping | Women | Posted 2008-02-04 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

How You Know Which Kind of "Special" Your Kid Is

Mom: I think that I will get him his first Rubik's Cube. He'd probably eat it.

Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com

Overheard by: someone who doesnt eat rubik's cubes


Categories: Food | Gifts | Gripes | Minnesota | Moms | Overheard in Minneapolis | Shopping | Posted 2008-02-03 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Now, Honey, You Know I Prefer Brushes with Metal Studs

Little girl holding up toilet brush: Hey, Mom, I could scrub your butt with this when we get home if we buy it!

Target
Enfield, Connecticut


Categories: Ass | Connecticut | Girls | Health & Hygiene | Kids | Kids | Shopping | Posted 2008-02-02 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Thanks to the Child Labor Laws

Little boy running from price scanner: Mom, my hand's not for sale!

Target, 2255 14th Avenue SE
Albany, Oregon


Overheard by: Miranda


Categories: Kids | Oregon | Shopping | Posted 2007-12-13 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

You Try Getting Vaginal Juice and Chocolate Sauce Out of Shag

Lesbian: You might think I'm weird, but what if we put in rubber floors?
Girlfriend: Um, no. [Lesbian #1 stalks off toward drywall materials, muttering under her breath.]

Home Depot
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania


Categories: Lesbos | Pennsylvania | Shopping | Posted 2007-12-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Unless You'd Like to Hide a Buck Knife in a Teddy Bear

Woman at counter: [Mumbling.]
Clerk: No, we don't carry weapons here.

Hallmark Store
St. Joseph, Michigan


Overheard by: but if you try the precious moments store...


Categories: Coworkers | Customers | Michigan | Shopping | Posted 2007-11-28 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Why Child Psychologists Exist

Mom singing to two small boys and a baby in stroller: One, two, three, four! We're going to the panty store! We're going to the panty store! We're going to the panty store!

Victoria's Secret
Winchester, Virginia


Overheard by: Joanna


Categories: Moms | Shopping | Singing | Virginia | Posted 2007-10-31 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

I Feel Better Already

Waitress indicating empty seat: Would she like some dessert when she gets back?
Recently abandoned old man: No. She wasn't feeling good so she went to the Hallmark Store.

Atlas Diner, Strawbridge
Virginia Beach, Virginia


Categories: Old folks | Shopping | Virginia | Posted 2007-09-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

We're Gonna Win This Science Fair for Sure!

Girl to guy: You get the starch, condoms and Red Bull. I will get the rest.

Austin, Texas


Categories: Drinking & drunks | Girls | Guys | Sex | Shopping | Texas | Posted 2007-08-24 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Don't Go Pulling That String in This Country

Pushy rug salesman: Look at these beautiful rugs! How great would they look in your home?
Woman: Yeah, you know, I don't really need a rug...
Pushy rug salesman: Well, nobody needs a rug!
Woman, angrily: Well, then why are you selling them, sir?!

671 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, California


Overheard by: I don't really need a rug, either


Categories: California | Employees | Shopping | Posted 2007-08-06 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook

Oh, Oh, Did I Say That Out Loud?

Eight-year-old boy to self while looking at China teapots: I just love the stuff in here. It's so breakable -- that's what's great about it. That, and it's shiny.

500 Shawnee Street
Leavenworth, Kansas


Overheard by: Rachel


Categories: Kansas | Shopping | Should have used a condom | Posted 2007-06-05 EmailQuoteLinkDel.icio.us Facebook