Guy: So at this Texas game ranch they release emos, and you shoot at them... I mean, emus.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: pace
Young boy: Dad, what does this say?
Father: What do you think it says? It says, 'Irish.'
Young boy: What's that?
Father: Irish are little, short people.
Thousand Oaks, California
Woman: It's like paradise!
Small child, excitedly: A paradise where you get killed!
Woman, happily: I'll kill you!
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Overheard by: ethan I make whittier prettier park
Four-year-old girl looking at Michelangelo's David: Do you see the penis?
Nanny: Yes.
Four-year-old girl: I like the penis! Do you like the penis?
Nanny, turning around and walking away: There's no good way to answer this.
Florence
Italy
Professor: Your paper is doing some heavy petting, but it's not going all the way!
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Tourist girl on cell: I found the house I want to live in when I move to DC, but then I found out it was the Smithsonian...
Washington, DC
Pregnant, tattooed hipster: This is killing me. How can I go without ink for nine months?
Tattooed hipster friend: Oh, I know.
Nevada
Drunk guy: Can I get a pack of cigarettes?
Trucker: Can I see some ID?
Drunk guy: Which one? 21 or 19?
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: jack
Girl: Why would you ever kick a squirrel?
Guy: I wanted to see if I could do it.
Shout-out: overheardinumcp.blogspot.com
Overheard by: alyssa
Chick on cell: I'm doing my paper on child euthanasia... Yeah, they'd have to be terminally ill, not just ugly kids.
Shout-out: overheardatwestern.blogspot.com
Overheard by: natalie
Second year law student: I don't know what I drank last night, but my mouth tastes like a French whore today.
Shout-out: overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com
Young black man: That's the best gift you can give a brother -- a fine Latina with B cups.
Orange Line bus
San Fernando Valley, California
Overheard by: suzy vapid
Teen girl #1: I really feel like our relationship is progressing. There's a closeness that wasn't there before.
Teen girl #2: Awww, really?
Teen girl #1: Yeah, he added me on MySpace.
Hawaii
Overheard by: Invisible
Frat boy #1: Dude, look at how much air there is in this room.
Frat boy #2: Dude, what if they charged money for, like, air?
Frat boy #1: Dude, I wouldn't care -- I'm not that fat... Dude, don't you ever just want to, like, throw a knife up in the air above a crowd of people and, like, see what happens?
Frat boy #2: Totally.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: doppelganger
Father: Honey, you can't cry on the train. The conductor will kick us off.
Young daughter, crying: Can I cry on the bus?
Father, after thoughtful pause: Sure, you can cry on the bus.
MBTA Green Line
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Joe
Girl on phone: I mean, do you know how strange it feels to climb out of the bed of the guy you just hooked up with and then climb into bed with your brother?
Chinatown bus from New York City to Baltimore, Maryland
Chick #1: Try it. It's a Malibu Bay Breeze. It's a chick drink, but it's really good.
Dude, sipping: Damn, that's delicious.
Chick #2: It's a bitch drink.
Dude: A bitch drink?
Chick #2: It'll make you grow vaginas on your arm.
Dude: That wouldn't be that bad. I'd never leave my house.
Chick #2: No, not functional vaginas. Just ugly ones that people would be freaked out by.
Dude: You know, you just took something wonderful and made it horrible.
Shout-out: overheardinthevalley.blogspot.com
Man whispering into cell: But honey, I didn't fuck her! I just came on her! ... Hey, you want that Polynesian sauce they got here, right?
Chick-fil-A, Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Shatmandu
Suit: I can't masturbate to a picture of myself!
Maine
Chick: The bitch got an iPod and all kinds of cash from her family. She's totally fuckin' spoiled and it makes me sick. I finally told her, 'Bitch, get your own fuckin' tampons!'
Shout-out: ohinmpls.blogspot.com
Overheard by: craig
Young man, thoughtfully: I think the reason I stopped believing in God was because when I was little I begged... I begged him to give me Superman's powers. And he never did. He never did...
Rocky River, Ohio
Overheard by: Defying Gravity
Boyfriend: Damn, bitch! Yo' braces just nicked my lip!
Girlfriend: Well, I don't hear you complaining they be nickin' yo' dick when I be suckin' you off!
Boyfriend: Damn, bitch! You is hot!
Shout-out: overheardinphilly.blogspot.com
Overheard by: ouch!
Girl #1: ... And my boyfriend told me what a bad person I was, and I was like, 'Don't say that to me! You're hurting my feelings!' Then I did drugs and cried all day.
Girl #2: Wow. Well, we should really study today...
Girl #1: Yeah, let's stay really late. Like, 'til 10.
Girl #2, totally serious: Yeah... Or we can go to the Biosphere and get burgers...
Girl #1, also serious: Yeah.
Shout-out: www.overheardatmcgill.com
Barista #1: So, I had this totally fucked up dream last night. I was, like, having sexual relations with my brother...
Barista #2, totally serious: That's not weird.
Barista #1: I know, but the weird thing was everyone around me was really uncomfortable with it.
Fort Collins, Colorado
Overheard by: I'm uncomfortable even hearing it
Man on cell: They said I sexually molested the cat... I would never do that! I love that cat!
Utah
Lady: Oh, how cute is she?!
Woman with kid: Actually, it's a he.
Lady: Well, why is he wearing a pink hat?
Woman with kid: Because he's gay!
Sweden
Shout-out: www.tjuvlyssnat.se
Overheard by: Lina
Girl: That's totally the last time I'm getting pregnant. It takes all the fun out of drinking!
RFK Stadium Metro Station
Washington, DC
Frat boy #1: She was so dumb.
Frat boy #2: You should watch how you use that word. It doesn't really mean stupid -- it really means 'deaf.'
Frat boy #1: Okay, she was really deaf.
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
Overheard by: English Major
Woman: If anyone ever hurts you tell them to stop that, because it's not nice.
Little girl: And then you kick them in the face!
Upper Hutt
New Zealand
Overheard by: Sarah
Teacher: What were people in the '50s basically concerned with?
Stoner kid: ... Scoring?
Lincoln-Way High School
Illinois
Overheard by: Sally
Hobo: I tried skateboarding once, but I fell down and had a baby... Can I have some money?
Granville SkyTrain station
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canadia
Overheard by: chad
Panhandler: Do you have any change? I need money. My old lady kicked me out. I need money for a penis... reduction... It's too big, and she kicked me out. She said not to come back until--
Man: --No.
Shout-out: weirdosofwinnipeg.blogspot.com
Hipster, gesturing: ... And his flaccid dick was as big as my forearm!
Olive Street overpass
Seattle, Washington
Drunk boy: I can't find her! I don't know where she is!
Drunk girl: Is she wearing clothes?
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Man pushing wheelchair lady, singing: Handicap, handicap, oh handy handy handy...
Epcot Park, Disney World
Florida
Overheard by: Euggh
Professor: It's like IKEA -- you buy some furniture, think you can put it all together, you go home and fail and then go slit your wrists in the corner.
Shout-out: overheardatwestern.blogspot.com
Overheard by: shawn
Girl: She looked like a mix between a Christmas ham and a hooker.
Princeton, New Jersey
Overheard by: NS
Wife: This is the last chance. I'm really going to file for divorce unless you're willing to work at this.
Husband: I deserve someone that I won't cheat on.
Omaha, Nebraska
Chick: I don't like processes... and anal things.
Shout-out: overheardatcornell.blogspot.com
Overheard by: twombly
Girl: I hate geese.
Guy: Because they're Canadian?
Girl: No, the fat white ones. I hate them because they're fat. And greedy.
Guy: Yeah, what's up with that? They always run right up to you if you have bread.
Girl: And they totally harass the ducks, man!
Guy: Yeah, what the fuck?! Stupid geese. Fuck that shit, man. Fuck that shit.
Girl: Yeah!
Shout-out: overheardinthevalley.blogspot.com
Tech enthusiast: Wait, did you say 'cyber sex'?
Dude: No -- cyborg sex.
Tech enthusiast: Cyborg sex? That's even better!
Shout-out: weirdosofwinnipeg.blogspot.com
Suit: ... And of course afterwards she ran up and down the hospital corridor naked, screaming at her husband.
Bakery
Christchurch
New Zealand