Biotech #1: God, is she being all depressed again?
Biotech #2: Yeah, you know how she is. She just needs a guy to pay attention to her.
Biotech #1: She just needs to stop being friends with girls who are hotter than she is.
Lawrence, Kansas
Teen chick: You know, as long as there wasn't an intergalactic war or anything, I think it would be really cool to be an Ewok.
High school
New Zealand
Overheard by: Sarah
Old man #1: Oh my god! You're still alive?!
Old man #2: Well, yeah, ya old fuck!
Hoboken, New Jersey
Overheard by: Wendy GK
Queer #1: Is that pastrami? That was the best pastrami I've ever had.
Queer #2: Did you just ejaculate confetti?
Maryland and Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
Blonde: I'm only dumb on the outside!
Upper Hutt
New Zealand
Overheard by: Sarah
Sorostitute, excited: All my friends back at home have me on their phone as tool whore!
Governor's Square Mall
Tallahassee, Florida
Stoner chick on cell: Yeah, he's just gonna want to get high and do stuff to my ass.
Wendy's
Scottsdale, Arizona
Overheard by: Jon
Guy #1: Hey, do you think that if animals could talk and were as smart as us, we would get along?
Guy #2: I think so... Actually, maybe not lions. They're pretty crazy.
Guy #1: Yeah, we'd probably have to lock up all the lions and bears.
Guy #2: Damn, bears. Almost forgot.
Shout-out: overheardatwestern.blogspot.com
Overheard by: ryan
Five-year-old girl to sister: Who would you rather kill -- Mummy or Daddy?
Mother: I don't want to hear you talking like that.
Auckland
New Zealand
Overheard by: disturbed
Client on phone: That is neither non-intuitive nor non-obvious to a non-elitist.
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Jeff
Bimbette: How are the African kids starving? Why don't they just... eat more?
Anchorage, Alaska
Hoochie: I understand that you're worried about me, but I have self-control.
Friend: Do you?
Hoochie: Buying a pair of shoes is different from fucking someone.
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
Man: She's my soul mate. I just wish she was 20 years older and not my daughter.
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Overheard by: that's kinda creepy
Teen girl: Oh, I always thought Hiroshima was a person.
Criminalise War Conference
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Man on cell: Hang on, I'm coming with half of my pants!
Metro
Washington, DC
College girl: I'm not weird. I just don't like hugs or blowjobs.
Hippie guy: I don't understand -- how do you greet people?
Rutgers University Student Center
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Son: Dad, how do people have sex with dogs?
Father, philosophical: Same reason people have sex with sheep... Or horses.
Son: Well, how do dogs get pregnant, then?
Father, quickly: Humans can't get dogs pregnant.
Son: But how do the dogs get pregnant from having sex in the ass?
Father, worried: Nobody can get pregnant from anal sex!
Son: Yeah! Doggy-style!
Father, nervous: Bitches get done in the vagina, which you can do from the back. Believe me, it's back there if you look for it. Dogs never do anal sex -- only people do that.
Son: Hmmm...
Bay area, California
Overheard by: I don't wanna look that hard
Stressed friend: Hurry up!
Stoner: Wait, I just need to brush my teeth.
Stressed friend: Brush your teeth?! You're going to see your mom and then your dealer! You do not need to brush your teeth!
Stockholm
Sweden
Overheard by: magnus
20-ish girl on cell: I just think I need to work on mending our relationship. Maybe we need to go do a few shots and everything will be right with the world.
Bakery kiosk, O'Hare International Airport
Chicago, Illinois
Chick: You live on a farm? In New Hampshire?! I went to New Hampshire and I didn't think they had, like, farms!
Dude: Where did you go in New Hampshire?
Chick: PETCO.
Boston, Massachusetts
Chick #1, squinting at laptop: Is that a squirrel?
Chick #2: No. That's a penis.
Starbucks
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: Awkward!
Mom: But, honey, it's important that you look nice when you go to school and that everything matches.
Six-year-old girl: Mom, it's not how I look that's important -- it's about my education.
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Overheard by: too cute!
17-year-old boy: Geez, Angelina Jolie adopted another kid?
13-year-old boy: Why, how many does she have now?
17-year-old boy: I think, like, four.
13-year-old boy: Wow! She's fertile!
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Overheard by: DeeRock
Girl #1: Fuck! I forgot the condoms!
Girl #2: What kind of party are we going to?
Boston, Massachusetts
Fag hag: So, I fell asleep when Jack* was stripping, and when I woke up Victor* was in pink stockings and doing something to my umbrella that I don't even want to think about. I really have to start having more straight friends.
Bar
São Paulo
Brazil
Girl: What good vegetarian options do you have?
Waitress: Well, we have really good turkey burgers.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Hannah
Blonde: So, what's this play about?
Brunnette: It's the adult version of Peter Pan.
Blonde: You mean, like, porn?
Brunette: Uhhh, not exactly.
Showing of Peter and Wendy, Kreeger Theater
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Julius
Guy on phone: Yeah, I hate that. It's like when someone tells you he has AIDS after the fact.
Columbus Circle
New York, New York
Leader of group of nervous teens: Hey, do you sell rolling papers here... for tobacco?
Convenience store clerk: Sorry, man. We've only got ones for pot.
Noland Road
Independence, Missouri
Overheard by: snickering customer behind them
Drunk frat boy: Shiiit, I'm God! I'm God, and I've seen so much asscrack!
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Drunk bimbette: We're s'posed to be so ladylike... Why do girls have to be so ghetto and stab each other all the time?
York University
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: A and A
Hot chick: That's the dude that was in my oven at three a.m.!
NJ Transit station
New Jersey
Pretty lady: You say a lot of bad words. Some people say that happens when you don't have the intelligence to express your self otherwise.
College kid: That ain't the case with me. I got a fuckin' vocabulary, man. I just use words everyone understands, like 'shit' and 'fuck' and what-not, so I don't obfuscate my meaning.
Panama City, Panama
Chick #1: I'm telling her the dumpling story.
Chick #2: Which story? Oh, the one about how people get off on being peed on?
Chick #1: What?!
Princeton, New Jersey
Overheard by: Ladle
Confused chick: Excuse me, sir, I don't know which line to go into... This says 'resident,' but I'm not from here -- I'm from New York.
Homeland Security agent: It's still this line.
O'Hare Airport immigration line
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: amused traveller
Roomie #1: I wonder what ever happened to James*. I mean, we haven't seen him since fifth grade. I hope he's not in a mental home or something -- him and his weird mom. Maybe he's finally doing what he's always wanted to do: work with dinosaurs.
Roomie #2: Yeah, or living with them.
Roomie #1: That is sooo true.
Montclair State University
Montclair, New Jersey
Overheard by: i love dinosaurs
Chick #1: Have I ever told you how much I hate Sex and the City?
Chick #2: Yes.
Chick #1: I just think that if women are going to base their lives around a TV show, it should be a cooler one... like Ninja Turtles.
Chick #2: You're right.
Chick #1: April O'Neil was a good role model. She was interested in reporting the truth and wearing yellow jumpsuits. And nailing Casey Jones. He was hot.
Shout-out: overheardatwestern.blogspot.com
Seven-year-old boy: Just because he's a kid doesn't mean he should not have to moisturize his hair.
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: sandy
Chick looking into her palm, then at thug nearby: Man, I'm a preschool teacher! Don't sell me the wrong drugs!
Bar
Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Overheard by: her best friend
Mom: You know, you're a strange duck.
Three-year-old son: Yeah? Well, you have a big nose! [Laughs hysterically.]
Mom: Out of all my kids, I like you the least.
City bus
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadia
Overheard by: Sarah
Mom: I'll have a diet Coke.
Dad: I'll have an iced tea.
10-year-old girl: I'll have a Bailey's coffee.
Waitress: Um... Can I see some ID?
10-year-old girl: Okay, I'll just have coffee, then.
Cheesecake Factory
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Overheard by: around the corner
Lady on cell: This week was absolute hell. Yeah, I was with seven nuns all week.
Adult Education Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts