Woman #1: Come on, hurry up! I want to go home.
Woman #2: Jesus, you sure do get cranky when you're sober.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2008/08/dont-we-all.html

Overheard by: Jon

(in the atrium at the HQ of one of the national intelligence agencies)
Young woman to female buddy: It just wasn't meant to be. He refused to self-actualize me…

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2008/08/maybe-hes-cylon.html

Overheard by: Ian

Middle-aged dude #1: You should petition the State High School League to make killing with porcupines a sport.
Middle-aged dude #2: Yeah, with the quills and everything.
Middle-aged dude #1: Exactly! That's what I'm saying.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/357841156/idea-men.html

Overheard by: I grabbed my blackberry as soon as I heard it.

Explosive, neurotic 20-something to friend: Say your prayers, mantis pants!

Vancouver, BC
Canadia

Zookeeper, to penguin pecking at her shirt: Am I dirty? Am I a dirty little birdie? Do I need preening?

Mystic Aquarium, Connecticut

Girl to friends (while reading horoscope page): I guess it means that, as an Aries, I should just embrace the fact that I'm better than people! (pause) Well, not better, just cooler.

Metro Red Line
Washington, DC

Overheard by: felonaz

Woman visiting Seattle with daughters: Guess what daddy is doing down in Portland right now!
Four-year-old girl: Going to a bar?

Seattle, Washington

Skinny woman: So what do you do?
Fat woman: I'm a dietitian.
Skinny woman: You should give me some advice!

Menands, New York

Ghetto girl: No! I'm just going to walk right up to him and be like, “your knives are in my car!”

La Salle University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Teen girl #1: Jenny's gay.
Teen girl #2: I am not!
Teen girl #1: I'm just kidding. You are definitely the most heterosexual girl I know.
(pause)
Teen girl #3: Way to call Jenny a slut.

San Luis Obispo, California

Overheard by: urzzz