Advice

Tan, blonde, 40-something woman: Just stick 'em on your nipples, it'll be okay.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/379837297/wait-until-you-get-home-please.html

Overheard by: perplexed chai drinker

Girl: Okay, what?
Friend: I'm just saying that it's…
Girl: Okay, stop talking if you are going to try and convince me that having sex with strangers is bad!

Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Mom to adult daughter: Now what you do is you pick an aisle to go down that you think has magic at the end of it.

Dutchess County, New York

Overheard by: Rich Mintz

Economics professor, suddenly, in a creepy voice: Noooo you may not! Aquaman, you cannot marry a woman without gills! [Continuing in normal voice.] No? Anybody? No? Shame on you all! Just wait a few more years and you’ll get what I’m talking about and you will be so pleased.

Tufts University
Massachusetts

Overheard by: Adrian

Hippie, addressing group: If you can get you guitar to play music at the same frequency as telepathy, you'll make millions!

Portland, Oregon

Dude to two other dudes: I wouldn't just suck on the tip of it.

Downtown Mall
Charlottesville, Virginia

Overheard by: browny

Grandmother: I think the cat is pregnant with one kitten or something.
Five-year-old boy: Yeah, and the kitten is like, controlling her from the inside.

Spokane, Washington

Guy #1: Oh my god! You look good! You’ve never looked so good!
Girl: Um… I don’t know how to take that.
Guy #1: I just mean that you look so much better than I’ve ever seen.
Girl: You’re making this worse.
Guy #1: Don’t worry. I’m not hitting on you.
Guy #2: Stop talking, dude.

Beromünster
Switzerland

Chick to cop interrupting honor students' discussion: Oh, um, we were just talking about how we would cover up a murder.
Cop, laughing: Oh, you would not believe how many times I've heard that…

Metro State College
Denver, Colorado

Guy: You know what’s actually really good? Cocoa Puffs and bacon!
Chick: (blank stare)
Guy: Once I had them both and I ate one bite of Cocoa Puffs and one bite of bacon and they mixed in my mouth and it was good!
Chick: You make me want to vomit.

Harris Teeter
Bristow, Virginia