Advice

Nursing lab instructor: You don't go down when you're suctioning.

College
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Yoshi

Guy: Trust me, I'm a gay scientist!

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Claire

Dad to eight-year-old son: Well, stop giving people wedgies and they'll stop throwing rocks at you.

Edmonton
Canadia

Overheard by: Christina M.

Posh-sounding, punk-looking 20-year-old girl on cell: You want to kill yourself? Oh. Have you tried having a having cup of tea?

London
England

Overheard by: Richard

Guy: I'm not exactly awake yet. Hence the espresso. (holds up cup)
Girl: Oh, you should pour it all over yourself!
Guy: I think that would be contrary to waking up.
Girl: No, no. You'd absorb the caffeine into your skin, and you'd become Awake Man! And your arch-nemesis would be the Sandman, and… and… stuff.

Saint Peter's College
New Jersey

Very tall boy on Taipei subway: You don't need to diet, you need to grow taller.
Very short girl: I would if I could.
Very tall boy: Do you want to go to the concert?
Very short girl: I don't go to concerts.
Very tall boy: Why not?
Very short girl: I can never see anything.

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Overheard by: Yugan Dali

Woman to friend: That would never happen. Not even in a fairytale you wrote your goddamn self would that happen.

Buffalo, New York

Girl: My stomach hurts…
Guy: Maybe you should stop having so much butt sex.

Jersey City, New Jersey

Woman on cell: You know what you should do? You should punch her in the temple. (pause) Well, you need to punch her in the temple so you can resolve this in a professional manner.

MARTA Train
Atlanta, Georgia

Cowboy #1, in cowboy dialect: One thing I can tell you, if one of them bites you on the lip, don't panic. Just wait till it starts to let go and then push it off of you.
Cowboy #2: You know, that's right.

Denny's
Willcox, Arizona

Overheard by: Alan B. Barley