Woman watching gorilla eat poo: I’m sorry, but there is no way I evolved from that.
Oklahoma City Zoo
Oklahoma
Overheard by: Mikie
Woman watching gorilla eat poo: I’m sorry, but there is no way I evolved from that.
Oklahoma City Zoo
Oklahoma
Overheard by: Mikie
Girl #1: It's just such a gross look, y'know? And she totally didn't have the body for it either. Total crotch octopus.
Girl #2: Crotch octopus?
Girl #1: Yeah, you know. When the fabric clings… and shows all your goodies?
Girl #2: Do you mean camel toe?
Girl #1: Yes! Right! Camel toe! I knew it had something to do with animals and appendages!
Bryn Mawr College
Pennsylvania
Guy: If you could put a moose and en elk in a wind tunnel, could you work out which one generates more lift better if they were the right way up or upside down?
London
England
Overheard by: Bemused
Pretty girl to boy: How is bottle-feeding a baby hedgehog not on your to-do list?
Fairfield High School
Fairfield, Connecticut
Teen girl #1: Do you think they have those other elephants here? You know, the old hairy ones?
Teen girl #2: Mammoths? No, I don't think they do. Aren't they extinct?
Teen girl #1: No, I'm pretty sure they have them at the Werribee zoo. Well, they were on that cartoon, with all the ice.
Zoo
Australia
Overheard by: Brydee
Girl #1: How come the pigeons don’t die when they hop on that third rail?
Girl #2: Because they’re Dick Cheney’s unholy army of the night.
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: I’m glad I couldn’t vote back then
Mom to young son: There's a doggie! Do you know what sound a doggie makes?
Son: Mooo.
Mom, distracted by shiny things: Uh-huh. (pause) Hey! Dogs don't say “moo”!
Target
Leominster, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Manda
Human evolution professor, showing a slide of a monkey: Just look at those testicles! They're huge and pink…just…they're all in your face!
Anthropology Classroom, Kent State University
Ohio
Overheard by: Laureen
Chick #1: What took so long?
Chick #2: We were so close to getting the squirrel, you have no idea…
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2007/04/30/no-squirrel-no-cookie/