Animals

Woman to friends: Who would have know that shaving my pubes wouldn't get rid of pubic lice?

Chipotle
Towson, Maryland

Roomie #1: So, is your greatest strength still spooning?
Roomie #2: I told you, we're re not getting a cat!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/430109662/to-spoon-with.html

Overheard by: roomie numero tre.

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