It'll Be Me He Whispers to

Girl to friends, very confidently: And I will be that horse!

Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: Mel

Posted on January 29, 2009
Animals, Canadia, Colleges & Universities, Default, Girls, Gossip, Weirdness

The Perils of Kiddie Prozac

Dad to little girl: I'm going to feed you to a puppy.
Little girl: Dad! I don't want to eat a puppy.
Dad: I'm not going to feed you a puppy, I'm going to feed you to a puppy.
Little girl: Oh, that's okay, I like puppies.

Brunswick
Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Claire

Posted on January 25, 2009
Animals, Australia, Dads, Default, Food, Girls, Kids, Language barrier

…While Describing It to Me in Slow, Sultry Terms.

Older woman on phone: There are two dogs having relations on my front yard.
Chief of police: Well, hose them down.

Felton, Delaware

Overheard by: oh dear.

Posted on January 16, 2009
Animals, Cops, Default, Delaware, Old folks, Sex, Violence, Women

The Truth About Cats and Dark

Professor: If you walk into a dark room, you're not going to just step on a cat laying in the middle of the floor.

University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Overheard by: Brittany

Posted on January 7, 2009
Animals, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Maryland, Teachers, Weirdness

Can You Prove Otherwise?

Nanny to 10-year-old girl: So, who commonly uses Celsius instead of Fahrenheit?
10-year-old girl: Penguins.

Brookline, Massachusetts

Overheard by: S

Posted on January 5, 2009
Animals, Default, Employees, Girls, Kids, Massachusetts, Questions

And…?

Elderly man: Human beings are rats.
Uncomfortable young man: Are you sure about that? Rats seem more…furry.
Elderly man: Human beings are furless rats.

Washington, DC

Overheard by: Listening, speechless.

Posted on January 2, 2009
Animals, Compare and contrast, Default, Guys, Questions, Washington, DC

Danny DeVito Rehearses for the Next Batman Movie

Waiter in white shirt, black pants and black bow tie (singing): Doot doot doot, penguins walking downtown, doot doot doot, penguins smoking cigarettes…

Spokane, Washington

Posted on December 27, 2008
Animals, Default, Music, Servers, Smoking, Washington

I'm Talking to You, Mary Todd Lincoln

Tour guide: Be sure to stay with the group. The rats are very large and can sense weakness within the herd. (gives hard look to four old women)

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Julia

Posted on December 26, 2008
Advice, Animals, Default, Employees, Sensory experiences, Threats, Washington

It Was a Freudian Nip

White dude with blond afro: You can't get mouth cancer from cigars.
Articulate college chick: Yeah, Sigmund Freud got mouth cancer from cigars.
White dude with blond afro: You want to know what else happened to him? He got bit by a tiger!

Monson, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Sarah

Posted on December 24, 2008
Animals, Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Guys, Health & Hygiene, Massachusetts, Students, Weirdness

Eh, My Sister Does the Same Thing

Biology professor: And don't play frisbee with a beluga whale. They've been known to masturbate with them.

University of Mississippi

Posted on December 19, 2008
Advice, Animals, Colleges & Universities, Default, Masturbation, Mississippi, Teachers, Weirdness

Animals