Animals

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.

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

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

Brookline, Massachusetts

Overheard by: S

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.

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

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

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

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

University of Mississippi

Student: Dogs belong on leashes, not…inside you!

University of Maryland

Overheard by: MD

Classics professor: Yeah, Zeus liked to turn into animals in order to get some. Hey, I just study it; I don't justify it.

Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: Mel