Mom to five-year-old: I don’t like Oprah Winfrey, because it’s her fault Obama is President.
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: David Leech
Mom to five-year-old: I don’t like Oprah Winfrey, because it’s her fault Obama is President.
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: David Leech
Man to son, coming out of restroom: After what you tried to do to Tigger I’m not sure if you deserve that.
Disney World
Orlando, Florida
Overheard by: Tracy
Hyper girl: Hey, I’m just really happy that I could identify Joe Pesci’s forehead!
Tempe, Arizona
Overheard by: Mevans
Teen girl #1: Steven Tyler is definitely in the Rolling Stones.
Teen girl #2: Girrrl, you crazy! Wasn’t he in the Backstreet Boys?
Teen girl #1, after long pause: I don’t even think there is anyone named Steven Tyler.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: steven tyler is definitely the frontman for AEROSMITH.
Male student: I feel that this case may have been influenced by the fact that…well, people just hate Michael Bolton.
Seton Hall Law School
South Orange, New Jersey
Overheard by: he’s got a point
Preppy teenage girl #1, before Sex and the City movie: Oh! I heard that Jennifer Hewitt is in this movie!
Preppy teenage girl #2: No, it’s Jennifer Hudson.
Preppy teenage girl #1: Whats the difference?
Preppy teenage girl #2: Jennifer Hewitt is the white actress who made a CD and can’t sing and was in the Garfield movie. Jennifer Hudson is the black girl from American Idol who won an Oscar for that movie with Beyonce.
Preppy teenage girl #1: Are either one of them singing in this movie?
Preppy teenage girl #2: I don’t know.
(long pause)
Preppy teenage girl #3: Speaking of black people, I got in trouble for being racist at work today.
Plano, Texas
30-something woman to 20-something woman: I had a crush–a psychotic crush–on Viggo Mortensen, and only you would understand. I hallucinated that he read me poetry!
Norman, Oklahoma
Mom: Why is the tv on with the mute on?
Daughter #1: Cause of the pretty moving pictures!
Daughter #2: Yeah! It’s like an aquarium, but with Tom Hanks.
Upper Hutt
New Zealand
Overheard by: Kat
Five-year-old girl, pointing to picture on cup: Who’s that?
Babysitter: That’s Ronald McDonald.
Five-year-old girl: Oh… How do you know him?
McDonald’s
Manhattan, New York
Old lady to emo girl: Al Gore is really saving the earth.
Emo girl wearing bag that says “go green”: Wait… Who’s Al Gore?
Ketchikan, Alaska
Overheard by: Claire
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