Are They Applying Lip Gloss Over There?

20-ish European guy: So, do you like Angela*?
20-ish Asian guy: We’re pretty good friends, yeah. But what do you mean ‘like’ her?
20-ish European guy: You know — like-like her.
20-ish Asian guy: Oh, no, no, no, no, no! We’re just really good friends. I never really thought of her that way. Why? Do you like-like her?
20-ish European guy: I dunno. I think I like-like her, but I thought you like-liked her. [They walk away, still talking.]Woman: Is it just me or did those foreign guys sound like 12-year-old American girls, but, y’know, with funny accents?

Charity pancake breakfast
Hope, Alaska

Overheard by: I’d say closer to 10

Think I Could Get into Your Can Tonight?

Man to girlfriend: I love you like a raccoon loves shiny things.

Anchorage, Alaska

And She Was All, “This Isn’t JDate, Neil”

Disembodied male voice from next door: And I was like, “hey, do you wanna see my circumcision scar?”

Sitka, Alaska

Overheard by: Hailey

She Also Wear Che Guevara T‑Shirts and Thinks It’s Bob Marley

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

…Science à L’Orange

Professor #1: There are other people here who put stuff up ducks’ butts.
Professor #2: Yeah, but you do it for science!

Fairbanks, Alaska

Overheard by: Lowlie Worm

Oh, Well. It’s the Thought That Counts

Girl to guy trying to grab her underwear: Ow! What the fuck are you doing?
Boy: Sorry! I was trying to give you a wedgie, but I didn’t realize that you already had one.

Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska

Guys In Wheelchairs Get All the Breaks

Giddy girl, to guy in a wheelchair: Well, you certainly have sexual harassment down pat.

Art Department
University of Alaska

Thankfully I’ve Brought Enough for the Class

Literature professor, after reciting Hamlet’s “To be or not to be…”: So now you all need a Valium…count on me to ruin your day.

English Lit Class
Anchorage, Alaska

Overheard by: Rosencrantz

It’s the Only Possible Explanation

Little girl: Why did she get remarried? Did she forget?

Alaska

And the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 Goes To…

Bimbette: How are the African kids starving? Why don’t they just… eat more?

Anchorage, Alaska

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Are They Applying Lip Gloss Over There?

Think I Could Get into Your Can Tonight?

And She Was All, “This Isn’t JDate, Neil”

She Also Wear Che Guevara T‑Shirts and Thinks It’s Bob Marley

…Science à L’Orange

Oh, Well. It’s the Thought That Counts

Guys In Wheelchairs Get All the Breaks

Thankfully I’ve Brought Enough for the Class

It’s the Only Possible Explanation

And the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 Goes To…