Boy to giggling girl #1: I like your eyelashes, they’re really long.
(jealous silence)
Giggling girl #2: The rest of us have eyelashes too!
Twickenham
England
Overheard by: Becca
Archive for the ‘England’ Category
He’s a Hard Worker, and You Don’t Have to Pay Him Scale
Leather-clad guy to another: I’ll lend you my iguana. It’ll save you money.
Sheffield
England
Overheard by: chris
When Good Conversations Go Bad
Academic-type Oxford guy: You have such silky hair.
American girl: Thanks…
Academic-type Oxford guy: You could weave a garment out of it!
Oxford
England
Overheard by: Catherine
Is It Too Late to Change Our Minds?
Lecturer: If I’d given you gin instead of phonology, no doubt you’d all be sitting closer together.
Manchester University
UK
Overheard by: Ferdinand
Besides, It’s Been Done to Death
Girl: I’m not sure if I can be bothered dying.
London
England
Nine Months Later, I Had You.
Student: So then I turned round and there was a snake in my bacon!
Birchwood Community High School
Warrington
England
Jamie Lee Curtis Can Be Cruel
Guy to friend: And then she said, “I am not even half the man she used to be.”
Oxford
England
Overheard by: Well, she WAS born in Germany
Michael Jackson: At Least I’m Consistent!
Woman talking on phone to friend: I have a real thing for little boys. I never used to…
Train Leaving Brighton
England
Overheard by: Wishing she hadn’t tuned in at that point
My Secret? I Like Forcible Sex
Drunk teen: Anyone could be a rapist… I could be a rapist, that lady with the bag could be a rapist… [Lady with bag looks over, appalled.] Oh, well, I’m sure you are really very nice!
King’s Cross Night Bus
London
England
Overheard by: Andrea
ROTFLMFAOAWMP
Middle-aged woman: What the fuck is ‘W‑T-F’?
Exmouth, Devon
United Kingdom
Overheard by: Bernard
