Freshman, walking out of library: Geez, these books are heavy! They should make, like, lighter versions of books…
Melbourne University
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Eavesdropper…
Archive for the ‘Gripes’ Category
I Used to Think It Was Sad, but Now I Can Laugh about It
Dude: I may be bipolar, but she’s fucking crazy!
650 NE Holladay Street
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: Too Many Papercuts
Goddamn Lungfish!
Property professor: They’re only on the land about 25 days a year, and they get full possession? ‘What the fuck?!’ as they say!
http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/
Overheard by: sa
The Real Ronald Would’ve Smacked Me Back by Now
Three-year-old climbing on plastic Ronald McDonald: He’s not real! [Smacks his face.] He’s not real!
Walmart
Pleasanton, California
Overheard by: Stephen
I Don’ Even Wanna Think About What They’re Not Being Taught in History Class
Teen girl, to friend: I’m tired of being stuck with a bunch of 12-year-olds who think Knight Rider and Batman are the same thing!
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
So I Bought This Tape Recorder
Indian entrepreneur: I am tired of listening to people talking. I want to listen to me talking.
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/05/internal-dialogue.html
Overheard by: rich
Eh, I'm Joining the Marines Next Year, Anyway
Guy #1: We had to read Catcher in the Rye and Uncle Tom's Cabin last year! It was ridiculous!
Guy #2: Aren't they the same story?
Fauquier High
Warrenton, Virginia
Overheard by:
Think They'll Let Us Go Back and Look for Your Ass, or What?
Black lady #1, after riding Superman: Did you sit on them tree sides?
Black lady #2: No, I didn't.
Black lady #1: You should've! You could see them motherfuckin' trees! And I was like “what the fuck!” I mean, I was cussing my ass off!
Black lady #2: So that was you?
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: Emma
It Just Pops Out
Law student: She just gets all boner-fied about civil procedure.
Mississippi College School of Law
Marriage Happens by Default in the Pacific Northwest
Girl on phone: So, we had this bet that if the Patriots won, we were going to break up, so we were both hoping for that. But that didn’t happen, so now we’re just kind of stuck together.
Seattle, Washington