Girl, at beginning of Jesus Christ Superstar: Are they going to kill Jesus?
Boyfriend: Well…yes, Sarah. That’s sort of how it works.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Overheard by: Adam Nathan
Girl, at beginning of Jesus Christ Superstar: Are they going to kill Jesus?
Boyfriend: Well…yes, Sarah. That’s sort of how it works.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Overheard by: Adam Nathan
Policewoman: I seen you beggin’. You don’t know that guy, but he gave you money.
Hobo: Sweetness, sweetness, listen. That’s my brother.
Policewoman: You have a white brother?
Hobo: My brother in Christ.
Urbana, Illinois
Literature teacher: So what the Europeans did was take the description of Jesus from the texts and made their images of him Caucasian so as to be more relatable to those they were teaching to.
Girl of questionable literacy: European Jesus was hot.
Delta Secondary School
Ladner, British Columbia
Canadia
Irate woman, commenting on depiction of Jesus at the Sidewalk Art Festival: He was so fat I couldn’t even focus on the fact he was supposed to be Jesus.
Savannah, Georgia
Dude #1: Dude, did you just call Jesus a fag?
Dude #2: I did.
Billings, Montana
Overheard by: he really did
Man: I’m giving up bread for lent.
Woman: Is that because Jesus Christ died for your sins, or because you’re concerned with your figure?
Starbucks
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Maggie
Professor: And he’s like, “Jesus, I wish I was pagan!”
Memorial University
Newfoundland
Canadia
Overheard by: Mel
Guy: Jesus puked in your car?
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/06/last-supper.html
Overheard by: rich
Teen boy: Look! There’s that pink car with the fat lady again!
Teen girl: She’s everywhere! She must be Jesus!
Athens, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Mateo
Teenybopper #1: So I haven’t had my period in like six weeks!
Teenybopper #2: Girl, that means you must be pregnant!
Teenybopper #1: No, cuz then I’d have to be, like, a female Jesus!
Boston, Massachusetts
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