Woman: Jorge, I wanna go to Kmart!
Man: Yeah, and I want chop suey. We all have our dreams, Maria.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Kate
Archive for the ‘Latinos’ Category
Whereas We Brazilians Prefer Vast Generalization
Brazilian tourist chick: Everyone here really likes turnips!
Liverpool Street
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: Yoshi
We’re Storing It Next to Jean-Luc Cousteau’s Cheese Wheel
PA: Paging arriving passenger Juan Sanchez from Mexico City. Please return to gate B4 to retrieve your piñata.
Airport
Charlotte, North Carolina
And Their Well-Tempered Claviers
White construction worker yelling into house under construction: Hey Miguel, what are you listening to in there?
Miguel, yelling back: Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
White construction worker, muttering: Crazy Mexican drywallers.
Longmont, Colorado
Overheard by: Landscaper
Monkeys: Ooooo…
Cholo #1, tapping roughly on glass: Heeeey monkey! Oh! Monkey!
Treehugger in sandals with socks, hysterically: Stop it, stop it! Oh my god!
(cholo #2 and #3 snicker and speak Spanish to each other)
Cholo #1: Crazy gringa…needa get laid.
Treehugger: Well, at least I didn’t have ten kids by the time I was twenty! Like your mother!
National Zoo
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Meaggoo
A Woman Never Knows When Her Uterus Will Get Gentrified
Black woman to child: You just mama’s little white boy, aren’t you? Yes you are!
Passing Hispanic woman: Is he really white?
Wal-Mart Parking Lot
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: Walk By Faster
You Bring the Earl Grey, I’ll Bring the Bitches
Hispanic guy to large white guy: Maybe we can catch the rest of What Not to Wear, man!
Austin, Texas
Yet You Know When Jennifer Aniston Changes Her Hair Color?
Mexican drag queen hosting a show: It’s St. Patrick’s day tomorrow…
Crowd: It’s today!
Mexican drag queen: Is it tonight? I never know these things, I don’t watch the news!
Gay Bar
Toronto
Canadia
