Teen chick: You know, as long as there wasn’t an intergalactic war or anything, I think it would be really cool to be an Ewok.
High school
New Zealand
Overheard by: Sarah
Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
That’s at Least Half Right
Sleepy girl: Sex is overrated… but sleep isn’t.
Rockhampton, Queensland
Australia
Overheard by: shex
See the Truth in the Morning and Die Happy That Night
Old man in hospital bed, to family: I've said it once, and I'll say it again. Tigers are the sharks of the land!
Poughkeepsie, New York
Quite The Contrary
Hoochie to another: Just because you’re a slut doesn’t mean you have dibbs!
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: Michelle
All You Ladies Need to Do Is Dab Some Beer behind Your Ears and You’re Set
Psychology professor: What will your Prada bag get you? It doesn’t get you sex. All the men aren’t going to be like, ‘Oooh, Prada bag!’
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
We’d Be Wide Awake, but Our Cards Would Be Stained
Guy playing magic card game with a bunch of friends: All I’m saying is that somewhere, in an alternate universe, there is a table producing coffee!
Clark College
Vancouver, Washington
Why Alcohol Exists.
Barman to another: I was looking forward to being miserable this weekend, but it seems to have turned out quite nicely.
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Overheard by: Raptor
When You Live in Your Parents’ Basement Apartment
Cashier: Birdseed, one lemon, a bottle of toilet bowl cleanser, and a package of bacon?
Stoned surfer dude: Yeah, man. It’s amazing how little you really need in life.
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Orion QP
A Lot Of Cocaine and a Lot Of Ego?
40-something: No one really knows just what goes into running a chicken farm.
Hebron, Kentucky
Overheard by: Let's Keep It That Way
She Can Enlighten Me Anytime!
Asian Visual Studies professor: Why is the lotus flower significant in Buddhist art? The lotus comes from this muddy, icky swamp water, and then it pops up and blooms really big and it’s just beautiful, and you can’t believe something so beautiful could have come from this ugly place — it’s sort of like Liv Tyler, actually.
UCSC
Santa Cruz, California