Overheard Everywhere

Archive for the ‘Sensory experiences’ Category

Be­sides, Greed Stains.

Woman #1 in cen­tral Taipei: When she went to the us, she took along sev­er­al box­es of de­ter­gent, be­cause she does­n’t like the smell of Amer­i­can de­ter­gent.
Woman #2: Yeah, I would­n’t want to smell like an Amer­i­can ei­ther.

http://talovich.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#6968192168432224567

Over­heard by: Yu­gan

Wait– What Ex­act­ly Are You Us­ing As a Vol­ley­ball?

Mom to three-year-old son un­der the ta­ble: Whatcha’ doin’ un­der there, bud­dy?
Three-year-old son: Play­ing vol­ley­ball.
Dad: Vol­ley­ball? Smells like you’re poop­ing your pants.
Three-year-old son, gig­gling: I am.
Three-year-old son’s sis­ter to friend: See, I told you it was­n’t the food.

Los Tres Ami­gos Mex­i­can Restau­rant
Michi­gan

Over­heard by: Scott

Any­body Have Any Bread?

(stu­dent coughs vi­o­lent­ly in­to hands, spew­ing fake blood)
Lit pro­fes­sor: Oh my god! Are you okay?
Stu­dent: (cough­ing up more blood) Can I go to the bath­room?
Lit pro­fes­sor: Oh my god, go, go!
(stu­dent leaves)
Lit pro­fes­sor: (re­al­iz­ing it’s April 1st) Ha­ha… His con­sump­tion smells like rasp­ber­ries.

Col­orado Uni­ver­si­ty, Boul­der

Over­heard by: In the back of the class­room

For­mer Kinder­garten Teach­ers Make Quite Ef­fi­cient Ho­bos

Hobo #1, hold­ing sneak­er, to an­oth­er: Put that shoe on!
Hobo #2: Man, I don’t want to sweat in the shoe. That’ll make my feet stink!
Hobo #1: Man, what the fuck you wor­ried about? Your feet al­ready stink. I can smell them from here. Those peo­ple can smell them from here. Now put on your god­damn shoes and tie that shit up tight. No one wants to smell what you got. Now I’m go­ing to stand here and watch you tie those shoes for the good of every­one on this train.
(oth­ers on train ap­plaud)

MAR­TA Train
At­lanta, Geor­gia

Over­heard by: Fi­nal­ly, a hu­man­i­tar­i­an home­less man