Leader of group of nervous teens: Hey, do you sell rolling papers here… for tobacco?
Convenience store clerk: Sorry, man. We’ve only got ones for pot.
Noland Road
Independence, Missouri
Overheard by: snickering customer behind them
Archive for the ‘Strangers’ Category
Minneapolis Does Its Public Service Announcements a Bit Differently
Guy on bike to random guy: Hey, do you know where Saint pedophilia is?
Random guy: Where?
Guy on bike: Saint pedophilia. It’s a Catholic church by Saint Thomas where the priests molest little boys and turn them into homosexuals. (bikes away)
Random guy, stunned: What the fuck was that?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/367412833/nobody-was-around-this-morning-to-help-him-take-his-meds.html
Overheard by: well, that was odd
When Aunt Jemima Eats Burritos, Everyone Knows It.
Churchgoer to another: Did you fart? Something smells like buttermilk.
Methodist Church
Knoxville, Tennessee
Overheard by: Nick
She Also Wondered This Throughout The Sound Of Music
Fashionable girl to singing man on bicycle: Excuse me, are you mentally ill or just musically inclined?
Düsseldorf
Germany
Overheard by: Anja Schwalm
…And He Let Me Touch His Mallard?
Girl: Hey, what about that time we went duck hunting naked and…
Random passerby: That sounds like fun!
Georgetown
Washington, DC
There’s Never a Truce in the Trench Warfare Between the Sexes
Older lady to complete strangers: So the last guy I dated, all he wanted was sex! We were on the beach and we passed a trench, and he was like “I’ll put you in that hole!”
Escondido, California
I Didn’t Drop the Other One on the Floor
Dude, approaching table of people: Excuse me? Hi, I noticed you put your salad in the microwave, and I was just wondering… Why?
Asian guy: Why not?
Dude: Well, it’s just… you had two… And you didn’t put the other one in… I have to know!
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2007/02/monday-madness.html
Overheard by: a’da
They Disagree on What “City of Brotherly Love” Really Means
Scene guy: Come back! I want a hug!
Guy quickly leaving on bicycle: Eat my shit!
Scene guy: I want my hug!
Guy quickly leaving on bicycle: Eat my shit!
22nd and Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: catty
I’ll Stick to My Placenta Face-Cream, Thank You Very Much
Male wedding-goer to female wedding-goer: Oh, you guys work here? Excellent! My sister’s husband, oh, I mean my brother-in-law, sells semen. Bull semen.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/367412831/you-know-in-case-youre-in-the-market.html
Overheard by: best pick-up line ever
Relax– That Just Means It Likes You
(strange loud sound comes from the plane)
Calm but confused flight attendant: That’s weird, I’ve never heard that before.
Freaked out passenger: Um, excuse me? What?!
Flight to Cancun, Mexico
