Hobo #1: No matter how you look at it, a swastika is still a swastika.
Hobo #2: (nods in agreement)
Tucson, Arizona
Overheard by: Adam
Archive for the ‘Stupidity’ Category
Just Be Ready to Fly the Plane in a Pinch
Pilot: Sit back and relax! We’ll be in Indy in about an hour and 55 minutes. [Mic clicks off, then back on.] Uh… We’ll be in Boston. You know where you’re going.
US Airways flight
Indianapolis to Boston
Overheard by: Anna Mousey
Still Doesn’t Explain How the Entire Cast Fit on the Set Of Roseanne
Brunette: I don’t think dinosaurs were ever real.
Blonde: Why is that?
Brunette: If they were really that big, only like ten could fit on earth. They wouldn’t even be able to walk around much.
Blonde: Oh, you’re probably right. I’ve never thought about it like that before.
Northern Michigan University
The Polaroids Scattered Around the Kitchen
Girl #1: So, how did she find out?
Girl #2: I was right in the middle of vomiting and my mom opened the door and said, ‘You’ve been binge drinking and having unprotected sex?!‘
Girl #1: … So, how did she find out?
College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina
Overheard by: Addison
Well I Love the Way You Answer the Phone!
Woman on porch to man on porch: I really like the way you tell Jack to get off the couch!
Pacifica, California
So Basically All Your Problems Are in Your Head?
Girl on cell: My life totally sucks right now. I went to an intellectual conference and people were saying smart things and I was asking myself, ‘Why can?t I say things like that?!’ And I?ve forgotten all essay-writing skills I learned in high school! Ugh, I am, like, totally ESL right now. Like, what am I doing with my life?! I’m not getting into law school, I’m not going to get a position at the UN… Ugh! I might as well get married to a rich Arabian prince!
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2007/06/11/who-will-then-promptly-have-me-executed-for-tarnishing-the-uns-reputation-by-instigating-the-oil-for-weed-program‑3/
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Couldn’t Dad Wait ’til I Graduate?
Girl in North Face jacket and Uggs to clone friends: I mean, why couldn’t it have been a normal suicide? Like, this week? Really?
Penn State Library
University Park, Pennsylvania
Arlene Was Quickly Eliminated at the Grammar Rodeo
Middle aged redneck woman: Yeah, or I’m gonna get more sicker!
Redneck friend: There’s no such thing as “more sicker.” It’s a double negative.
Middle aged redneck woman: Yeah! Double sicker!
Oneonta, New York
Overheard by: Caroline
The Worst Case Scenario for The Gap’s PR Department
Woman on cell: Uh, yeah, I’m standing in, uh… Old Navy. See you in a bit!
The Gap, Crossgates Mall
Albany, New York
Overheard by: unhappy gapper
Um, a Baby.
Chick: I’ve always wanted one of those! … What is it?
Great Glebe Garage Sale
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: grasshopper
