Professor: I could go to Mark*, for example, and say, “hey, you have to do this or I’m going to shoot you.” (to Mark*) Uh, sorry.
Mark*: Well, at least you’re polite about it.
Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: S.m. Torres
Archive for the ‘Threats’ Category
But Not a Real Green Dress –That’s Cruel
Girl on phone: I’ll go on MySpace and look until I die for a picture of you in a ugly green dress!
Orlando Ale House
Orlando, Florida
The Heaven Entrance Exam Is Teeming With Poetry Questions
Teacher (about poetry assignment): Some of you did a good job and wrote some wonderful things. Some of you just did the assignment. Some of you haven’t even turned it in. Those people are going to hell.
TJHSST
Alexandria, Virginia
And I Do Mean Everything
Boy #1: I’m gonna take out my iPhone and post these pictures on YouTube.
Boy #2: You can’t post photos on YouTube.
Boy #1: Fine, I’ll post them on Facebook.
Boy #2: You don’t have a Facebook.
Boy #1: I’ll e‑mail them to your mom. She posts everything on Facebook.
Central Islip, New York
Overheard by: Val
When You Work for the City, You Take What Fun You Can Get
India-Indian conductor: We will need to stand by in just a few minutes for some maintenance work. We’re having some problems with the brakes, and they will need to be checked… Actually, they’re really not working… At all. [Everyone exchanges looks when doors instantly close and train pulls out of station, rounding the next corner at high speed.]
Chicago El, Brown Line
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Comforting words
The 1990’s Called…
Philosophy professor, proving his argument: Therefore, if I don’t get a little crazy, then I’m never gonna survive.
Michigan State University
Michigan
Overheard by: sjshock
Just As Long As I Get the Obligatory Milkbone
Girl: Well, the sad thing is I’m gonna have to treat you like Morgan when she doesn’t want to take her ear infection pills.
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
I’ve Never Felt So Alive!
Male professor, in a very girly voice: Aaaahhh! I’m being trampled by sea horses.
UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts
Wouldn’t That Require the Right to Bear Arms?
Pleasant English lady in line at checkout: Whoever invented all these human rights should be shot!
Scott Air Force Base
St. Clair County, Illinois
Overheard by: Ninjamedic
Remember What Happened to Your Sister the S’more?
Six-year-old boy: Mom! I want a cookie.
Mom: If you don’t start behaving you’re going to turn into a deep-fried boy on a stick at the state fair.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/382002415/someone-will-try-that-next-year.html
Overheard by: Ian
