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This Is Our Read­er­ship?

Guy #1: Ha­ha­ha!
Guy #2: What? What’s so fun­ny?
Guy #1: Did­n’t you see that?
Guy #2: See what?
Guy #1: Turd cov­ered with flies!
Both guys: Ha­ha­ha!

Capi­tol Hill
Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton

Over­heard by: high­lar­i­ous

Or Send Him to Sleep­away Camp

Mid­dle-aged guy #1: So, Hulk Hogan’s daugh­ter was what — 16 when that show start­ed? Now she must be 19, and she’s dat­ing a 30-year-old?
Mid­dle-aged guy #2: If you’re old enough to dri­ve when you’re 16 and you’re old enough to die for your coun­try when you’re 18, then you’re old enough to make your own de­ci­sions.
Mid­dle-aged guy #1: You know, half of those kids that died in World War II nev­er got to ex­pe­ri­ence life as we know it. They were all prob­a­bly 17-year-old vir­gins from Iowa.
Mid­dle-aged guy #2: Shit, if I had a kid, I’d take him to a whore­house in Texas as soon as he turned thir­teen.

18 bus
Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton

Over­heard by: Are you ex­pe­ri­ence?

… Ac­tu­al­ly, Can I Just Get a Hot Choco­late?

Cus­tomer: I’d like some tea… Or­gan­ic mint, please.
Barista: Okay, we have or­gan­ic lemon and or­gan­ic Earl Grey.
Cus­tomer: Um… Ac­tu­al­ly, I want­ed the or­gan­ic mint.
Barista: Oh, we have that, too.
Cus­tomer: Okay, then. That’s the one I’ll have.

De­sign Cof­fee shop, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton
Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton

Over­heard by: Just Me