Fabio's Kids Are Quite the Handful

Mother to daughter: I think it's time to cut your hair again.
Daughter: No! I don't want it cut! You only cut it a few weeks ago! It's not fair! Why can't I have long hair? (pointing at passenger) She has long hair! (pointing at girl) She has long hair. Everyone has long hair except for me!
Son, smugly: Except for boys. (pause) But daddy has long hair…
Daughter: Even daddy has long hair! She has long hair, she has long hair–everyone has long hair except for me!

Perth
Australia

Overheard by: Emily B.

Posted on September 12, 2009
Australia, Compare and contrast, Family, Family ties, Hair, Moms, Parenting, Siblings, Strangers

You're the Worst Fairy Godfather Ever.

Sweet old man: How are ya, girls?
Teen girls: Better if we had some whiskey.

Gold Coast Big Day Out
Australia

Overheard by: yo bitch

Posted on September 7, 2009
Australia, Drinking & drunks, Old folks, Questions, Teens

Maybe She's Good at It

Teenage girl #1: I don't understand how she has a boyfriend! She is so ugly!
Teenage girl #2: It's obviously because she puts out.
Teenage girl #1: So do I!

Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: I'll be your boyfriend

Posted on August 29, 2009
Australia, Beauty, Biotechs, Girls, Relationships, Sex, Teens

Will Strawberry Shortcake Never Learn?

Old woman to daughter: And now she's got no money cause she blew it all on muffins.

Supermarket
Sydney

Overheard by: Anny

Posted on August 14, 2009
Australia, Family, Food, Moms, Money, Old folks, Stores

It's All the Hair in Their Ears.

Husband, reading aloud from newspaper: Honey, did you know that women use an average of 30,000 words a day, while men only use 15,000?
Wife: That's probably because we have repeat everything to men.
Husband: What?

Australia

Overheard by: Mikyla

Posted on August 9, 2009
Australia, Compare and contrast, Couples, Language barrier, Questions, Science, Sexuality, Words

She's Broken a Lot Of Gay Hearts

Asian teenage girl, about sister who just left: She's so cute. She looks like a guy.

Sporting Carnival
Australia

Overheard by: Ouch

Posted on July 28, 2009
Asians, Australia, Beauty, Compare and contrast, Family ties, Sexuality, Teens

Perhaps the Most Important Thing We Learn from Our Fathers

Young dad, trying to put struggling kid in high chair: Come on, don't be a dick.

Restaurant
Brisbane
Australia

Posted on July 25, 2009
Australia, Dads, Insults, Kids, Parenting, Penis, Restaurants

Australian Baseball Is a Bit Different from Ours

Teen boy to group of friends: So okay, all we need to take with us is some glue, feathers, some petrol, and a lighter.
Friend: Cool.

Sydney
Australia

Posted on July 22, 2009
Australia, Friends, Teens, Violence, Weirdness

An Excerpt from How I Knew I Was Gay

Tween: Glitter isn't a color, it's an emotion.

Perth
Australia

Posted on July 15, 2009
Australia, Compare and contrast, Fashion, Feelings, Tweens

So Smuggle Something Spreadable, Like Whipped Cream.

Flight attendant, describing Australia's quarantine practices: And if you do not declare any foodstuff and you get caught you may face on-the-spot fines, or prostitution.

Flight to Sydney, Australia

Overheard by: Erik

Posted on July 12, 2009
Airports & flights, Australia, Crimes, Flight attendants, Food, Sex