Teen cheerleader: I think hobos are hot.
Friend: Why?
Teen cheerleader: I don’t know. There’s just something sexy about trains, I guess.
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/03/and_people_who_go_months_witho.html
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Teen cheerleader: I think hobos are hot.
Friend: Why?
Teen cheerleader: I don’t know. There’s just something sexy about trains, I guess.
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/03/and_people_who_go_months_witho.html
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Frustrated brunette: I just wish he would leave me alone! He’s always following me!
Friend #1: I know. I’m sorry, sweetie.
Frustrated brunette: What can I do? Maybe I can change the way I look so he won’t recognize me.
Friend #2, after long pause: You could cut off your legs!
Ithaca College
New York
Overheard by: LadyDisdain
Girl watching end credits of Return of the Jedi: Where’s Scott Baio?
Guy: What?
Girl: Scott Baio — I don’t see his name in the credits.
Guy: Scott Baio was not in Star Wars!
Girl: Yes, he was! He was celebrating at the end! The pilot!
Guy: Scott Baio is not Wedge Antilles!
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/
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Bimbette #1: Is Norwegian to Swedish like English to Spanish?
Bimbette #2: No, it’s like… Like… It’s like Spanish to Italian.
Bimbette #1: Ohhh. Wait, isn’t Italian a dead language?
Bimbette #2: Ummm, I think that’s Latin.
Bimbette #1: Ohhh. You know, my Spanish teacher once told me I was like the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.
Berkeley, California
Overheard by: Denim on Denim
Girl #1: So, this guy, like, offers to take her up to his room, and I was like, ‘Um, don’t think so!’
Girl #2: Oh my god, totally! Yeah!
Girl #1: So I, like, carried her up to my room.
Girl #2: Did you know her at all?
Girl #1: No! But she was pretty drunk, so I, like, made sure she was, like, comfortable or whatever. Then I went down the hall to go to the bathroom, and I come back and she, like, threw up. Like, everywhere.
Girl #2: Was she still there?
Girl #1: No, she was gone! But it smelled really bad.
Girl #2: Ewww! That’s so gross.
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Bored In Class
Bimbette tourist: Oh, right, yeah — I need to find some belts. Do Chinese people wear belts?
Hong Kong, China
Overheard by: Kim
RA: Does anyone else have a question?
Freshman girl: Yeah, can we park overnight in the parking garage that has the ‘No overnight parking’ sign in front of it?
University of Central Florida
Florida
Overheard by: Christa
College girl: I’m taking this online Arabic course… Did you know their alphabet is just all, like, smiley faces?
Providence, Rhode Island
WASP lady: I bought this ring here and it really smells. Every time I put my hand up to my face it makes me want to vomit.
Jewelry shop
Alexandria, Virginia
Freshman girl: I guess I always thought the perfect man would just fall from the sky and say, ‘Hi, I’m your husband!’
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2007/03/overdue-posting-new-blog-sweet.html
Overheard by: the jankster
