And You Do, Ashley?

Black clerk: You have no idea what it's like to be a black man and be coughed on.

http://overheardlines.blogspot.com/2008/08/clerk-at-cala-foods.html

Overheard by: lesly

Posted on February 1, 2010
Black people, Feelings, Overheard Lines, Weirdness

Which Is Sort Of Like Reparations…

Black woman, chuckling gleefully at bad financial news on tv: Oh, some white folks gon' kill themselves now!

Medical Office Waiting Room
Chesapeake, Virginia

Overheard by: Ashleigh

Posted on November 25, 2009
Black people, Death & dying, Doctor's office, Race, TV shows, Virginia, Women

Eventually I Quit My Job and Began Living Off the Settlements

Black man jaywalking into oncoming traffic: I always loved playing in traffic. Ever since I was little. There's something wrong with me, man!

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: reluctant scrantonian

Posted on July 16, 2009
Age and ageing, Black people, Pennsylvania, Stupidity

Is That Like Asking a Black Guy to Tap Dance? Discuss.

Muscular black man: I'm like, “if you're going to be gay around me, you have to at least be funny.”

St. Thomas
Virgin Islands

Posted on July 8, 2009
Advice, Black people, Central America, Gym rats, Sexuality

Just the Check Then?

Waitress: Do you all need anything else?
Black guy: Do ya'll have some salvation back there in the kitchen?
Black girl: Are you for real? You makin' me laugh so much I'm gonna need a bucket, ya'll got a bucket back there too?

Perkins
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Deanna Gustav

Posted on June 19, 2009
Black people, Christianity, Default, Employees, Girls, Guys, Indiana, Offers and requests, Questions, Restaurants, Words

Every Now and Then, My Inner Cracker Pops Up and Says Stupid Shit

Black girl in car: God, I wish I was black so I could say things like that.
White girl in car: But wait…you are black.
Black girl in car: I can't believe I just said that!

Detroit, Michigan

Posted on June 13, 2009
Black people, Default, Girls, Guys, Michigan, Race, Religion, Weather, Whiteys, Wishes

And That Won't Give Her a Yeast Infection?

30-something black man on cell: Yeah. Put ketchup on it, it tastes like spaghetti!

All Star Cafe
Berkeley, California

Posted on May 31, 2009
Advice, Black people, California, Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Guys, Offers and requests, Restaurants

You Realize That Means “Highly Pleasant to the Taste or Smell”?

Black girl #1: Girl, it is freezing outside.
Black girl #2: Girl, I know, right?
Black girl #1: Nigga, you know what? I don't have any blood, and since I don't have blood I turn blue all over. All the blood I do have is in my ass, because it is so luscious.
Black girl #2: Oh, nigga, I know that is right!

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Posted on May 30, 2009
Ass, Black people, Colleges & Universities, Default, Feelings, Girls, North Carolina, Questions, Weather, Words

If You're Gonna Fantasize, Go Big or Stay Home

Hot black chick: I don't know why you're so surprised… It's the same way I'd nail Lucy Liu and alt-world Neil Patrick Harris.
Nerdy friend: Alt-world Neil Patrick Harris?
Hot black chick: You know, where he's straight and really into black chicks.
Nerdy friend: Baffling.

New Haven, Connecticut

Posted on May 18, 2009
About celebrities, Black people, Connecticut, Default, Dorks, Geeks & Nerds, Feelings, Friends, Girls, Questions, Race, Sexuality

He's Singlehandedly Filling the Void Left by Newlyweds

Teacher: If you could be any vegetable, what would you be?
Random black student: I'd be a strawberry.

University of Florida

Overheard by: amused greatly

Posted on April 20, 2009
Black people, Colleges & Universities, Default, Florida, Food, Questions, Students, Teachers, Weirdness

Black people