It's Been Too Long Since I've Played Magic: The Gathering

Young female hill staffer #1: Right there in the friggin' book stacks…
Young female hill staffer #2: You were friggin' in the book stacks?
Young female hill staffer #1: Damn girl, I was watching, not doing.
Young female hill staffer #2: Wasted opportunity, if you ask me. I'd have joined in, or embarrassed the hell out of them till they let me in.

Capitol Hill South Metro Station
Washington, DC

Overheard by: Yoda

Posted on April 20, 2009
Books, Default, Girls, Public transportation, Questions, Washington, DC, Weirdness

The Back Of the Shelves?

Black student: Where's the ethnic section?
White librarian: The what?
Black student: The ethnic section…you know, where all the books by black people are.
White librarian: We don't have an ethnic section, dear. You'll have to browse the shelves.

Longview College, Missouri

Overheard by: Sarah

Posted on April 2, 2009
Black people, Books, Colleges & Universities, Default, Missouri, Offers and requests, Questions, Race, Students

…After Taking Me to the Movies.

Hot girl to random girl: Have you read or seen He's Not That Into You?
Random girl, to uninterested guy: No.
Hot girl: Well, I highly recommend you read it!

Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: he really wasn't

Posted on March 24, 2009
Advice, Books, Default, Florida, Girls, Movies, Questions

…Which Was Letter “C” on the Multiple-Choice Exam

Professor, talking about Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: Well, Sebastian and Antonio have a pretty interesting relationship. It's kind of like, uh, what's the word…a bromance! It's kind of like a bromance.

Michigan State University

Posted on February 24, 2009
Books, Colleges & Universities, Default, Michigan, Names, Relationships, Teachers, Words

Translation: Dad's Not Leaving Us Much

Woman to friends holding books: I finally told him, “I don't care if your father dies tonight–I am not missing book club!”

Coffee Shop
Kenosha, Wisconsin

Overheard by: a coffee gal

Posted on January 31, 2009
Books, Death & dying, Default, Family ties, Restaurants, Wisconsin, Women

The Good News Is, the Smell of Poop Makes Me Read

Girl: I shat my pants at a Barnes & Noble once.
Guy: Could it be because you ate scallops?
Girl: No, it's because the smell of books makes me poop.

Denny's
Vincennes, Indiana

Posted on January 22, 2009
Books, Default, Food, Girls, Guys, Indiana, Names, Poop, Questions, Restaurants

Is That What I've Been Swallowing?

Older male professor, addressing a large lecture hall with only girls: So you see, in my body you will find lots of regular cells, and also you will find cells that are in the process of meiosis; and those are my sperm cells.
Barnard girl: That is so awkward.

Barnard College
New York

Overheard by: Vicksburg

Posted on January 13, 2009
Books, Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Girls, New York, Old folks, Science, Sex, Teachers, Weirdness

In the Same Way That Fear and Loathing… Is Utopian

Elderly professor: Who's to say Brave New World is a dystopia? I mean, they just did drugs and had sex all day. That sounds like a utopia, if you ask me.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/416369750/for-the-first-30-days.html

Overheard by: unsettled.