Bragging

Girl on cell: Guess what? I got to be the big yellow cat again yesterday!

Hornsby train
Sydney
Australia

Drunk girl: I teach! I teach AP bio kids. They ask so many smart questions. (thoughtful pause) I make things up all the time.
Friend: You make things up??
Drunk girl: I just say “according to my research.” (shrugs, laughs hysterically)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Guy trying to impress girl: So then I mastered a few languages, and after that it was pretty easy to get hired.
Girl: Oh wow! What languages?
Guy: C++.

Yellow Line Train
Washington, DC

Lesbian with terrible tie: I am the vanguard of the revolution.

Cozy Corner Diner & Pancake House
Chicago, Illinois

10-year-old: Hey, I think I’m swimming extra good tonight!
Friend: Yeah? Why is that?
10-year-old: I think it’s because we just got back from Red Lobster.

Waterford, Michigan

Overheard by: Gary Lewis

Teen Boy Scout (after narrowly avoiding tripping): And that's why I'm so good at swing dancing. I have hips like an angel.

Amtrack
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Duckie

Teenage thug to passing woman: Hey yo baby! I ain’t gonna lie, I got a big dick!

Hollywood and Highland
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Has that ever worked?

Vice president: We’re all like kind of educated or whatever…

http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/

Overheard by: babygirl

Five-year-old boy: I don’t like that… It doesn’t taste good.
Father, picking up frozen dinner: Oh, I’ll make it taste good!

Topsham, Maine

Overheard by: Morgan

Chav, showing off in front of group of underage girls: Yes bruv, you don't even know, there was this duck, yeah, and I snapped its neck, innit! It was swimmin' around with its head loose making stupid noises!
Slightly older chav friend: Breds, you're talking shit, man. Number one, if you snapped a duck's neck it wouldn't still be swimming. B, I was there, remember, that fucking duck bit you on the hand, bruv and you screamed like a woman and ran away.

Cambridgeshire
England

Overheard by: Tim C