Political science professor: Our president is black. Some of you may have noticed this. Some of you probably haven't yet.
California State University
San Marcos, California
Overheard by: I knew it
Political science professor: Our president is black. Some of you may have noticed this. Some of you probably haven't yet.
California State University
San Marcos, California
Overheard by: I knew it
Little boy blowing into wrapping paper tube: Is this too loud, Mommy? [Mom is silent.] Mommy, is that too loud? [Silence, so boy screams] Was that loud enough for you, Mommy?!
Target
Laguna Niguel, California
Guy on cell: And I wanted to say, essentially, “Bitch, my office manages eight billion a year, so shut the fuck up”–but in the refined and enlightened way one would say such a thing in the country club dining room.
Santa Rosa, California
Overheard by: Rose Fox
16-year-old girl #1: I wanna wait to have kids, you know? But I don't wanna be old or anything. I think like 19 or somethin.
16-year-old girl #2: Yeah. Oscar wants to knock me up and I'm like “no bitch, I don't even have a license yet.” We're thinking after I turn 18.
Los Angeles, California
Girl: Don’t worry, I won’t be lonely tonight. I’ve got a date with a gravity bong.
Stoner guy: … That’s, like, the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard.
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: MeganMama
Very elegantly dressed man: I'm trying to remember if I've ever mowed a lawn… No, I don't think I have.
Very elegantly dressed woman: Hang on, do we even have a lawn?
Very elegantly dressed man: Of course we do.
Very elegantly dressed woman: Oh, I remember now. We have a lot of lawn.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: MaggieB
Physics professor: Where are all the physicists? Eh, we're all cab drivers, drug addicts and musicians.
Cupertino, California
Overheard by: shyinvisiblegirl loves physics
Marathon runner #1: Yeah, I really like him, but he’s been in rehab since he was fourteen.
Marathon runner #2: All the best ones are.
Nike Women’s Marathon
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: shyinvisiblegirl was running with them just to hear this conversation
Professor: I want to please you… Not with goats, but with sentences.
Greek Class
UCLA, California
Overheard by: shepherd
Guy behind deli counter: Does anyone need any help?
Old man #1: What about psychiatric help?
Old man #2: Are you giving or receiving?
Old man #1: I'm on the receiving end of everything. Except taxes!
Gene's Fine Foods
Saratoga, California