California

Volunteer #1: We can't be selling this music, it's devil worship.
Volunteer #2: Well, that's the ACLU. The ACLU ought to be abolished. They're why there's all this stuff around.
Customer: Why are you getting rid of that? Don't you think people ought to be able to choose for themselves?
Volunteer #2: Harry Potter is a witch!
Customer: I think we ought to get rid of Bush and Cheney, put them in jail–they're mass murderers!
Volunteers #1 & #2: (silence)

Joshua Tree Thrift Shop
California

Overheard by: Celeste Mann

Mom to toddler in stroller: What was your favorite part of the circus?
Toddler in stroller: The elephants pooping!

Disneyland
Anaheim, California

Guy, carrying basket: It's just hard to know that I did so much for her, I did everything right in our marriage and now she is intentionally trying to hurt me.
Girl, pushing cart: Seriously? You did everything right?
Guy: Yes, I did.
Girl: Um, you slept with me.
Guy: Yeah, but that was a long time ago and I didn't do it to hurt her.

Trader Joe's
Hillcrest, California

Professor: So, to calculate the unemployment rate, we whack off…

Intro to Macroeconomics Class
USC, California

(after the rain)
Sorostitute #1, just arriving at her car: Oh my god, someone totally washed my car!
Sorostitute #2: No way! Who do you think it was?
Sorostitute #1: I don't know, but that is so awesome.

Parking Lot, Cal Poly Dorm
San Luis Obispo, California

Cali MBA #1: The television news out here sucks.
Cali MBA #2: Yeah…and they're ugly.

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Yuppie boyfriend (excitedly): Let's have an Ashton Kutcher movie marathon night!
Yuppie girlfriend (whispering): Honey, we've already talked about this…

Blockbuster
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Pallas

Professor: I mean, if you saw Eminem on the street you'd say, “He's white,” but if you see him kickin' ass in 8 Mile, then you'd see he's black.

Haines Hall
UCLA, California

Overheard by: downtown

Employee: Hi, can I help you find anything?
Ghetto kid: Yeah, I'm looking for a book called Marijuana Horticulture.
Employee: Yeah, I know that book. I think we are out, though.

Bookstore
Stockton, California

Overheard by: Can I get some of that?

Tiny girl to friend: You're not fat, you're Santa Claus-esque. Get it right, whore.

Coronado Middle School
Coronado, California

Overheard by: they won the game