California

Queer to another: Wait — you traded Botox for coke?!

Universal CityWalk
Hollywood, California

Overheard by: Gluey

Girl #1: I wish I was sick and he would come visit me… Like Make-a-Wish.
Girl #2: You’re saying you want cancer so Heath Ledger will come visit you?
Girl #1: No! … Kinda…

Laguna Hills, California

Overheard by: me too

Dude #1: … And she was just so sassy!
Dude #2: Don’t say ‘sassy’ — you know what it does to me.
Dude #1: Sssassyyy. [Dude #2 shudders orgasmically.]

Merrill F. West High School
Tracy, California

Police helicopter hovering with spotlight on suspect, over loudspeaker: Stop running. You can’t get away. Just give yourself up. Stop running… No, don’t go in the water. You won’t make it across. No, don’t– Yeah, it’s fucking cold, isn’t it, dumbass? Just get out of the water!

American River Parkway
Sacramento, California

Overheard by: Ree

[Teacher rises from desk and moves to white board while carrying sheet of paper.]

Student: What are you doing? [Teacher begins writing on white board.] What are you doing?!
Teacher: I’m writing down your homework!
Student: Oh, I thought you were going to hurt us.
Teacher: I’m just holding a piece of paper!

Arcadia, California

Overheard by: Giggling student

Young boy to mom: I can’t run! I’m a virgin!

Irvine, California

Five-year-old girl running through aisles: Mommy?! Mommy?!
Mother: Mommy die. Mommy go bye-bye. Mommy drowned. Mommy go kill herself.

Payless Shoes
Huntington Beach, California

Girl #1: It would just never occur to me to get a massage to relax or de-stress, you know?
Girl #2 absentmindedly: That’s because you’re an alcoholic.

Seven Grand Whiskey Bar
Los Angeles, California

Dude drawing names and heart in wet cement: Done.
Girl: Oh my god, that’s awesome. I’m gonna take a picture with my phone so it can be the image that comes up when you call. Right now it’s your dick in a box.
Dude: Yeah, this is– Wait, you have a picture of my dick in a box?
Girl: Yeah. Remember?
Dude: Oh, yeah, that’s right…

UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Overheard by: nathan

Drunk guy: Hey.
Passerby: Hey, how’s it going?
Drunk guy: You know when you meet that hot, cool girl and then you get drunk and turn into an asshole and she ditches you? Well, that’s where I am right now.
Passerby: Okay, well, good luck.

San Diego, California

Overheard by: some random chic