Canadia

British lady: My, look at that — they’ve cast a black man as Othello…

Othello performance, Stratford Festival Theatre
Canadia

Boyfriend to boyfriend: Yesterday Hughes came over and, well, exploded my brain, basically. I was like “ahh!”

Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: laughing on the inside

Guy walking by the main library: … And we could have, like, a Moroccan sex room, with pillows and draperies!
Male friend: Right on!

University of Toronto
Canadia

Four-year-old boy, wielding plastic sword and shield: It's a knife!
Boy's mother: No, it's a sword.
Four-year-old boy: No! It's a knife!
Boy's mother: No, no, no, Danny. Knives are for cutting. Swords are for vanquishing.

99 B-Line
Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: Frodo Baggins

Nerd: Wait until I build my synthetic body — then we’ll see who’s laughing!

University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Canadia

Asian girl in bright coat: Oh my fucking god, I think I just lost my virginity.
Blonde girl: Wait, how does that even work?
Asian girl in bright coat: The end of the teeter-totter seat is like totally up my ass, and it's like penetrating.
Blonde girl: Oh.

Calgary
Canadia

Overheard by: Shawn

Airhead #1: Are you cousins with her?
Airhead #2: Not really… her mom and my mom are sisters.

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

Guest lecturer: My pants are animate, socks are inanimate.
Linguistics professor: Did you just say your pants are animate?
Guest lecturer: Yes, if it's near your genitals it's animate.

Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadia

Overheard by: Breanne

Cop: It better be your own shit you are throwing this time, Martha.

Citadel Theatre
Edmonton, Alberta
Canadia

Guy on bus: If I ever write a book, it'll be about how to kill my brother in the most painful way possible.
Girl on bus: But he's two.
Guy on bus: I don't care.

Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: Meech