Americans Mistakenly Believe Silence Can Be Improved Upon

Russian girl: When I read in Russian, nothing can stop me. But when I read in English, I need silence.
American girl: That's what the music is for!

Train
Moscow to Nizhniy Novgorod
Russia

Overheard by: Adam Nathan

Posted on October 27, 2015
Books, Character, Girls, Language barrier, Music, Strangers, Train

Delta Burke Saw His Point

Bum women: Do you have bus fare? I need bus fare.
Woman: Sorry, I don’t have any change.
Bum: Well, fuck you, you fat, scheming, cheap bitches!

Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut

Posted on October 13, 2015
Bag ladies, Character, Connecticut, Grumpies, Insults, Money, Offers and requests, Public transportation, Women

“The Literature Of Drug Prescriptions” Was a Popular Course at UMass

Guy: I can't tell if he's being poetically ambiguous or if he just has really bad handwriting.

UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Beth

Posted on September 15, 2015
Character, Compliments, Guys, Massachusetts, Sensory experiences

The Baby Doesn't Understand You, Derek.

Dude, with narrowed eyes: I know your kind. I bet you're sticky.

High School
Englewood, Colorado

Posted on July 20, 2015
Character, Colleges & Universities, Colorado, Sensory experiences, Stoners, Weirdness

Laziest. Robbers. Ever.

Student: No, we're not wearing clown masks. I don't want to have to make the effort.

Sixth Form College
England

Overheard by: Becca

Posted on July 14, 2015
Character, Clothes, England, Students, Wishes

Correct– Yet You Still Manage to Sound Stupid.

Princess: You guys, Johnny Depp doesn't always play dark characters. He was blonde in Secret Window!

Little Bar
Kentucky

Overheard by: Dead Betty

Posted on June 23, 2015
About celebrities, Bars & Clubs, Character, Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Kentucky, Movies

Wasn't This a Steven Spielberg Movie?

Lady on the bus: So I was 17 and pregnant! He was a Nazi extremist, but a very nice man. Very charming. I was rebellous (sic) as a teenager. Very rebellous. But now I'm old-fashioned, and I've got lots of morals.

Wellington
New Zealand

Overheard by: dominic

Posted on June 19, 2015
Age and ageing, Bus, Character, New Zealand, Politics, Pregnancy, Weirdness, Women, Words

The Sad Thing Is, Not Everyone Thinks You're Crazy.

Attractive teenage girl on cell, visibly upset: Man, not even my therapist understands my concerns that I'm not emotionally ready for Harry Potter to end. It's all just very sad and everyone thinks I'm crazy. Goddamn.

Alabama

Posted on June 14, 2015
Alabama, Character, Feelings, Girls, Pop culture

Where Canadian Bacon Comes From?

60-something man, watching obese woman board bus, loudly: So fat!
30-something woman, quietly: Yeah, sometimes it might be genetics or something. Not just cured by exercise, you know?
60-something man, loudly: I try to avoid getting too close to people who are that fat. I'm scared they'll just explode and innards will get all over me!
30-something woman: (disgusted look)

London
Canadia

Overheard by: On the bus

Posted on June 11, 2015
Canadia, Character, Diet & weight, Feelings, Guys, Weirdness, Women

The Bar for Chivalry Has Gotten Very Low

Gender professor: I don’t know how you’d know by just looking at men if they’re the chivalrous kind or the rapey kind.

http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/2007/04/not-rapey-kind.html

Posted on November 29, 2013
Character, Overheard in Law School, Teachers

Character