Her Favorite Country Is Switzerland.

Spray-haired Long Island housewife #1: Beige is my favorite shade…
Spray-haired Long Island housewife #2, interrupting: Oh my gawd, the neutrals! I love the neutrals!

Long Island, New York

Overheard by: Ladle

Posted on May 6, 2011
Character, Feelings, New York, Stupidity, Women

Um, I'm Brianna.

High school girl #1: Hey, I'm really sorry for teasing you before. I'm usually really sweet!
High school girl #2, mumbling: That's okay.
High school girl #1: Not Brianna, though, she's a total bitch!

High School

Overheard by: stuck in the bathroom stall next to you

Posted on April 2, 2011
Character, Girls, Gossip, Insults, Overheard in High School

…Thinking About Food Nonstop

Obese guy to another: That's what I like most about dieting…

Ferndale, Washington

Posted on March 29, 2011
Character, Diet & weight, Fat people, Feelings, Washington

I Hate My Children

40-something woman on cell: I am going to live to be one hundred, just to be a bitch.

Fort Collins, Colorado

Overheard by: Jpov

Posted on March 25, 2011
Character, Colorado, On the phone, Sex, Wishes, Women

…You're Always Lookin' Out for Me, Grandma!

Drunk 20-something, yelling in a crowd: Because I am a grad student and I don't do anything!
Older woman: You know there are some attractive young men over by the band.
Drunk 20-something: Well, I do do that.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Posted on March 24, 2011
Advice, Beauty, Character, Drunks, Offers and requests, Ohio, Women

I Have the Sense to Be Grateful

Guy, sweetly to girlfriend: Hey, honey!
Guy friend: Did you know your voice changes when you talk to her?
Guy: Of course! She's the one who fucks me.

Saint Peter's College
New Jersey

Posted on March 22, 2011
Character, Guys, New Jersey, Questions, Relationships, Sex

I'm So Glad We Can Talk Like This

Girl #1, sitting on couch: I hate it when people sit on chairs that are facing me. It's irritating.
Girl #2: Yeah, I hate it too. There are other places they can sit.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/420110835/there-are-other-places-you-can-look.html

Overheard by: girl sitting on chair facing you

Posted on February 9, 2011
Character, Feelings, Girls, Gripes, Overheard in Minneapolis

I Recommend Suicide

Girl to friend: You know, you're the kind of person who, if you blew a bubble, I would pop it in your face.

UCLA
Westwood, California

Posted on January 30, 2011
California, Character, Clothing, Compliments, Girls

From My Big Book Of Things to Say Before Bursting Into Tears

Girl on phone: But I don't have a mustache…

Colorado State University

Posted on January 25, 2011
Beauty, Body parts, Character, Colorado, Gender issues, On the phone

Give Me Directions at Your Own Risk

City bus driver, at the beginning of his shift: My name is Bob, I'll be your new bus driver. I'll be taking this bus down University to… some mall. I don't know where we're going, heh. I'm new. I will drive very carefully… unless you piss me off.

Des Moines, Iowa

Posted on December 26, 2010
Bus, Bus drivers, Character, Iowa, Stupidity, Weirdness

Character