She Was Just Fucking with Him–She's Actually a Figure Skater

Girl, giving tour: Here is my favorite, one of our the weight training rooms.
Guy on tour with Australian accent: Do you train here as well?
Girl: Yes, this is my event.
Guy: What? Weightlifting?
Girl: Yeah. I'm training for the snatch.
Guy: What?
Girl: It goes like this. (demonstrates weight lifting move)
Guy (not suppressing grin): And how much is your snatch?
Girl: I start with 83 pounds.
Guy (snickering): Reeeally…
Girl: Yep. Also the clean and jerk.
Guy: (leaves tour group, unable to suppress laughter)

US Olympic Training Center
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Overheard by: TK

Posted on January 31, 2016
Colorado, Default, Foreigners, Gender issues, Girls, Guys, Questions, Weirdness

According to This Late-breaking Report from Fox News

Professor: Obama is a white supremacist just like all of you and me and everyone else.

University of Colorado

Overheard by: I missed something

Posted on January 20, 2016
Colorado, Politics, Race, Teachers, Weirdness

Um, Why Does Your Sippy Cup Smell Like Martini?

Two-year-old, holding plastic dinosaur up to ear: Uh-huh, mommy, it's been a really hard day.
Teacher: It's been a hard day, huh?
Two-year-old: Excuse me, I'm on the phone!

Preschool
Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: Lee

Posted on December 8, 2015
Colorado, Education, Kids, Teachers, Weirdness

And Stop Slouching. You Know Who You Are

Flight attendant: Please refrain from smoking for the rest of your life.

Flight over Denver, Colorado

Posted on November 30, 2015
Advice, Airports & flights, Colorado, Default, Flight attendants, Health & Hygiene, Offers and requests, Smoking

Tonight on Fox: Rapunzel–the True Story

College chick to friend: With my luck I'll be the girl with the twenty-foot clitoris.

Boulder, Colorado

Overheard by: ORLY

Posted on November 17, 2015
Colorado, Default, Friends, Sorority types, Vagina, Weirdness

…Ever Since She Became a Character on Laguna Beach

Latin professor: Can anyone use a Latin interjection in a sentence?
Student: Lo! Look at that angel!
Latin professor: Yes, that is a very common interjection.

University of Denver, Colorado

Posted on November 6, 2015
Colleges & Universities, Colorado, Education, Language barrier, Students, Teachers, Words

Yes, the Naked Guy in the Back –Question?

Professor: If you want to get drunk and run around your house naked in your free time that’s your own business, but you’re not going to do that at work when you’re in public.

Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, Colorado

Posted on October 20, 2015
Advice, Colleges & Universities, Colorado, Compare and contrast, Drinking & drunks, Education, Etiquette, Teachers, Wishes

Mom and Dad, Especially

Barista #1: So, I had this totally fucked up dream last night. I was, like, having sexual relations with my brother…
Barista #2, totally serious: That’s not weird.
Barista #1: I know, but the weird thing was everyone around me was really uncomfortable with it.

Fort Collins, Colorado

Overheard by: I’m uncomfortable even hearing it

Posted on October 19, 2015
Baristas, Colorado, Family ties, Sex

You Could Just Steal the Boxed Set, Sweetie.

Teenage daughter: Mom, I have a plan for my future.
Mother: And what's that?
Teenage daughter: Save someone's life so they are indebted to me and will buy me the complete Twilight Zone boxed set.
Mother: Between this and your brother who I haven't seen in four days, I don't think I screwed up at all.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Overheard by: Julia

Posted on October 3, 2015
Colorado, Compare and contrast, Family ties, Moms, Parenting, Stupidity, Teens, TV shows

Have a Relatively Explosion-Free Day, Everybody!

TSA guy #1: Why aren’t you patting everyone down?
TSA guy #2: That’s what the machines are for.
TSA guy #1: Do you see the machines working?! Do you see anyone walking through the machines?!
TSA guy #2: Oh. Oops. Oh, well, it happens.

Denver International Airport
Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: Stephanie

Posted on September 29, 2015
Colorado, Coworkers, Technology