Colorado

Jackie O. lookalike: If I can’t sneak cigarettes into my house, what makes you think I can get an ax?

Starfest Sci-fi Convention
Denver, Colorado

Frat boy #1: She was so dumb.
Frat boy #2: You should watch how you use that word. It doesn’t really mean stupid — it really means ‘deaf.’
Frat boy #1: Okay, she was really deaf.

Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

Overheard by: English Major

Chick: We just have to accept that people are crazy-ass bitches.
Friend: Apparently.

Aurora, Colorado

Overheard by: Leevee

Man working in garden: Let me tell you, bacon is the gateway meat.

Community Garden
Boulder, Colorado

Overheard by: omh

Lesbian to girlfriend: … That was back when I was dating this pharmacist and my sister-in-law decided to start this rumor that both of us were into this thing… [makes subtle fisting motion].

Elevator, Penrose Hospital
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Puzzled teen: I swear I’ve never seen so much math on a napkin before.

Women’s Bathroom, Wynkoop Brewery
Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: Bathroom Goer

History professor, lecturing on the early 1900s: I mean, the problem of being the only person with a telephone is, well, who you gonna call?
Class, as one: Ghostbusters!
History professor: You kids scare me.

CU
Boulder, Colorado

Overheard by: They know their history, alright

Teen boy: (glares at brother, bites thumb)
Younger brother: Mom! He's non-verbally quoting Shakespeare at me again!

Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: Lee

Girl, to two guys smoking in a bar: Oh my gosh! Smoking? Gross! (walks away, disgusted)
Guy #1: You wanna follow her and smoke?
Guy #2: Hell yeah, I do.

Denver, Colorado

Pilot over PA, after taxiing to the gate for ten minutes: Let me know if you guys see something that looks like an airport.

Denver International Airport
Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: they're not kidding about being the country's biggest airport