A New Direction in Québec's Quest for Independence

Man: And there were women dressed as men who looked like little Japanese girls playing video games!

Boston Pizza, Toronto
Canadia

Posted on November 26, 2008
Canadia, Clothes, Compare and contrast, Default, Gender issues, Guys, Restaurants, Sexuality, Weirdness

Ad: Canadia– Come for the Chicken, Stay for the Toilets!

Swedish tourist: We came here for the chicken, but will remember it for the toilets.

Swiss Chalet
Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: Glad I didn't go downstairs…

Posted on November 25, 2008
Canadia, Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Restaurants, Tourists, Weirdness

Plus, It Totally Clashed with My Pumps

Frat boy to another: It was the ugliest lipstick I've ever seen!

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Overheard by: Anna

Posted on November 24, 2008
Beauty, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Fashion, Frat boy types, New York

Even in Metric Drinks

Bartender: I've never seen someone drink ten Jägerbombs in 15 minutes before…you must be from hell.
Slightly drunk girl: No! I'm from New York. 10? That was 10? Oh, crap, 10 is a lot more than 3.

London
England

Posted on November 23, 2008
Bartenders, Compare and contrast, Default, Drinking & drunks, Drunks, England, Geography, Girls

Your Editors Just Threw Up

Soccer mom #1: I heard once that the reason animals don't live as long as humans is because they come into the world knowing how to love, and we have to learn.
Soccer mom #2: That is so true.

Lee County Humane Society
Auburn, Alabama

Overheard by: Gee

Posted on November 23, 2008
Age and ageing, Alabama, Animals, Compare and contrast, Death & dying, Default, Feelings, Moms

Organic Chemistry Is a Squishy Mistress

Painfully dull professor: It's not rocket science, but it's also not a marshmallow.

Storrs, Connecticut

Posted on November 22, 2008
Compare and contrast, Connecticut, Default, Science, Teachers, Words

It's Almost Like You're Blaming the Victim Here

Guy, carrying basket: It's just hard to know that I did so much for her, I did everything right in our marriage and now she is intentionally trying to hurt me.
Girl, pushing cart: Seriously? You did everything right?
Guy: Yes, I did.
Girl: Um, you slept with me.
Guy: Yeah, but that was a long time ago and I didn't do it to hurt her.

Trader Joe's
Hillcrest, California

Posted on November 22, 2008
California, Comebacks, Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Girls, Guys, Infidelity, Questions, Relationships, Stores

Unless You're Prepared to Teach the Rest of Us to Plié

Construction worker #1, with southern drawl, on speakerphone: Yeah, then we all woke up wearing leotards. Looked like goddamn ballerinas.
Construction worker #2: I don't think I'd tell that story.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2008/10/men-men-men-manly-men-men-men.html

Overheard by: Ian

Posted on November 22, 2008
Advice, Clothing, Compare and contrast, Construction workers, Coworkers, Default, Eavesdrop DC

They're Even Set to the Same Music

Girl #1: So, how do orgies work? I don't really get it.
Girl #2: I dunno. I think if you see a hole, you just fill it with whatever you've got.
Girl #3: It's like Tetris!

Gold Coast
Australia

Posted on November 20, 2008
Australia, Compare and contrast, Default, Games, Girls, Questions, Sex

And All These People Were Lying on Me

Sorority ditz: It's not that I didn't want to do the homework, I was just too drunk.

USC
Columbia, South Carolina

Posted on November 19, 2008
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Drinking & drunks, Education, Sorority types, South Carolina, Wishes

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