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Adopted Chinese daughter: I just wish we looked more alike.
Mother: Aw, you wish you looked more like me?
Adopted Chinese daughter: No, I wish you looked more like me.

Mall
Washington, DC

Overheard by: kellerz

Guy: Dude, his nipples are like as big as my pecs!
Girl: …people can hear you here.

Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland

Math professor: In Russia, if something is not allowed and you want it really bad, you can do it.

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Teen girl: I hate you.
Teen guy: You hate me? Nice. Real mature… (pause) Oh my god! An Elmo lunchbox!

Officeworks
Bendigo
Australia

Overheard by: ColdSpiral

Very white mom: “The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round…” Sing with me, honey.
Very white four-year old daughter: “Rollin' down the street smokin'…”

Walt Disney World
Orlando, Florida

Man in mall: Excuse me, where can I hail a taxi?
Mall employee: This is Vermont, dude.
Man in mall: There has to be taxis. There are roads, aren't they?
Mall employee: Nope, no taxis. But lots of guns.

Rutland, Vermont

Overheard by: MeggerzDotCom

Drunk girl to friends: Dave and I were talking about which Muppet is hottest. I said the Count. He says Cookie Monster.
Dave: The Count would count every thrust! One… Hahaha… Two… Hahaha…
Drunk girl: But the Cookie Monster would get crumbs in the bed!

Downtown Grill and Brewery
Knoxville, Tennessee

Teacher: So this equation is like a machine. You substitute “n” for “-5” and it gives you the product. It's like a sausage-making machine…

Math Class
Mississauga, Ontario
Canadia

College student #1: Look, look, it's Martin Luther King!
College student #2: …that's Eddie Murphy.

Madame Tussaud's
Las Vegas, Nevada

Middle-aged woman to friend, exiting Forever 21: Well, that was a foray into a subculture we're not familiar with.

Kenwood Mall
Cincinnati, Ohio

Overheard by: Lisa