That's the Last Time I'll Try Absinthe.

Teen to friend: My house smells like bug spray, and there is blood all over my bed!

Pappadeauxs Restaurant
Houston, Texas

Posted on July 29, 2016
Compare and contrast, Default, Insects, Restaurants, Teens, Texas, Weirdness

Sadly, Not Even the Scots Understand Their Accent

Girl #1, playing boardgame: You steer a boat with this.
Girl #2: An udder?

Edinburgh
Scotland

Overheard by: Ben seven

Posted on July 26, 2016
Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Language barrier, Scotland, Words

A Bright, White Light, on the Other Hand…

Gamer dude: … and the game comes with like, real guns.
Wannabe goth chick: They’re actual guns?
Gamer dude: Well like, real models. And it comes with this mirror that lets you see yourself and like, shows what you look like if you get shot in the face.
Wannabe goth chick: That’s nice. That’s not something you would normally get to see if you got shot in the face.

UAB
Birmingham, Alabama

Overheard by: Kitty-Jack

Posted on July 6, 2016
Alabama, Chicks, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Compliments, Death & dying, Games, Goths, Guys, Violence

We're Just Two Very Misguided People Colliding in Space

Redhead to 30-something man: You like Jason Mraz. I like Jason Mraz. Therefore, we're not having an affair.

Line for Jason Mraz Concert
Hammersmith Apollo, London
England

Overheard by: Tom

Posted on July 3, 2016
Compare and contrast, Default, England, Music, Relationships, Sexuality, Women

Well, I'm Sorry I Made You Kiss Her Feet…

New Yorker, on cell to fiancée: Honey, all set here for our wedding, when you coming over? I got both of our rings, in nine-carat gold! (appalled silence in carriage) Yeah, your finger's gonna go green and fall off or something? What the hell's wrong with nine-carat gold? Hey! Of course I love you more than I love my mom! Come on! What is this about?

Train
Dublin
Ireland

Posted on June 12, 2016
Compare and contrast, Couples, Feelings, Foreigners, Hands, Health & Hygiene, Ireland, Money, On the phone, Questions, Relationships, Train

Ever Dated Anyone from Seattle?

Trendy Asian on crowded platform: It smells like hot ass in here.
Trendy Asian friend: How would you know what hot ass smells like?

Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: TrainRider

Posted on June 10, 2016
Asians, Ass, Canadia, Compare and contrast, Friends, Questions, Sensory experiences

We've Tried and We've Tried

Neighbor: Dude, condoms don't work on dogs.

Lawrence, Kansas

Posted on May 7, 2016
Advice, Animals, Compare and contrast, Condoms, Default, Guys, Kansas

He’d Still Have the Use of Both Hands

Guy, to friend: And so I said to him: “If you’d never seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon your life would be so different right now.”

Bus
Coventry
England

Posted on May 5, 2016
Advice, Bus, Compare and contrast, Default, Friends, Guys, Movies, UK, Words

The Original Tag-Line for Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Anatomy professor: There's a little bit of failure in everyone.

Western Illinois University

Overheard by: Pixie

Posted on March 18, 2016
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Illinois, Teachers, Weirdness

…Is the Thesis of My American Lit Dissertation

Saxophone-playing dude: [About Huck Finn] You really think some ten-year-old white boy is gonna be running around with a crazy black man like “Woo hoo! Everything’s cool!”? No way, man, they woulda ate him!

Hartford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Claire

Posted on March 14, 2016
Books, Compare and contrast, Connecticut, Default, Guys, Kids, Race, Violence

Compare and contrast