That's Not Quite How I Remember the Ending Of “Little Red Riding Hood”…

Loud woman: But she said it wasn't a Target! It was a Wal-Mart. And then the grandmother didn't die. And she's still alive today!

Panda East
Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Rachel

Posted on September 19, 2015
Compare and contrast, Death & dying, Default, Family ties, Massachusetts, Weirdness, Women

At the Non Sequitur Quarterfinals

College guy #1: Castaway is such a good movie… except why is it called Castaway? He wasn't cast away, he was just… lost.
College guy #2: Well, I guess he was kind of cast out of society because he was lost, you know?
College guy #1: Yeah…I still don't get it. It's not like someone came up to him and was like “Hey you, I'm casting you away!”
College guy #2: Right. Hey, you know what's another really good movie? Nanook of the North. It has an igloo in it!

Camp Randall Sports Center
Madison, Wisconsin

Posted on September 16, 2015
Compare and contrast, Guys, Movies, Questions, Stupidity, Wisconsin, Words

And Breakfast Is the Most Important Meal Of the Day

Girl on cell: So he was like, “I was thinking about going to Austin, because Brian's there.” and I was like, “Fuck Brian. I make better waffles.”

Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on September 14, 2015
Comebacks, Compare and contrast, Food, Girls, Insults, Massachusetts, On the phone

If You Need a Longer Break, “Fluffy Pink Clouds 101” Is Right Down the Hall

Linda: Ugh, this class is so depressing!
Professor: Let’s all take ten seconds to think about baby lambs to make Linda feel happy. [pause] Okay, back to Terri Schiavo!

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Posted on September 14, 2015
Animals, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Education, Feelings, Girls, Gripes, Insults, New York, Offers and requests, Philosophy, Teachers

Meet the Inventor Of the Bulletphone

Physics student: If you go faster than the speed of sound, can you…hear…into the future?

Kingston High School
Kingston, New York

Posted on September 12, 2015
Compare and contrast, New York, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Science, Sensory experiences, Students

Mating Season Can Be Brutal in Canadia

Girl: This entire city smells like vagina.

Toronto
Canadia

Posted on September 7, 2015
Canadia, Compare and contrast, Girls, Sensory experiences, Vagina

Clinging to the Side Of the Bus With Magnets Was Pretty Clever, Though

Teen girl: My other friend is, like, sooo dumb, I'm so glad she isn't dead!

66 Bus
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: kerminator

Posted on August 31, 2015
Bus, Compare and contrast, Death & dying, Default, Girls, Massachusetts, Stupidity, Teens

Unless Waxing's Part of It

Girl #1: Isn't there a saying about ripping off a band-aid?
Girl #2: Yes, but I don't think that applies to sex.

Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Vidarella

Posted on August 24, 2015
Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Oregon, Questions, Sexuality

The Way I Do When I Think Of Our Faculty Meetings

Political science professor to class, explaining the term “political actors”: Political actors can be political parties, politicians, organizations of different kinds…and by organizations I do not think of a group of pedophile carpenters gathering in a living room.

NTNU University
Norway

Overheard by: Amused student

Posted on August 21, 2015
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Europe, Politics, Teachers, Weirdness, Words

Early Elvis or Fat Elvis?

Clerk to another: And I woke up two days later by the pool, with Elvis.

Campmor
Paramus, New Jersey

Overheard by: Russ

Posted on August 13, 2015
Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Names, New Jersey, Weirdness

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