Compare and contrast

Blonde girl #1: I really want those silver shoes from Moochi Lane. You know, those pointy ones? Even though they look a little weird.
Blonde girl #2: They look like crazy tuxedo man shoes. You know? Like those shoes that Mr Peanut wears…crazy tuxedo man shoes.
Blonde girl #1: Oh my god, they totally do!

Wellington
New Zealand

Overheard by: Felicity

Man: She said that? She has nude pictures on the internet! How can you compare me to her?

Emergency Room
Westchester, New York

Eight-year-old boy: So, is the birthday party going to be fun?
Six-year-old girl: Yeah!
Eight-year-old boy: Who knows? It could be a disaster!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/441497736/is-it-too-late-to-uninvite-her.html

Overheard by: working hard to make it a fun party.

Middle-aged African American bus driver: So what if she is? I wear heels and I'm 5′8″. I wear them to church.
Prim-looking Caucasian female passenger: Oh, but at least at church you're sitting down.
Middle-aged African American bus driver: Oh no, honey. I'm up singing and dancing. I go to a black church. We get our praise on.
Prim-looking Caucasian female passenger (after uncomfortable pause): That sounds fun.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/370559900/enthusiasm-is-scary.html

Overheard by: yes it does

Father, explaining electrical cables to teenage son: Yeah, she's got a transvestite in her wall. But you can convert the tranny back to a female, using the thing in the wall.

Wellington, New Zealand

Overheard by: Jordyn

Random guy, outside bank: I don’t get it! It’s like they’re spending their money on Spice Girls tickets instead of drugs!

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Overheard by: irina

Girl reporting on date the night before: So I was good and kept my clothes on and got home at 10 am.
Guy: Wait, wait! 10 am? Don't you mean 10 pm?
Girl: Oh yeah! Sorry, force of habit!

Brunswick
Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Ed Klein

Hippie teenage girl: He's such a screaming campy queer, I thought he was gay–but he's not! At least, he doesn't seem gay when he's fucking you. He does all the rest of the time, though.

Hither Green
London
England

Overheard by: Jess

White mother to teen daughters after black family walks by: I’m so glad you two aren’t black! Then I’d have to put all those little beads in your hair and–well I’m just really glad.

Versailles, Kentucky

Drunk man: I may not have a home, but I'm not like homeless homeless…I take showers and usually smell good.
Drunk woman: And what does this have to do with blowjobs?

Pub
Orange County, California

Overheard by: Katie