It's Not Their Worlds I Want to Enter

Girl: So I think he's taken our relationship a step further.
Gay friend: Oh! What, did he ask you out?
Girl: No.
Gay friend: Did he finally tell you he likes you?
Girl: No! Nothing like that.
Gay friend: Then what?
Girl: He started talking to me exclusively in D&D jargon!
Gay friend: See, this is why we have different tastes in men.

Burlington, Vermont

Overheard by: Doesn't play D&D

Posted on March 20, 2010
Compare and contrast, Fag hags, Games, Queers, Relationships, Vermont, Words

Or All the Dogs You've Ever Owned

Girl #1: So my two-year-old cousin… You know, the one who laughs at me, and threw his bottle and his book at me?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: Well, this one time he like pushed me down on the floor, and like… licked my face.
Girl #2: Wow! Your two-year-old cousin is like a combination of all the boys you've met here.

London
Ontario
Canadia

Posted on March 18, 2010
Canadia, Compare and contrast, Family ties, Girls, Kids, Violence, Weirdness

Good to See Michigan Living Up to Its Reputation

Dorm guy: I said “thanks for the help,” but I should have said, “thanks for the help, asshole, I hope they send you back to China.”

Michigan State University

Posted on March 15, 2010
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Guys, Insults, Michigan, Race

Whether Real or Imaginary

Professor: It's like trying to make a deity out of a bottle of Stoli at the height of the cold war.
Class: (laughter)
Professor: I know plenty of people who've done that, by the way… And so do you.

Macalester College
St. Paul, Minnesota

Posted on March 12, 2010
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Drinking & drunks, History, Minnesota, Teachers, Weirdness

Probably an Aversion to Refried Telecommunications

Mexican girl: Do Mexicans even know how to use star 69? Because I asked one once, and she didn't.

Corpus Christi, Texas

Overheard by: overheardincc

Posted on February 22, 2010
Compare and contrast, Mexicans, Questions, Technology, Texas

Translation: I'm Afraid You'd Kill Me

50-something guy on cell: Yeah, so honestly I don't think this will work out… I think your sexuality is a little… young for me.

Starbucks
Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: dates older guys

Posted on February 22, 2010
Age and ageing, Bars & Clubs, Canadia, Compare and contrast, Guys, On the phone, Sexuality

Isn't a Large Mouth Something You Look for in a Girl?

Guy #1: Dude, don't get me wrong–Laura* is great, but she's kind of…
Guy #2: Young?
Guy #1: Yeah, but also…
Guy #2: Goofy?
Guy #1: Yeah, but also…
Guy #2: What?
Guy #1: She's kind of… She looks like Mick Jagger.
Guy #2: Oh, if you're trying to tell me she's unattractive, I know. But at least she won't cheat on me. (pauses, then laughs) Yeah, she does look like Mick Jagger! Good one!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: wow, that's harsh