Nature: 2 Nurture: 0

Teen Boy Scout (after narrowly avoiding tripping): And that's why I'm so good at swing dancing. I have hips like an angel.

Amtrack
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Duckie

Posted on April 14, 2017
Body parts, Bragging, Compare and contrast, Compliments, Dancing, Default, Illinois, Pride, Teens

… And My Boogie Sense Is Tingling

Dancing lady, about soca music: Do you like this music?
Five-year-old boy: No, I don’t like music… except Spider-Man music.
Dancing lady: So, you don’t dance?
Five-year-old boy: No… I only dance when I’m naked.

Harbourfront, Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: Pandora

Posted on February 21, 2017
Canadia, Dancing, Kids, Music

Finishing a Woman's Sentences Is Risky Business, Gentlemen

Woman wearing puffy coat: Wearing a puffy coat makes me feel like …
Man also wearing a puffy coat: It makes me feel like dancing.
Woman: …punching people.

Quebec City
Canadia

Posted on October 6, 2015
Canadia, Clothes, Dancing, Feelings, Guys, Violence, Women

It's Your Electricity Bill, Erica.

Woman on cell: So what should I do? Tap dance all over it?

Skipton
England

Overheard by: Fredwina

Posted on September 29, 2015
Dancing, England, On the phone, Questions, Women

…Unless My Cousin's Available.

Nerdy-looking teenage boy: No way, going to the school dance with a partner seriously decreases my chances of getting laid.

Outside School
Washington, DC

Posted on July 7, 2015
Dancing, Education, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Sex, Teens, Washington, DC

His Parents Took Solace in Knowing He Would Be an “Aggressive” Gay

Kid #1, playing with blocks: This robot needs guns!
Kid #2: Pretend his hands are guns. [Pauses, then sings] Everybody dance now!

82nd and State
Kansas City, Kansas

Overheard by: BookVixen

Posted on June 8, 2015
Dancing, Default, Friends, Kansas, Kids, Music, Singing

Or I Did Until I Realized How Many Doors It Opens

Girl: I hate those girls that are like, “Oh, look at me, I can dance with my hand in my hair!”

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted on June 17, 2011
Dancing, Feelings, Girls, Hair, Hands, Pennsylvania

While Muscular Christianity's More Of a Gay Gym Boy

Tall girl to short girl: You make religion sound like the skinny kid you didn't go to prom with.

Ithaca, New York

Overheard by: Lissette

Posted on November 21, 2010
Compare and contrast, Dancing, Friends, New York, Religion

…From the Sketchy Dude Gyrating Next to Me.

Teen princess to another, in changing room: Oh my god, she's so trashy. Who would ask their friends to a a pole-dancing class there? The pole dancing studios I go to in the city are like sexy and hot. But at that one, I got carpet burn.

Changing Rooms
Sydney
Australia

Posted on December 2, 2009
Australia, Compare and contrast, Dancing, Education, Questions, Sensory experiences, Sex, Teens

….Ooo, Chocolate Pudding!

Large chick in group of students: I like science, music, dance, and you know what else I like? Anal.

Community College
Virginia

Posted on October 28, 2009
Backdoor, Chicks, Colleges & Universities, Dancing, Fat people, Music, Science, Students, Virginia