Yeah, Indirectly

Girl: No, isn’t Macbeth the one where she gets her husband to kill Macbeth?

http://community.livejournal.com/overheardatyork/

Overheard by: Stu

Posted on March 2, 2016
Books, Death & dying, Education, Family ties, Girls, Overheard at York, Questions, Relationships, Violence

Clearly You've Never Had to Deal with a Crying Five-Year-Old

English teacher: Literature just isn't exciting unless people suffer. Like Dora the Explorer, nothing bad ever happens to her. The show would be a lot better if her monkey got hit by a car and died, wouldn't it?

High School
Calgary
Canadia

Overheard by: mcoo

Posted on February 18, 2016
Animals, Books, Canadia, Compare and contrast, Death & dying, Education, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Teachers

That's New Yorkese for “Pretty Please”

Eight- year-old girl to parents: Can I pleeeese have a Cinnabon?
Dad: No, you don't need that. Finish your dinner.
Eight- year-old girl: If I don't get a Cinnabon, I'm basically going to kill myself.

Rest Stop
New York Thruway

Overheard by: Karen

Posted on December 17, 2015
Dads, Death & dying, Default, Food, Girls, Kids, New York, Offers and requests, Questions, Threats, Weirdness

Americans Are So Cute

Whiny five-year-old: Mama! I'm soooo hungry!
Frustrated mom: Well, I don't care! And do you know why? Nobody ever died from hunger!

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Posted on December 6, 2015
Alabama, Death & dying, Default, Food, Gripes, Kids, Moms, Questions, Sensory experiences, Stupidity, Weirdness

Hamlet Woulda Loved Resident Evil

English teacher, reading Hamlet: “To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come…” Alright class, we'll pick it up from there on Monday.
Frat boy #1: What the fuck was that about?
Frat boy #2: I don't know, man. Let's go kill some zombies.

Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Alyssa

Posted on November 27, 2015
Books, Colleges & Universities, Death & dying, Education, Frat boy types, Murder, Pennsylvania, Questions, Stupidity, Teachers, Zombies

If He Dies, They’ll Probably Let You Cut All the Lines

Eight-year-old kid in line for Universal Studios park ticket: I know how to get a discount ticket.
Eight-year-old friend: How?
Eight-year-old kid: You get your friend to come along with you, then you stab him in the neck and say “My friend’s dying, can we have discount tickets?”

Universal Studios
Los Angeles, California