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Very old woman: I do like those fuck-me pumps, but they're terrible for my feet.

Hampden, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Sarah

Girl #1: He's planning on asking you out… He said he thinks you have a crush on him because you told him you think his hair looks sexy pushed back.
Girl #2: Really? I should reject him by telling him that I only date women of color.
Girl #1: Ha! Or say that you really don't want to get pregnant and die.
Girl #2: I can't. I'm sick. (coughs)
Girl #1: I wonder if you'd have to quote the whole movie before you destroyed his faith in humanity.

Princeton, New Jersey

Beefy tattooed inmate: Hey, does anyone know how to play twister?
(rest of unit groans)

Vancouver Island Maximum Security Prison
Canadia

Girl #1: I came really fast, apparently.
Girl #2: Wow, really?
Girl #1: Yeah. (sighs) If only we weren't talking about childbirth.

Auckland
New Zealand

20-something guy to another: He found Jesus. In the two months I hadn't seen him, the motherfucker found Jesus.

Swinger's
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Kristin

Japanese student #1, in Japanese: Big boobs?
Japanese student #2, in English: Big boobs?
Vietnamese student, in English: Yes, but in English, we say “hooters.”

Translation Class
University of Hawaii

Overheard by: Jade Buddha

Young woman to girl, after car accident: Do you have car insurance or anything?
College girl: Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Young woman: … Uhh… That would be health insurance.

South Burlington, Vermont

Overheard by: Charlee

Elderly Bible as Literature professor: People often say things that catch people off guard. Like if I said even Jesus shat.
(entire class goes completely silent)
Professor: Holy shit, huh?

College
Massachusetts

Teen girl on cell: Why would you open a bag if you knew there was going to be a head in it?

Tallahassee, Florida

Overheard by: Bradlee

Aging dork #1: I like Star Trek, but not Star Wars because they never pay attention to physics.
Aging dork #2: William Shatner is a pimp.

Peterson Air Force Base
Colorado