Five-year-old girl: Hey, mom, you know how you hate “pop and switch?”
Mom: Uh…what's “pop and switch?”
Five-year-old girl: The one where they trade bodies.
Mom: Oh! Oh, yeah, I hate “pop and switch.” That's scary…
JCPenney, Florence Mall
Florence, Kentucky
Overheard by: Dohiyi
Girl to guy walking down the street with a package under one arm: What did you get?
Guy: A pregnant belly.
Girl: Oh, cool.
Goucher College
Baltimore, Maryland
Preschooler left alone in stroller, singing, to 20-something girl walking by: Cha, cha, cha…you're charming!
20-something, on cell: I think I just got hit on by a four-year-old! No, it was actually better than most of the lines I've heard.
Appleton, Wisconsin
Homeless guy to girl passing by: The economic downturn has thrown me into an existential panic! (girl looks at him quizzically) Yeah, us street folk feel that shit too.
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Alessa Colaianni
Awesome dad: I'm going to bring you to your auntie's house. I want you to behave.
Adorable little boy: I promise.
Awesome dad: But I also want you to have fun.
Adorable little boy: I'll tell you if there's a roller coaster!
Toronto
Canadia
Dudely dude: You know Heart of Darkness, by Marlon Brando…
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York
Guy to friend: Do you have a reason to riverdance on my testicles?
Boone, North Carolina
Woman in car behind us at drive-thru, on the speaker placing order: I'd like a salad, without a lot of lettuce.
Employee: (silent)
Pendleton, Oregon
Overheard by: CapriSun
Woman: There’s nothing in my mouth that I’m ashamed of!
87 Bus
Jersey City, New Jersey
Boy, sitting on the grass: Hey, I can see your underwear.
Cute girl in dress, sitting on the grass, uncrossing her legs: Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer.
Boy: You sound like you're trying to make me feel ashamed, but I'm gonna keep on looking. The blue whales are really cute.
Beijing
China
