Teacher: Next, we're reading Much Ado about Nothing.
(class groans)
Teacher: Back then, “nothing” was slang for “vagina.”
Class: Ooooh.
Enloe High
Raleigh, North Carolina
Teacher: Next, we're reading Much Ado about Nothing.
(class groans)
Teacher: Back then, “nothing” was slang for “vagina.”
Class: Ooooh.
Enloe High
Raleigh, North Carolina
Hobo: Excuse me miss, this is a silly question, but do you like soul food?
Milwaukee, WI
Man to random cute chick: When's your birthday?
Cute chick: Um, September 27th.
Man: That's Ani DiFranco's birthday!
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: McNasty
Random guy: It's like I'm on the Pony Express or something…and I'm the pony!
Harvard Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts
80-something religious studies professor: Do you all know what circumcision is? (class stares at him) Okay. Well, if you don't, don't ask here. Wait for an appropriate time and ask a friend outside of class.
Canisius College
Buffalo, New York
Professor: Let's move on…let's talk about Puerto Ricans in New York. And crack. And race. Well, let's start with Obama.
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Overheard by: lovecollege
Woman: Do you have mothballs?
CVS employee: (after thinking for a few seconds) Is that a protein bar?
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Nana
Girl: Kelly from work just texted me.
Guy: She's the really nice one, right?
Girl: Yeah.
Guy: Who's the one who's not nice?
Girl: Everyone else.
Frederick, Maryland
Bartender on smoke break: "I guess the rules don't apply to them."
Cook on smoke break: "who?"
Bartender: "that cop who just sped down the street and ran the red light."
Cook: "oh. I wasn't paying attention. Cops do what they want. They just don't give a fuck."
Fat, drunk redneck who has been sitting nearby, smoking: "cops shot my cousin in the leg. Shot him four times in the belly. He's got a bullet lodged in his spine. He's up in prison now on disability."
bartender tosses cigarette and goes inside.
Cook: "did that happen here in town?"
Redneck: "yeah, he was one of them what got shot at the parade (unintelligible) just watching the parade."
Cook, finishing cigarette:"okay, I gotta go back to work now. Stay away from cops."
Patio of Blue Nile restaurant/bar, Harrisonburg, VA
