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Girl #1: Isn't there a saying about ripping off a band-aid?
Girl #2: Yes, but I don't think that applies to sex.

Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Vidarella

Boy housemate #1: Ah! I feel so sick, my tummy hurts.
Girl housemate #1: Do you want some soup?
Girl housemate #2: Do you want some toast?
Boy housemate #2: Do you want some “harden-the-fuck-up”?

Gold Coast
Australia

Mormon girl: When I grow up, I want to celebrate Chanukah! I mean, I just like Jews. I like Jew food, Jew noses, Jew hair styles… Oh my gosh, I love those curly bangs! I just want to pull one and watch it go “sproinnnnng!”

IHOP
Salt Lake City, Utah

Overheard by: I'm Jewish, but surprisingly NOT offended…

Girl #1: I found that doll the other day.
Girl #2: What doll?
Girl #1: The Steve Irwin doll, you know, the one that used to look at me creepy while I was sleeping.
Girl #2: Ohhhh, that doll!

Bleeker’s Bowling Alley
Chicago, Illinois

Bimbette #1: Wait, is a bird a mammal? I don’t think it’s a mammal…
Bimbette #2: I think a bird is, like, its own species.

B train
Boston, Massachusetts

Political science professor to class, explaining the term “political actors”: Political actors can be political parties, politicians, organizations of different kinds…and by organizations I do not think of a group of pedophile carpenters gathering in a living room.

NTNU University
Norway

Overheard by: Amused student

Young mother to four-year-old boy: C'mon, sweetie, let's wash your hands.
Sarcastic father: Yeah, dude, you're disgusting.
Boy (increasingly louder): Yes. I am disgusting. You know what else is disgusting? My penis!

IHOP
Hammond, Louisiana

Overheard by: The Only Small Press in Bumfuck

Professor: I think fish are not animals. I don't have a concrete answer, but I think they are not animals.

Michigan State University

Overheard by: sjshock

Girl: You know, Santa and Superman would make an adorable gay couple.

Hume-Fogg High School
Nashville, Tennessee

McGill student in cafe, on phone: Don't you dare talk to me about softwood lumber!

Montreal
Quebec
Canadia

Overheard by: j.leung