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20-something chick, pouring wine: I hear wine is a good cure for gonorrhea.

Tiger Noodles
Princeton, New Jersey

Overheard by: Brokeass Harem

Mother to daughter hopping up and down on escalator: Now Beth*, if you keep doing that your pants are going to get caught in the conveyor belt and they’ll be ripped off and all of South Station is going to see your little mermaid underwear. [Girl immediately stops.]

South Station
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Meg

Professor: Temperature is an example of an invented reality. Temperature doesn’t exist. It’s all in our minds. It’s either hot or cold out, but what are “degrees” really? Nothing!
Student: Actually, temperature is scientifically calculated by… (goes on to give long, technical explanation)
Professor: Really? I’m going to have to go look that up on Wikipedia. I get all of my information from Wikipedia.

University of Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: Glad you’re teaching us then…

Sober girl, enthusiastically, to friend who just threw up: You look cute!
Drunk friend, equally enthusiastic: I just threw up!
Sober girl, still enthusiastic: I bet you feel cute!

Subway Bathroom

Overheard by: tina

Girl to calculus class: My name is Jane Doe* and my favorite amino acid is cysteine because it forms disulfide bonds with itself.

St. Joseph High School
Michigan

Little girl: I learned how to make a man!
Mom: A man?!
Little girl: Yes!
Mom: Did you learn that in school?
Little girl: Yes.
Mom: Can you make one for me?

New York City, New York

Overheard by: Mollena

Butch lesbian: So…how do blind people wipe their ass?
Fem lesbian: The same way everyone else does. Oh…oh my god, that's gross, Wendy. Most people don't look at it.

Seattle, Washington

Woman eating pizza with friends: So, do you want to go to the hospital? Okay, I'm on my way…I'll be a few minutes though. (hangs up and continues eating)

Louis Pizza
Detroit, Michigan

Student, discussing a character’s problems: It’s like he’s in between a needle and some bread.
Teacher: … Do you mean a rock and a hard place?

English Class, Hazelwood West High School
Florissant, Missouri

Woman in car to friend on phone: Shut up, girl. I ain't got time to listen to you. I gots a bug crawlin' on my arm.

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: That is a problem