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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

Pretty girl: So, do you like anyone right now?
Serious guy: Eva Mendes, but she lives far away.
Pretty girl: She's hairy.
Serious guy: Yeah, I kinda noticed that.
Pretty girl (in acknowledgment): Yeah.
Serious guy (in agreement): Yeah.

El Paso, Texas

Guy #1: So yeah, you can get in the water with them but you can’t touch the manatees unless they swim up to you.
Guy #2: Sort of like a strip club.

Bar
Kansas City, Missouri

Overheard by: Matt

Guy: It’s a pity there isn’t a commercial nuclear submarine sector, or I would do that.

Oxford
UK

Three-year-old boy (enthusiastically): When I get home, I’m going to shoot someone!
Sunday school teacher: I don’t think you should do that.
Three-year-old boy: With a squirt gun!
Sunday school teacher: Oh, good.
Three-year-old boy: And a machine gun!

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Overheard by: wayzata