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Middle-aged African American bus driver: So what if she is? I wear heels and I'm 5′8″. I wear them to church.
Prim-looking Caucasian female passenger: Oh, but at least at church you're sitting down.
Middle-aged African American bus driver: Oh no, honey. I'm up singing and dancing. I go to a black church. We get our praise on.
Prim-looking Caucasian female passenger (after uncomfortable pause): That sounds fun.

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Overheard by: yes it does

Girl #1: Did you have to take a test in high school to prove that you weren't retarded?
Girl #2: Uh, no.
Girl #1: Oh…I did.

Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadia

Overheard by: JSW

20-something hippie blonde: What can I say? I love humping people!

Tenley Town
Washington, DC

Random guy, outside bank: I don’t get it! It’s like they’re spending their money on Spice Girls tickets instead of drugs!

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Overheard by: irina

Girl on phone: She kept it. She didn't even donate it to Locks of Love, in case she ever goes bald.

UC
Santa Cruz, California

Overheard by: Tom

Girl to friend: Where have you been? I haven't seen you for almost nine months!
Friend: I've been in Mexico.
Girl: Why?
Friend: Think about it…

Westwood, California

College girl: Can I have one ticket for the midnight train, going anywhere?
Ticket vendor: (blank stare)
College girl: Not so funny out loud as it is in my head, huh? One ticket to Rome, please!

Amtrak Station
Buffalo-Depew, New York

Girl reporting on date the night before: So I was good and kept my clothes on and got home at 10 am.
Guy: Wait, wait! 10 am? Don't you mean 10 pm?
Girl: Oh yeah! Sorry, force of habit!

Brunswick
Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Ed Klein

Poetry girl: I've been so depressed all weekend.
Poetry guy: Well, why have you been so depressed?
Poetry girl: I wrote this poem about divorce, so I was thinking about divorce all weekend, and it just made me so depressed.
(long pause)
Poetry girl, loudly: Can you tell me about the human condition? I mean, can you really tell me about the human condition?

George Mason University
Fairfax County, Virginia

Overheard by: The Bu

American Government professor: And our second candidate for class president was born to a military family in 1990, which almost makes me sick to my stomach when I think about what I was doing in 1990. See, you could be my baby!

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama