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Chick #1: Ewww!
Chick #2: It wasn’t me! I take responsibility for all of my actions, including farts.

http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2007/06/with-great-power-comes-great.html

Overheard by: martin

Dude: You know, less than half of Snapple facts are true.
Chick: Really? Because I totally cited those in research papers.

College Park, Maryland

20-ish girl, reminiscing: Yeah, one year we deep-fried a turkey… But then the driveway caught on fire.
Friend, laughing: What?! How?!
20-ish girl, distressed: I don’t want to talk about it right now.

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Celessa Dietzel

Professor: We have to accept the fact that there are still individuals in this country who are horribly racist, who have a completely backwards system of beliefs… Now, I call that person ‘Nana,’ but that’s neither here nor there.

University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts

Conductor: The worst thing that you can do in an emergency is to pull the emergency cord. Never pull the emergency cord if it is an emergency!

Boston subway
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: daily commuter

Brunette #1, breaking silence: I hate brooms.
Brunette #2: Me, too.
Rest of group: … What?!

Cactus Club, Yaletown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canadia

Mother at market stall: But he’s only got one good pair of shoes, and the police have taken them as evidence…

Guildford
Surrey
UK

Overheard by: Ike

Grandpa to grandson: … And no one but nobody can be a young leader if they crack their knuckles!

Washington, DC

Guy at dinner: Yeah, we figured we’d just have a low key night with just a few beers and some margaritas, but then Ann* was like, ‘Wow, I haven’t had any liquor in two months!’ so the next thing you know, we’re dropping 60 bucks at the liquor store, then the backyard porch swing’s on fire… It was a pretty fun night.

Arlington, Virginia

Woman on cell: Bitch, I’m on the train. No, I ain’t ridin’ the bus! Have you seen the buses in this city?! Girl I wouldn’t get on the bus if fucking Harriet Tubman herself was waving a damn flashlight telling me, ‘All clear’!

On the Red Line
Chicago, Illinois