Molly Ringwald Was the Mandy Moore Of Her Day

Hipster girl to friend, looking at DVDs: Hey, you know my friend Stephanie, whose boyfriend I made out with, Corey? His favorite movie was A Walk to Remember. He admitted it and everything.
Hipster friend, touching hipster friend's head: You have a really soft scalp.
Hipster girl: That means I'll never lose my hair. Oh! The Breakfast Club!

Edgewood Target
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: I didn't make out with him

Posted on April 3, 2009
Body parts, Default, Friends, Georgia, Girls, Hair, Hipsters, Movies, Questions, Relationships

Unsociable Wankers, the British

Blonde American student: For some reason, when I get high I get paranoid that everyone around me is jerking off!

University of London
England

Overheard by: The Friend

Posted on April 3, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Default, Drugs, England, Feelings, Masturbation, Students, Weirdness

How The Wizard Of Oz Became a Navy Training Film: Explained

Midshipman: It's midgets, sir.
Skeptical lieutenant: Is it like albino midgets or something?
Midshipman: No, sir, regular midgets.
Skeptical lieutenant: Oh well…okay, then.

NROTC Classroom
Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on April 3, 2009
Class, Compare and contrast, Default, Georgia, Guys, Questions, Words

Whatever Happened to a Good Old-Fashioned Accidental Pregnancy?

Rich girl: After 25 you might as well just die. If I'm not married by the time I'm 25, I'm having a boob job, a nose job and a face lift.

Leeds
England

Posted on April 3, 2009
Age and ageing, Body parts, Death & dying, Default, England, Girls

I Think You Left It on the Holodeck

Tall brunette: Hey…have you seen my portable soup transporter?
Short blonde (in disbelief): You mean a cup?
Tall brunette: Yeah…that.

Lower Hutt
New Zealand

Overheard by: Seriously worried

Posted on April 3, 2009
Default, Drinking & drunks, Girls, New Zealand, Questions, Weirdness

You Can See They Have Separate but Equal Cages

Zookeeper: We have three types of penguins: Humboldt, Emperor, and Macaroni.
Small child watching zookeeper: Are there African American penguins?
Zookeeper, clearly flustered: Er…well…there are penguins from many countries and continents…

Milwaukee County Zoo
Wisconsin

Overheard by: Not a penguin racist

Posted on April 2, 2009
Birds, Default, Employees, Geography, Kids, Questions, Race, Tourist attractions, Wisconsin

To the Maximum Extent Practicable

20-something to friend: How much next are you?

Wal-Mart
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Posted on April 2, 2009
Alabama, Compare and contrast, Default, Friends, Questions, Stores, Weirdness

And Don't Let Windows Hit You on the Way Out

Lecturer: You just want to drag and drop this, like you would with your lover the next morning.

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Christchurch
New Zealand

Overheard by: I wish I took this class…

Posted on April 2, 2009
Compare and contrast, Default, New Zealand, Relationships, Religious fanatics, Weirdness

Those Lean Cuisine Commercials Have Rocked Our Society to the Core

Girl #1: You know, thanks for listening to my problems. I know you've got a lot of your own, and they're totally worse than mine.
Girl #2: Dude! My problems are like…I had really crappy Chinese for dinner four hours ago shit. Your problems are just like, you had chicken and a salad for dinner last night shit. It's totally cool.

East Tennessee

Overheard by: yeah? well i had lasagna for dinner.

Posted on April 2, 2009
Birds, Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Girls, Gripes, Tennessee

The Back Of the Shelves?

Black student: Where's the ethnic section?
White librarian: The what?
Black student: The ethnic section…you know, where all the books by black people are.
White librarian: We don't have an ethnic section, dear. You'll have to browse the shelves.

Longview College, Missouri

Overheard by: Sarah

Posted on April 2, 2009
Black people, Books, Colleges & Universities, Default, Missouri, Offers and requests, Questions, Race, Students

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