Only Sweet, Sweet Kisses

60-year-old woman, spotting a friend walking towards her: Oh, fancy seeing you here!
Friend: How nice to see you! But no hugs below the waist this time.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/455563423/its-getting-harder-to-explain.html

Overheard by: curious.

Posted on January 18, 2009
Compare and contrast, Compliments, Default, Feelings, Friends, Old folks, Overheard in Minneapolis, Weirdness, Women

Fuck It, You Know What? I Did

Guy on cell: Did they sell their house? (pause) Ohhh, they couldn't sell the house! (pause) Yeah…that makes sense! Ain't nobody can't get credit now, ho! (pause) Wait, I didn't mean to call you a ho, grandma.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/

Posted on January 18, 2009
Default, Family ties, Guys, Insults, Other sites, Questions

Survivor Finally Jumps the Shark.

Indie girl to friend: And then, as revenge, Jess urinated in her Nutella jar.

Train
Wollongong
Australia

Posted on January 18, 2009
Australia, Default, Feelings, Girls, Names, Pee, Train, Weirdness

I'm All About Buster Brown Collars

Gay professor: Yeah, so running through these questions should go a little more smoothly this time around. I looked around for what was causing it to go so slow last time, and I realized that there are disadvantages to letting your 14-year-old take your laptop to Tahoe for the weekend. I mean, really–how much lesbian porn can three teenage boys download? (class laughs) So, uh. If anything pops up, you know who to blame. I mean, it certainly isn't my secret fetish.

San Francisco State University, California

Overheard by: It isn't mine, either.

Posted on January 17, 2009
California, Colleges & Universities, Default, Gays, Porn, Questions, Sexuality, Teachers, Technology, Weirdness

And Trust in Covalent Bondage

Chemistry professor: A good chemist feels what his molecules are going through. A good chemist can relate to his molecules.

Macalester College
St Paul, Minnesota

Overheard by: Mac

Posted on January 17, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Default, Feelings, Minnesota, Science, Teachers, Weirdness

…While Describing It to Me in Slow, Sultry Terms.

Older woman on phone: There are two dogs having relations on my front yard.
Chief of police: Well, hose them down.

Felton, Delaware

Overheard by: oh dear.

Posted on January 16, 2009
Animals, Cops, Default, Delaware, Old folks, Sex, Violence, Women

The Title Of Ann Coulter's New Memoir

Hot 21-year-old: Do I look fat in this?
Hot friend: Are you delusional?
Hot 21-year-old: Yay!
Hot friend: Being delusional isn't a good thing.
Hot 21-year-old: I'd rather be delusional then fat!

Rose Bay
Australia

Overheard by: Abbey

Posted on January 16, 2009
Australia, Compare and contrast, Default, Friends, Health & Hygiene, Questions, Stupidity

How You Know It's Time for a Vacation

Waitress: That comes with a side salad.
Woman at booth: I'll have a salad with ranch.
(10 minutes later)
Woman at booth: What is this?
Waitress: Your salad?
Woman at booth, loudly sobbing: I ordered a Caesar salad!
Waitress, at the top of her lungs: We have other salads! We have other salads! They are in the fridge!

Restaurant
Boardman, Ohio

Posted on January 15, 2009
Default, Employees, Food, Names, Ohio, Questions, Restaurants, Women

…Since You Refuse to Watch Fox News

Woman on library's computer to son: Get away from the books and sign up for a computer. That's the only way you're goin' to learn!

Hawthorne Library
Hawthorne, California

Overheard by: Scott A. Willis

Posted on January 14, 2009
Advice, California, Default, Education, Technology, Women

Nice Recovery, Boyo

Six-year-old child to teacher, upon seeing her new haircut for the first time: What's wrong with your hair?
Teacher: What do you mean “what's wrong with my hair”?
Child (with eyes downcast): It just looks so beautiful.
Teacher: Well, thank you.

New Westminster
BC
Canadia

Posted on January 14, 2009
Canadia, Compare and contrast, Compliments, Default, Hair, Kids, Questions, Teachers

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