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
Ticket collector: The bus is now here. Anyone going to Camden, Malden, or Newark, please step forward.
Custodian: Come on, step forward. You don’t gotta be embarrassed if you’re going to Newark.
Greyhound Station
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Guy: You gotta watch out for the Italian Air Force, dude. They’ve got, like, hang-gliders, and guys who throw rocks.
University of Maryland, College Park
Maryland
Overheard by: Sara
Chick to group preparing to light vodka on fire: How many times has setting alcohol on fire gone horribly wrong for us?
Guy: You’re right. That said, who has a camera?
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia
Dude: I don’t like watching anything set from the olden days. You know, like Bridget Jones’ Diary… Or anything British.
Blockbuster
California
Overheard by: Define olden days
Male fashionista: Deepness is just a less shallow superficiality.
São Paulo
Brazil
Overheard by: paparazzi
Little girl: I’ll tell you what my daddy looks like. He has eyeglasses and he’s a woman.
Car dealer
Midwest City, Oklahoma
Overheard by: Reiza
Flight attendant to another: I don’t mean to alarm you, but last night I went into cardiac arrest.
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Hoochie: I would never get my clit pierced there.
O’Bannon’s Bar
College Station, Texas
