As I Told Your Father When I Proposed to Him

Mom to running, laughing child: Stop running! You can have fun when we get home.

Wal-Mart
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Overheard by: shannon

Posted on April 28, 2023
Advice, Default, Kentucky, Moms

He Was Like, “Welcome to Bum Camp!”

Hippie guy: Did you know he built a whole, like, bum encampment out of logs? Two houses, a refrigerator… Well, there was no electricity but he had a refrigerator out there… He even had a guest bed. And it was all clean, with a bible laying on the bed… He took being a bum to a whole new level.

Humboldt State University
Arcata, California

Overheard by: Jenn

Posted on April 27, 2023
California, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Compliments, Default, Guys, Hippies, Questions

This Argument Makes Your Editors So Tired We Must All Take Naps Now

Sorority girl to lit class: So she was all saying that I was totally against feminism if I insisted on shaving my legs. And I said she was totally against feminism if she insisted on being a whore!

University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska

Posted on April 26, 2023
Colleges & Universities, Comebacks, Default, Nebraska, Politics, Sexuality, Shaving, Sorority types

Then Why Are My Hands Silver After Touching It?

Tourist: Is it solid silver?
Salesman: Let me show you. First, do you know how to tell the difference between solid silver and silver plate?
Tourist: No.
Salesman: This is solid silver.

Dodgy Souvenir Shop
Egypt

Posted on April 26, 2023
Africa, Compare and contrast, Customers, Default, Guys, Offers and requests, Questions, Shopping, Stores, Tourists

Thanks, Sharper Image!

Loud girl: And my mother said to me, “Well, I guess you're an adult now, since you have adult sex.” And I was like, “What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” and she was like, “I opened your cupboard.” and I was thinking, “Oh shit!” because I've got a lot of shit in there. I've got porn, I've got a vibrator, a cock ring. I've got things she doesn't even know what to call them!

University of Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Alex Remnick

Posted on April 25, 2023
Age and ageing, Colleges & Universities, Default, Family ties, Girls, Pennsylvania, Porn, Questions, Sex, Toys

Stop Referring to Freshmen That Way!

Professor: And these cultural anthropologists have discovered many different aspects of law in the countries they live in that differ to ours.
(pause)
Older student: Did you know that you can't own pygmies?

The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington

Overheard by: Katie

Posted on April 24, 2023
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Questions, Students, Teachers, Washington, Weirdness

Any of Them Could Win America's Most Smartest Model

Mom to child: Do you know what that is, honey?
Child: No.
Mom: That's a mannequin.
Child (giggling): It doesn't have a head!
Mom: That's right. None of them do!

Iowa City, Iowa