Respectable, middle‐aged woman: I have considered becoming an alcoholic.
Devon
England
Overheard by: Jess
Respectable, middle‐aged woman: I have considered becoming an alcoholic.
Devon
England
Overheard by: Jess
Normal, fairly cute boy: Excuse me.
Normal, fairly cute girl: Yes? (stops walking)
Normal, fairly cute boy: Are you interested in any global issues? Aids, the environment, human rights?
Normal, fairly cute girl: Honestly, no. (walks away)
Normal, fairly cute boy: Oh. (looks really confused and a little crushed)
Outside Library
University of York
England
Overheard by: Even I thought it was a bit harsh!
Guy #1: Yeah, me and that guy have had a total communication breakdown…like, he was talking to me about tin foil! I dunno.
Guy #2, after a pause: Yeah, we should get some lottery tickets.
Exeter
England
Chick: … So then I started exfoliating my nipples every morning…
London
England
Overheard by: gin
Teenage girl on cell: I’m not saying that I want to be famous, I know not everyone can be famous, I’m just saying that’s the one thing I’ve always, like, aspired to, just a beautiful connection.
Huddersfield
England
Teenage girl on cell: I don’t get on with him at all…we’re just like bread and butter.
London
England
Overheard by: Steve Elliott
Drunk gay guy in pub garden, at top of voice: So I got hepatitis c when I was fisting this guy… There was blood everywhere.
Leamington Spa
England
Overheard by: Bleep
Friend #1: We should all say something about ourselves. One thing good and one thing bad.
Friend #2: What about you?
Friend #1: Well, I have a good sense of humor. And I guess something bad would be that the other day, I slept with some person because I didn’t have a place to stay, but in the morning, I’d forgotten his name…so when he went out his room I had to search through it to find some kind of identity card of his so I could pretend I knew it all along. His name was Richard.
Pub
London Bridge
England
Film studies professor: Until the 1970s, no one realized that the world was divided into men and women.
Birmingham University
England
