Family ties

Girl: You should meet his dad! He's like Don Quixote in a Kafka story.
Guy: Who's father they were talking about…you know…but with a tv.

Sabiá bar, Vila Madalena
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Guy about his brother: His only emotion is glitter.
Friend: That's true of all eight-year-olds.
Guy: No, dude, you don't get it. One. Emotion.

Fairfield, Connecticut

Overheard by: Harry

Gangsta guy: So Brenda had sex with her cousin, but didn't know it was her cousin.
Woman: How do you do that?!

DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

Man to son: Stop talking about vampire bats and focus on your poop.

San Diego, California

Sorority girl, upset: And then her other sister had sex with my sister!

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Overheard by: really curious about the rest of that conversation

Girl to friend: Well, if she's dumb enough to use chloroform to put her baby to sleep, then that's her fault!

Virginia Commonwealth University

Overheard by: tim c

Daughter: Mommy, mommy, that dress makes you look sixteen years younger!
[Later]Daughter: Mommy, if you were stranded in the desert without any water, what would you do?
Mother: [No response].
Daughter: [to little sister] I would eat my own blood.

Old Navy
Promenade Mall, California

Overheard by: Claustrophobic

Little boy: Mom! Look! An ant!
Mother (pulling little boy by the arm): Come on, sweetie, there will be ants at school.

Burlington, Vermont

Teen #1: I could fuck your sister.
Teen #2: Yeah? Well, I could fuck a horse.
Teen #1: No you couldn't.
Teen #2: Why not?
Teen #1: You can't just sneak up on a horse and fuck it in the ass.
Teen #2: I wouldn't sneak up on it, I'd let it know I was there.
Teen #1: You'll get kicked in the face. And you'll die.
Teen #2, quietly: Whatever, dude… Just don't fuck my sister!

New York City, New York

Young man on cell: So there's someone cleaning their floor with the blood of one of their relatives, and it's like…a bit much, you know?

Bus, Denmark Hill
London
England

Overheard by: trying not to turn around