Fears

Preppy girl #1: So the Apocalypse is totally going to happen… It's scary.
Preppy girl #2: Yeah, I know, right?

High School Hall
Ontario
Canadia

Girl #1: So pasta, like, traumatized you?
Girl #2: Yeah, I hate pasta! Pasta ruined my life!

Frary Dining Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, California

High school girl: I've gone to second base with a guy, but have done pretty much everything with a girl. Because penises are scary.

Forest of Fear
Tuxedo, New York

Overheard by: Kaitlen

Suit on the Taipei subway: After I went home that day, I kept thinking about hemorrhoids.

http://talovich.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html#8096816716191692834

Overheard by: Yugan

Four-year-old kid: Everything I touch dies.

Rest Stop
Connecticut

Father holding infant son in glass elevator: Are you scared, sweetie? It must be nice not to have a sense of your own mortality.

Burlington Mall
Burlington, Massachusetts

Student, after class spent 25 minutes arguing answers to midterm: I have a question. Not about this test, but about future tests.
Professor, wearily: I think the final will just be take-home.
Class: Really?
Professor: Whatever.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

60-year-old drunk in bar: The only reason I've never tried being gay is because I'm afraid I might like it.

Sandy Springs, Georgia

Overheard by: Me too…

Trendy girl, extremely serious: But like I am totally scared of mannequins! (pause) Mannequins, and big giraffes. I'm really just scared of all jungle animals in general.

Manhattan, Kansas

Son: I just feel so filthy after I go on the T. Can I please have some hand sanitizer, father?
Father: (silently hands it to son)
Son: Am I being paranoid?
Father: You're not being paranoid, Jonathan, you're being practical.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Laura