Little girl: You don’t like me!
Mother: If I didn’t like you, I’d throw you in the dumpster.
North Branford, Connecticut
Little girl: You don’t like me!
Mother: If I didn’t like you, I’d throw you in the dumpster.
North Branford, Connecticut
Cheerful student: Cheer up! It's going to be okay.
Glum professor: Says who? You?
Cheerful student: Yes!
Glum professor: But you don't know anything.
Cheerful student: True!
UC Berkeley School of Journalism
California
Boyfriend: Remember when you used to love me?
Girlfriend: Yeah…
Boyfriend: That was nice.
Mall
Biloxi, Mississippi
Overheard by: good times
20-something hippie blonde: What can I say? I love humping people!
Tenley Town
Washington, DC
Poetry girl: I've been so depressed all weekend.
Poetry guy: Well, why have you been so depressed?
Poetry girl: I wrote this poem about divorce, so I was thinking about divorce all weekend, and it just made me so depressed.
(long pause)
Poetry girl, loudly: Can you tell me about the human condition? I mean, can you really tell me about the human condition?
George Mason University
Fairfax County, Virginia
Overheard by: The Bu
Teen girl #1: Hey, you know the chubby girl in chorus, right?
Teen girl #2: Elizabeth?
Teen girl #1: No, I’m talking about the whale.
(teen girl #1 makes elephant noises)
Teen girl #2: The one that laughs like a jackal?
Teen girl #1: Yeah, her!
Teen girl #2: Oh my god, I love her.
Teen girl #1: Me too! She’s great…
Tallahassee, Florida
Overheard by: Drama Eavesdropper
Girl: Ever since I started making an effort to look good for school, I've felt so good about myself. Now, people are calling me! (pause) For sex.
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2008/11/25/hi-is-this-cindy-yeah-im-in-your-math-class-wanna-fuck/
Overheard by: Sherbrooke
Soccer mom who was just given champagne by lady doing her nails: This is my first drink in ten months! Oh my god, I'm buying some of this on my way home!
Nail Salon
Cumming, Georgia
Overheard by: Caylin
Dad: Oh, the menu says they have fish tacos. Have you ever had a fish taco? I've never had a fish taco.
Mom: No, I haven't. I don't think I'm going to get a fish taco.
Young daughter (under her breath): Fish tacos make me think bad things.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Overheard by: they make me think bad things too
