Guy in restaurant to female companion: Of course, this is coming from a guy who eats potpourri…
Central Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio
Satisfied customer: They had bacon I would drop-kick a nun for.
Maggie’s
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
20-ish girl, reminiscing: Yeah, one year we deep-fried a turkey… But then the driveway caught on fire.
Friend, laughing: What?! How?!
20-ish girl, distressed: I don’t want to talk about it right now.
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Celessa Dietzel
Chick: So… You know when you were little and you used to leave beer and cookies for Santa?
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California
Overheard by: the governor
Dining hall employee: We started doing tofu because a lot of people don’t eat meat anymore.
Chick: I love meat.
Russell Sage College
Troy, New York
Girl #1: Ew, this sushi is like jizz! Here, eat some so I’m not the only one.
Girl #2: No.
Girl #1: Come on, put it in your mouth. Just taste it. Just a little bit. I don’t want to be the only one!
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2007/05/01/you-dont-even-want-to-try-the-terriyaki/
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Boy: I wish everything in the world was made of chocolate.
Grandfather: That would sure be interesting!
Boy: Yeah. Then I could eat my brother…
Waterford, Michigan
Overheard by: Gary Lewis
Professor: Has anyone ever eaten anything that made them sick, and now they have an aversion to it? [A few students reply.] Yeah, I think it happens to everyone… Like for me, it’s those small, white powdered doughnuts. I just can’t eat them anymore — they taste furry now, and the thought of something furry in my mouth makes me gag. [Pause.] I think I’ve said too much.
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Overheard by: well, now I’m jsut curious…
Reformed health nut: If I were to eat a stick of butter, I’d roll it in salt.
http://overheardlines.blogspot.com/2007/04/man-with-plan-not-good-one-but-plan.html
Overheard by: tim