Food

Lady in coffee shop: So then he went to the Parkinson's Society conference and served soup.

Vancouver
Canadia

Substitute teacher to class: I have a theory that everything in the world is derived from grilled cheese sandwiches.
Student: What about things made out of meat? You know, like animals and people?
Substitute teacher: That's where my theory ends.

High School, Missouri

Overheard by: can's wait to graduate

Woman on BlackBerry: So what's cream cheese again?

Australia

Browser #1: They only eat dead flesh. They only eat dead flesh! They only eat dead flesh!
Browser #2: What are you talking about?
Browser #1: They only eat dead flesh — y’know, maggots — and I found them in my garbage can and they only eat dead flesh. They only eat dead flesh, y’know?

Flea market
Kentucky

Tanorexic blonde on date: So basically the fucking doctor told me that my cervix is fucked up.
Uncomfortable-looking date: Right…
Tanorexic blonde on date: Yeah. Cunt told me that it'd be like pushing a baby through a toothpaste tube. I gotta go get it widened or some shit like that. Or that thing where they cut you open…
Uncomfortable-looking date: A caesarian?
Tanorexic blonde on date: Yeah. That's it. Baby kebab.

Leamington Spa
England

Wise eight-year-old boy to brother: Getting a girlfriend is the easy part. But you have to know how to keep them.
Attentive six-year-old: How do you get them to stay?
Wise eight-year-old: You have to find out what kind of food they like to eat. And give them a plastic unicorn.

Nature Park
Tampa, Florida

Mother to toddler son, looking at cheese display: Look, charlie, Gruyere! Can you say “Gruyere”?

Whole Foods
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: GruyereLover

Mid-20s girl: So, I’ve been a vegetarian for about six years now and I’m trying to phase out all animal products.
Mid-40s woman: Oh, I could never be a vegetarian, I’d die. I like my potatoes too much.
Mid-20s girl: Umm… Potatoes are vegetables.
Mid-40s woman: Yeah, I guess you’re right. But I mean like peas and stuff.

Kokomo, Indiana

Overheard by: Justin

Girl: Mom, you have to buy me a book.
Mom: I just bought you beef jerky!

Escondido, California

Overheard by: Ciara & Eric

Girl #1: He keeps calling me a slut whenever I see him, and I'm like “what the hell?”, you know?
Girl #2: You should say something back.
Girl #1: Yeah, but I don't know what.
Girl #2: Oh! Let me help you, I'm good with comebacks! You should say, “well, at least I… (long pause) …look like a cookie.”

High School Bathroom
Las Vegas, Nevada

Overheard by: Meghan