Flea market lady: I don’t see the big deal about sanitation these days.
Older flea market lady: I know. The other day at work I dropped a cookie on the floor, then picked it up and ate it. You know, just to see what people would do.
Flea Market
Burley Park, Michigan
Overheard by: Amanda
Loud, livid woman barging through the crowd, completely serious: Move it! Get out of my way, I have to make pizza for Patrick Swayze!
Farmers Market
Culver City, California
Overheard by: Anon Y. Mouse
Guy #1: I love getting Lisa* Taco Bell.
Guy #2: Why’s that?
Guy #1: It’s gonna get her fat! I’m going to get extra sour cream and she’s going to be all like: “Damn, this is delicious!” Meanwhile, she’ll be getting fat.
Kangaroo
Gainesville, Florida
American guy: So, how do you like the states?
British guy: You know, I’ve yet to try a Twinkie.
American guy: Really?
British guy: Yeah, or a Ding Dong… Are those similar?
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: twinkie lover
Professor: Society, chocolate pudding, and cars. All complex phenomena.
Oberlin, Ohio
Overheard by: secret Spy
Frustrated professor: I wanted to go back and eat my own flesh.
Portland, Oregon
Five-year-old to father: Yay! We're going to the bridge of pies!
Near “Bridge of Sighs”
Oxford
England
Homeless man approaching peach stand: Peaches, what’s they job? [Silence from passersby.] They job, what’s they job?
Befuddled white preppy #1: Well, I think they have potassium…
Homeless man: But what’s they job?
Befuddled white preppy #2: The color probably means they have beta carotene…
Homeless man: Peaches, what’s they job?
Farmer’s market, Union Square
New York, New York
Overheard by: I don’t know, either
Brunette on cell: Bacon may be a powerful motivator, but…
Public library
Appleton, Wisconsin
Dude #1: Did you see the gash on his forehead?
Chick: Oh my god, there’s another fight going on!
Dude #2: Oh, look! The lunch line is short!
Glen A. Wilson High School
Hacienda Heights, California
