Food

Teenage girl: I'm pretty sure dead people don't have to eat.

Rumson, New Jersey

Professor: And that's why caffeine is my drug of choice. (awkward pause) So who here had some caffeine today?

University of Rochester, New York

Gray-haired lady: It smells like tacos in here.
Older blue-haired lady, gesturing toward Latino family several feet away: I think it's those people over there.

Metropolitan Airport
Detroit, Michigan

Old woman to daughter: And now she's got no money cause she blew it all on muffins.

Supermarket
Sydney

Overheard by: Anny

20-something chick, gravely: I'm having severe intrusive thoughts about buying a medium popcorn.
Friend: So go buy a popcorn.
20-something chick, gravely: No, you don't get it. I'm serious.

Vancouver
Canadia

Girl to two people fighting in buffet line: Come on, you guys! Chill out, we're in the presence of food!

Las Vegas, Nevada

Overheard by: Brit~ta~nee

Professor, at 8 am: If coffee doesn't work, drink RedBull. But if that doesn't work, I suggest amphetamines or heroin.

Class, SUNY
Purchase, New York

Overheard by: Jessica

Daddy: If you don't eat…
Three-year-old boy: You'll hit my butt? I like it when you hit my butt, it feels good on my super wee-wee!

Chick-fil-A
Columbia, South Carolina

Overheard by: Carrie

20-something girl to friend: You should totally eat some meat. Maybe you'll get the meat sweats.

Wedding
Redlands, California

Overheard by: Ruben

College girl in workout gear: No, I don't really like to eat. I mean, I don't really like food. I just have to eat it, you know?
College friend: Yeah, I know what you mean. Sometimes I think, you know I could just live off of Gatorade or orange juice or something. You get the same nutrients and stuff from that anyway.
College girl in workout gear: Yeeeeah. Exactly.

Bus
Seattle, Washington