And We Both Need to Take It Easier on White People

Asian #1: So do you guys eat a lot of Mongolian beef and shit?
Asian #2: Dude! I'm Korean!
(later)
Asian #2: Do you understand everything in those anime movies?
Asian #1: I'm not Japanese! Now I don't feel so bad.

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on November 16, 2008
Asians, Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Food, Geography, Questions

We'll Have Italian When We Go to Ghana

Tourist #1: Do you think we should eat Mexican or Italian?
Tourist #2: Mexican is indigenous to the culture of Puerto Rico. Let's eat that…

San Juan
Puerto Rico

Posted on November 14, 2008
Central America, Default, Food, Geography, Questions, Stupidity

At the Family Therapist's, She'll Swear That Was a Term of Endearment

Hyperactive four-year-old: I want ice cream! I want ice cream!
Frumpy mother: Go away, my hair is going to fall all over you.
Hyperactive four-year-old: I don't care! I want ice cream! I'm taking your purse!
Frumpy mother: Ryan, if you touch my purse, I'm spanking you! Now go away, you're annoying me!
Hyperactive four-year-old: No, I'm not, are you kidding me?
Frumpy mother (mumbling): You little rodent.
Hyperactive four-year-old: I am not!

Hair Salon
Cumming, Georgira

Overheard by: Caylin

Posted on November 14, 2008
Default, Food, Georgia, Moms, Offers and requests, Should have used a condom, Threats, Wishes

It's Said Such Hardship Makes One Stronger

Sorority girl: Yeah, there is no bread at the house, so I had to make my sandwich on a bun… a bun. (closes and blinks eyes slowly)

overheardatnu.blogspot.com

Posted on October 29, 2008
Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Girls, Overheard at Northwestern, Sorority types

I'm a Strong Proponent of Laissez-Éclair Ideology

Professor: So where else could the US get money for the $700 billion dollar economic bailout other than the American taxpayers?
Student: I think that they should have a bake sale!

Meredith College
Raleigh, North Carolina

Overheard by: Jen

Posted on October 25, 2008
Advice, Colleges & Universities, Default, Food, Money, North Carolina, Politics, Questions, Students, Teachers

When Spies Go on Dates

Man coming out of Tibetan restaurant: But I saw the rabbit!
Woman: No, the rabbit is dead. I promise you, the rabbit is dead.

Boulevard de Magenta
Paris, France

Overheard by: Texpat

Posted on October 14, 2008
Animals, Death & dying, Default, Fears, Food, France, Guys, Women

The One It Was So Easy It Was a Piece Of?

Guy to girlfriend: And after that, I was just done. It took the icing on the cake…or whatever.
Girlfriend: What cake?

Aloha Highschool
Oregon

Posted on October 10, 2008
Couples, Default, Food, Girls, Guys, Oregon, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High]

Being Raised by the Buddha Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be

Five-year-old: Daddy, I want ice cream.
Father: How does it feel to want something?

Vermont

Posted on October 10, 2008
Dads, Default, Feelings, Food, Kids, Questions, Vermont, Weirdness, Wishes

…If I Get Some Flan

Six-year-old boy: I want flan. I want flan, mom. I want flan. I've never tried it before. Can we get flan?
Mother: Okay, you need to stop being so annoying.
Six-year-old boy: Maybe.

Supermarket
Northampton, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Adrienne

Posted on October 8, 2008
Default, Food, Guys, Kids, Massachusetts, Moms, Offers and requests, Should have used a condom, Stores, Wishes

The Pepperoni Phantom Soon Surpassed the Tooth Fairy in Popularity

Punk teen girl to friend: So I was like, “Woah, dude! Who are you? You're awesome!” Because none of us knew him, he just came over and set a pizza down in front of us!

Calgary, Alberta
Canadia

Overheard by: um…are you sure he wasn't the waiter?

Posted on October 6, 2008
Canadia, Compliments, Food, Friends, Girls, Punks, Questions, Teens, Weirdness

Food