Metro guy to friend: And in the bathroom, under the sink, we have eye clippers…
Mall
San Diego, California
Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category
Guess Which One Grew Up with Maids
Girl #1: So, yeah, I was just going to set the hoover to suck, and use that.
Girl #2: Do hoovers suck?
Oxford
England
Gonna Show Your Work?
Professor: So, what is the meatiest calculator out there?
Student: TI-89!
Professor: So, what can the TI-89 do?
Student: Calculus!
Professor: Holy shit! Integral calculus! I didn’t know they could do that these days. Well, I’m gonna clutch my genitals and go hide in the corner!
http://www.overheardatumbc.com
And Difficult-to-Pronounce Furniture?
Professor, exasperated: Don’t you guys know anything about education in Sweden? Or anything about Sweden at all?
Physical education major: Yeah, that’s where we get those Swiss Army knives.
Education Class
Ohio State University
Overheard by: i can’t believe these people are going to be teachers…
Her IPhone Cover Looks an Awful Lot Like a Klan Hood
Teen girl: What a bitch! Like seriously, why can’t I buy an iPhone cover for my BlackBerry?
Friend: I bet she was being racist.
Toronto
Canadia
It’s Both My Greatest Joy and My Secret Shame
Babe: Don’t look to me to be the voice of reason: I own roller skates!
Newtown
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: smu
The Right Tool for the Job, and So Forth
Roller girl: So you either need a lesbian or a bearing press.
Yonkers, New York
Did You Buy the Catastrophic Event Warranty?
Woman: Excuse me, my phone doesn’t work. What should I do?
Salesman: What happened to your phone?
Woman: Well, my two year old son poured chocolate syrup on it, so I soaked it in the sink with dish soap to get it off.
http://overheardinlakecounty.blogspot.com/2006/07/dawn-tough-on-grease-safe-on-hands.html/
…And Be Granted Three Wishes.
Guy to girl: If I had an iPhone I wouldn’t need a girlfriend, I would just rub that…
Valparaiso University
Indiana
Overheard by: Rachel Kaiser
No One Expects Me to Understand Technology
Old Midwestern lady #1: All these kids bringing their videos games everywhere!
Old Midwestern lady #2: It’s depressing! My son-in-law brings his laptop everywhere. Always on the internet.
Old Midwestern lady #1: Is he using one of those blueberries? Or blackpods?
Old Midwestern lady #2: I don’t know, I’m just glad I’m old.
Newark, New Jersey
Overheard by: thankfully on a different flight
