Geography

Guy walking by the main library: … And we could have, like, a Moroccan sex room, with pillows and draperies!
Male friend: Right on!

University of Toronto
Canadia

50-something woman #1: I think he has that Marco Polo thing.
50-something woman #2: What?
50-something woman #1: You know, when someone is like, really depressed one minute then really happy the next.
50-something woman #2: Do you mean bipolar disorder?
50-something woman #1: Yeah that's the one.

Liverpool
England

Guy talking about Belgium: They probably would not speak weasel with their Flemish brothers.

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: i think i missed something

Guy on cell: My mom's husband is my dad's wife's ex-husband. Now you know why I live in Seattle–as far away as I can get on the continental US.

Bank of America
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Thinking holidays must be rough

Hippie: Yeah, John saw things that nobody should see.
Chic woman: Dude! We all did! Your house was seriously gross!
Hippie: Uh, I meant when he was in the war in Iraq…

Nashville, Tennessee

Hopeful tourist to hotel employee: We came to see kangaroos in their natural habitat, which way is the outback?

Hotel Front Desk
Vienna
Austria

Overheard by: flamingriver

Professor: China's a sausage fest.

Murray State University
Kentucky

Girl: So I booked my cruise and my trip to Florida in the same week. People who aren't Jewish don't understand that going to Florida is not a luxury anymore.

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Overheard by: second cup

Man: Of course, back in the '70s, we didn't have China.

Chino, California

Middle aged gay man on cell: Mother, stop making excuses. You chose to live in a government hellhole named Canada. You could have gone somewhere like Detroit, but nooooo…

Starbucks
Los Angeles, California