Geography

Professor: And, as you know, Sweden has the strictest rape laws in America.

UCLA, California

Thug in shadows: But when you pee on a rock it bounces back at you!

Ridgewood, New Jersey

Cashier: If it weren't for fat asses and sexy feet, I'd get out of the South and move back to New York.

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Overheard by: Nick

Girl on cell: They had Greenland and Iceland on the test. (pause) Yeah, apparently they're two different things. (pause) I dunno, Greenland is the cold one, or something. (pause) Yeah, I think it was unfair, too.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Ginger

Patron #1: Yeah, but everything's different in Hawaii. You can't even buy land there unless you were born there.
Patron #2: Actually, you can.
Patron #1: Yeah, but all their laws are different than ours.
Patron #2: You know that Hawaii is a state, right?

Starbucks
California

Clueless teen girl: I didn't know that New Mexico was a state, I thought it was a country!
Ditzy blonde: Ohmygod! No way!
Clueless teen girl: Yeah, I know! And did you know that “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “The Alphabet Song” are the same?!
Ditzy blonde: No fucking way!

High School
Wisconsin

Overheard by: Genius

Female barista: He's going to Tel Aviv or something. I don't even know where that is.
Male barista: Tel Aviv?
Female barista: Yeah, it's like in Egypt or something, I think.
Male barista: Oh, wait, no, that's the tv station.
Female barista: What?
Male barista: Yeah, it's like their version of the BBC.

Starbucks
Orinda, California

Cute girl #1: Who's Hattie?
Cute girl #2: What?
Cute girl #1: Why do we have to help her?
Cute girl #2: You mean Haiti?
Cute girl #1: Yes, who is she?
Cute girl #2: You're so cute!

Dural
Australia

Overheard by: Hatter

American girl: Are you British?
Irish girl: No, I'm Irish.
American girl: Ew! Does that mean you eat haggis?
Irish girl, peevishly: No, haggis is Scottish.
American girl: Ohhh! Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you!
Irish girl: The implication that I'm Scottish isn't what offends me about this conversation.

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: T

Girl #1: What's the name of that city in Belgium where all the stuff happens?
Girl #2: Portugal?

Umea
Sweden

Overheard by: Johanna