Teen girl: Well, I had to stop eating soap, but I’m sure I’ll be fine anyways!
Madison, Wisconsin
Teen girl: Well, I had to stop eating soap, but I’m sure I’ll be fine anyways!
Madison, Wisconsin
Irritated mother: Well, maybe he got such bad grades because he was drunk while he was doing his homework!
Guelph, Ontario
Canadia
Professor, on possible Nazi allusions in animation: Well, it was a German film, and any time you hear German muttering, it’s harsh words and armbands.
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island
Overheard by: Sandro
Asian student on cell: Yeah, yeah. He know her long time. Yeah, uh-huh. Yeah. She better than stripper.
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Man: She was that lesbian — the one who wanted to have a three-way and told me I could watch.
Three Allen Center
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: B_tay
Woman: Do you remember topless movie night?
Man: No. First I’ve heard of this.
Woman, shocked: It was at your apartment!
Denny’s restaurant
East Greenbush, New York
Overheard by: conrad jones
Dude #1: Dude, have you ever, y’know, worked with slop?
Dude #2: Yeah, I’ve done it.
Dude #1: No, seriously, dude — you’ve never been there… with the trough…
Dude #2: Dude, I totally have too done it.
Dude #1: When?
Dude #2: I dunno, man, but I’ve done it.
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/12/big-honking-update.html
Overheard by: florack
Chick: So, how is the roommate situation?
Dude: It’s annoying that she is drunk all of the time. She keeps locking herself out or bringing home random guys.
Chick: Amazing that she still finds the time to be a preschool teacher.
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: state worker
Young blonde on cell: Dad, there’s no butchers on Oxford Street. It’s all gay bars and kebab shops.
Sydney
Australia
Dad: When I came in it smelled really great, but it actually tasted really disgusting.
Daughter: Same with poop.
Arizona