Gossip

Lab-mate #1, looking at pictures: Wouldn’t that be great if it really existed?
Lab-mate #2: Definitely.
Lab-mate #1: Then people could say, ‘Where you going?’ and I’d say, ‘I’m going to Pussy Mountain.’

Boston, Massachusetts

Woman: So then he said either I have to quit smoking, or I have to have a baby.

Outback Steakhouse
Leominster, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Amycakes

Chick: Well, I was going to rub the peanut butter all over Maureen*, but that didn’t happen, so…

Gateway High School
Colorado

Overheard by: Pilbur

Dude: It’s apropos that she gestated in a FEMA trailer.

State College, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: marsupial jones

Young mom, looking disgusted at a paparazzi photo of Pamela Anderson: That’s disgusting.
Four-year-old son: What?
Young mom: Honey, what’s wrong with this picture?
Four-year-old son: I can see her penis.

Bowling Alley
Indiana

Overheard by: Aunt Oblivious

Six-year-old: My dad took me to this music festival. It was just a bunch of guys in the woods banging drums and making litter.

http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/07/and.html

Overheard by: litter machine

Woman: She’s 12 and she’s already having candlelight dinners!

http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/04/she_should_enjoy_them_while_th.html

Overheard by: girl in scrubs

Bimbette #1: What’s up with Katie?
Bimbette #2: She’s an emu. Emus cut themselves.

http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/06/she_would_if_she_could.html

Guy: My sister and I are twins, but I was born first.
Woman #1: Do you mean you just came out first?
Guy: Well, see, what happened was I am two years older than my sister. [Everyone stares at each other.]Woman #2: … So you and your sister are twins, but she is two years younger?
Guy: Oh, wait, I’m getting confused with another family story. I am two years older than my sister, but I’m pretty sure we’re not twins, either.

900 West Valley Road
Wayne, Pennsylvania

Nine-year-old: Logan almost got a girlfriend!
Six-year-old: Really?
Nine-year-old: Yep. Remember Courtney?
Six-year-old: With the glasses?
Nine-year-old: Yeah. He asked her out on the bus, but she said no. After that, Joe was like, “I want a girlfriend,” and I was like, “yeah, I know. Me, too, buddy. Me, too.”

Swimming Pool
Louisiana