Gossip

Redhead: So, Kelly* has a new boyfriend.
Guy friend: I hope he’s not allergic to penicillin!
Redhead: Ouch! Me, too!

Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: jessi

Female airport screener to male coworker: I swear I’ve only ever touched one in a bag!

Long Beach, California

Overheard by: Evil Penguin

Lady in coffee shop: So then he went to the Parkinson's Society conference and served soup.

Vancouver
Canadia

Woman #1: Yeah, well, she’s really not friends with him anymore. You know, since he held that knife up to her throat?
Woman #2: Yeah.

Thorold, Ontario
Canadia

Guy: All I heard was, ‘Blah, blah, blah, I’m a dirty tramp.’

Los Portales
Iowa City, Iowa

Overheard by: girl at next table

Girl #1, about friend arrested for crack-whoring: She said she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Girl #2: Yeah, right! You don’t weigh 85 pounds and have chlamydia because you were in the wrong place at the wrong time!

Hallowell, Maine

Overheard by: smiling widely

Professor: It was all sex, drugs, and rock and roll back then… But I wasn’t doing much of that because I was too busy getting my PhD so I could teach at Brandeis.

Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts

Overheard by: lala

Girl in bar: He’s a big, harmless teddy bear who has sex with people in their sleep.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Mike K

Sorostitute on cell: Like, I don’t know, we hook up every now and then, and we talk… But, like, not about stuff.

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

Pregnant black lady on cell buying 24-pack of beer at self-checkout: Girl, next time I have me a baby daddy I’ma get me a credit report!

Southfield, Michigan