Girl on cell in stall: She’s crazy. She called me this weekend saying that she had been kidnapped. Isn’t that weird? No, I didn’t call her back.
Library restroom, Westchester Community College
Valhalla, New York
Overheard by: Catie
Girl on cell in stall: She’s crazy. She called me this weekend saying that she had been kidnapped. Isn’t that weird? No, I didn’t call her back.
Library restroom, Westchester Community College
Valhalla, New York
Overheard by: Catie
Undergrad girl in pajamas: … So then the cops realized that they had the wrong guy on his knees.
Undergrad friend in pajamas: What? Why?
Undergrad girl in pajamas: ‘Cause the guy who did it had a ponytail.
Undergrad friend in pajamas: Damn! The coolest stuff happens after I leave.
Tufts University dining hall
Medford, Massachusetts
Father to baby: Mommy and I are gonna have lots of fun tonight. Yes we are! And we’re gonna make sure we don’t have another baby like we did last time. [Baby starts to laugh and coo.]
Wegmans
Manalapan, New Jersey
Overheard by: Why do I work here?
Guy: So, I heard your daughter is walking around half-naked. Congratulations!
Harvest Faire
Newport News, Virginia
Woman: My sister and I slept together in the same bed until we were three. That was when she tried to light the house on fire.
Dalai Lama public speech, Olympic Centennial Park
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Alice
College dude on cell: It will be the same thing — we’ll go out drinking, she’ll drink too much, she’ll cry on my shirt, and then she’ll pass out and I’ll have to carry her home. Happens every time… Because, dude, she’s my girlfriend. It’s what we do… Because! It’s what everyone does.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Overheard by: not his girlfriend
Man on cell: … So I just put her in the closet, because she’s very quiet…
Military Road and 41st Street NW
Washington, DC
Poor college kid #1: So, you used to break into cars?
Poor college kid #2: Yeah.
Poor college kid #1: How was that?
Rochester, New York
Older woman: So, I was at my parents’ house this weekend and there were some condoms sitting on the table…
Friend: What?
Older woman: Yeah. So I asked my mom, ‘Why do you need condoms?’ And she said, ‘It’s for easier clean up.’
Friend: Gross!
Older woman: Yeah… So that’s why I stopped asking my parents questions.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Overheard by: Emily I
Boy to mother: If there’s one thing I know about little people, it’s that they love playhouses.
ShopKo
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Andre
