Girl to friend: So, you told him you were a nun and couldn’t have friends? That’s so mean!
Chic-Fil-A
Asheville, North Carolina
Overheard by: jaye
Girl to friend: So, you told him you were a nun and couldn’t have friends? That’s so mean!
Chic-Fil-A
Asheville, North Carolina
Overheard by: jaye
Teacher, incredulously: You never read Harold and the Purple Crayon?!
Student: Well, sorry, I was reading Machiavelli.
http://overheardinhighschool.blogspot.com/
Asian girl: I hate being Asian!
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2007/07/29/asians-of-the-jewish-persuasion/
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Guy on phone: I don’t vote for people who put their name in quotation marks on the ballot… Well, yeah, if it was ‘Killer,’ then I’d definitely vote for him.
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/06/but-would-you-vote-for-pokey.html
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Dunkin’ Donuts chick: All guys are jerks.
Customer: Aw, come on — I’m a nice guy.
Dunkin’ Donuts chick: Well, I haven’t tried you yet.
Newark, New Jersey
Dad in locker room, to son: Jake, take your pants off.
Five-year-old son, singing: Take your pants off, do the ducky-ducky.
Dad: Jake!
Five-year-old son: Take your pants off, do the something-something.
Newport Athletic Club
Middletown, Rhode Island
Chick #1: Ewww!
Chick #2: It wasn’t me! I take responsibility for all of my actions, including farts.
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2007/06/with-great-power-comes-great.html
Overheard by: martin
Brunette #1, breaking silence: I hate brooms.
Brunette #2: Me, too.
Rest of group: … What?!
Cactus Club, Yaletown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canadia
Woman on cell: Bitch, I’m on the train. No, I ain’t ridin’ the bus! Have you seen the buses in this city?! Girl I wouldn’t get on the bus if fucking Harriet Tubman herself was waving a damn flashlight telling me, ‘All clear’!
On the Red Line
Chicago, Illinois
Dude: I don’t like watching anything set from the olden days. You know, like Bridget Jones’ Diary… Or anything British.
Blockbuster
California
Overheard by: Define olden days
