Gripes

Guy: You’re allowed to wipe boogers on my girlfriend and fart in her face, but I can’t hit your girlfriend?! That is so hypocritical!

Driver’s Ed class
Long Island, New York

Overheard by: Chrissy

Extremely drunk chick crying: I love him so much and he doesn’t even know! He’s my soulmate.
Exasperated sober chick: He’s fictional!

Armory Square
Syracuse, New York

Crying girl to friend: And my paper had all these, like, negative comments on it a-a-and then she pulled me aside and compared my paper to people who take English as a second language.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia

Boyfriend: Oooh, look, they have a Starbucks!
Girlfriend: Starbucks is evil.
Boyfriend: What?
Girlfriend: Starbucks is evil!
Boyfriend: Want to get some?

Prince Edward Island
Canadia

20-something girl: You know, slavery just bugs me.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/422144147/theres-just-something-about-it.html

Overheard by: just a bug

Guy: It’s a pity there isn’t a commercial nuclear submarine sector, or I would do that.

Oxford
UK

Astronomy teacher, about weather inhibiting lunar eclipse viewing: Well, NASA’s here, so Houston’s still cool.
Student #1: Yeah, but not cool enough to have an H&M…
Student #2: Yeah, I know!
Student #1: This really bothers me…

High school
Houston, Texas

Soccer mom: I'm sorry, but if I were your neighbor, I would not share an opossum with you!

Nail Salon
Cumming, Georgia

Older woman: … And then she told me that I was too small for my breasts.
Younger man: I think she said, ‘Too small for your dress.’
Older woman: … Either way, it was totally inappropriate.

http://overheardinthevalley.blogspot.com/2007/06/potato-potato.html

Girl to friend: The Oscars don't really mean shit. I mean, personally, I feel it was a crime when they overlooked Eddie Vedder for best supporting actor in singles.

Atlanta, Georgia