Gripes

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

Overheard by:

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

Hoochie: I do have good morals, I’m just really drunk all the time.

Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia

Bartender: Geez, Hank, you’re looking great these days. Been working out?
Chubby Jewish guy: Yeah. I tell ya, I’ve been trying to lose the spare tire, but I lost it all in my earlobes instead. It’s a cruel world.

Suami’s India Garden Resturant
Cincinnati, Ohio

Overheard by: Jeebus McGee

Girl on cell: I don’t care how many times you fuck him. He’s your brother, and it’s still wrong!

University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts