Chick: That guy’s not a real bum — he has a laptop!
Brown Line
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Whitney Wrobel
Chick: That guy’s not a real bum — he has a laptop!
Brown Line
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Whitney Wrobel
Guy, about Bob Barker: The show just won’t be the same without him. And the pet population is going to explode!
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/06/only_if_we_forget_his_immortal.html
Overheard by: the truth hurts
Thug: Yeah, right… The sign shouldn’t read ‘Welcome to Omaha’ — it should read ‘Welcome to Omaha… You’re gonna get fucking lost.’
Omaha, Nebraska
Little Hispanic boy: I want more food.
Dad, calmly: Okay. We just have to get another plate.
Little Hispanic boy: But I want more food!
Dad: Okay! We just need to go get you another plate.
Little Hispanic boy: But I want more food!
Dad, yelling: I said ‘okay’! I just have to get you a new plate!
Little Hispanic boy, shocked: You yelled at me…
Dad: Well, I tried speaking to you like a white man, but you wouldn’t listen.
Chinese buffet
Reading, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Hole
Teen girl to friends: Oh, fuck, we’re in America.
Border of America and Italy, Epcot, Disney World
Florida
Overheard by: leaving ‘America’
Father to eight-year-old son in front of paddle boat vendor: No! We have jet skis. Are you kidding me?!
Inner Harbor
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Y G B S M
Old man holding up movie to old woman: How about this one?
Old woman, exasperation: You know I don’t like outer space!
Video store
Illinois
Mother to misbehaving five-year-old: Knock it off! I just got you a pedicure!
Forever 21
Lynnwood, Washington
Old black guy #1: We can eat here. It’s not too busy.
Old black guy #2: Damn! There sure ain’t no cutie pies in that motherfucker!
McDonald’s
New York
Tween girl, to dad and three younger siblings: I can’t believe we’re eating dinner at a Target…
Target
Royal Palm Beach, Florida
Overheard by: spacerwoman
