Guy: Yeah, you know that word? Ah, I forget it… Oh yeah, vagina!
Ontario
Canadia
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:
Guy in crowd evacuated from theater due to fire alarm: This is all a marketing trick… Just watch — any minute now one of those fire trucks is going to transform!
Transformers showing, AMC Theatre
Paramus, New Jersey
Overheard by: JoBell
Hipster girl pointing at piece of art: So, do you want to get it?
Hipster guy: Nah, we’ll get it somewhere else. I hate when people ask you, ‘Where did you get that?’ and you’re like, ‘Ikea…’
Ikea
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dude: You know, less than half of Snapple facts are true.
Chick: Really? Because I totally cited those in research papers.
College Park, Maryland
Guy at dinner: Yeah, we figured we’d just have a low key night with just a few beers and some margaritas, but then Ann* was like, ‘Wow, I haven’t had any liquor in two months!’ so the next thing you know, we’re dropping 60 bucks at the liquor store, then the backyard porch swing’s on fire… It was a pretty fun night.
Arlington, Virginia
Guy: You gotta watch out for the Italian Air Force, dude. They’ve got, like, hang-gliders, and guys who throw rocks.
University of Maryland, College Park
Maryland
Overheard by: Sara
Chick to group preparing to light vodka on fire: How many times has setting alcohol on fire gone horribly wrong for us?
Guy: You’re right. That said, who has a camera?
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia