Hair

Dazed guy: I didn’t know leg hair could get split ends.

Great Mall
Milpitas, California

Dude, watching Unbreakable: Look, Samuel L. Jackson has slave hair here.
Chick: No, that’s not slave hair. It’s too coiffed. It’s, like, uppity hair.
Dude: No, look at it from the front. Totally slave hair.
Chick: No! That’s more like just-got-set-free hair.
Dude: Okay, fine. Reconstruction hair, then.
Chick: Exactly.

Sacramento, California

Overheard by: MeganMama

Kid #1: Yo, man! You're missin' somethin'.”
Kid #2: What?
Kid #1: Yeah, you look weird now that you got a haircut.
Kid #2: Huh?
Kid #1: You need to get some earrings!

SUNY
Old Westbury, New York

Little girl: Mom, why don’t I have a hairy butt like you?

Bathroom, AA flight 329

Girl: I hate those girls that are like, “Oh, look at me, I can dance with my hand in my hair!”

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Daughter: You don't remember his mom?
Mother: Not the one with the cool back hair.

Canton, Ohio

Overheard by: Kaylah

Heavily tattooed man: She got this new haircut; it's short, but it's kind of… awkward.
Heavily tattooed woman: Like a bowl cut?
Heavily tattooed man: No, kind of like… What's-his-name, from Scooby Doo.
Heavily tattooed woman: Velma?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: jira monkey

College girl: We blew a fuse in our room last night. Just in our room, not the rest of the hall.
Science professor: And what did you do to solve this problem?
College girl: I cried.
Professor: That doesn't solve the problem!
College girl: Well, half of my hair was dry and the other half wasn't!
Professor: You were not bilaterally symmetrical. That can be a problem.

Keuka College
New York

Overheard by: Rachel Bz.

Emo kid: Old people see me on the street with my bright pink hair and my studded collar and my eyeliner, and they hate me!
Girl: If I was old and I saw you, I would just laugh.

Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: shay

Gay #1, to gay #2 in passing: Your hair's getting so long!
Gay #2: Thanks!
Gay #1, cheerfully: It wasn't a compliment!

Muncie, Indiana