Plus We’d Have to Be Open and Honest About Our Feelings

White mother to teen daughters after black family walks by: I’m so glad you two aren’t black! Then I’d have to put all those little beads in your hair and–well I’m just really glad.

Versailles, Kentucky

Posted on June 29, 2015
Compare and contrast, Default, Hair, Happiness, Idiots, Kentucky, Moms, Pride, Race, Stupidity, Weirdness

It’s No Country for Old Women, Either

Middle aged woman to another: It’s not the hot flashes that are so bad… It’s the depression.

BeauJo’s
Ft. Collins, Colorado

Overheard by: always listening

Posted on June 21, 2015
Age and ageing, Colorado, Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Friends, Happiness, Ladies who lunch, Mental illnesses, Restaurants, Women

You'll Understand When You Have to Watch Your Mother Being Raped by a Rotini Noodle.

Girl #1: So pasta, like, traumatized you?
Girl #2: Yeah, I hate pasta! Pasta ruined my life!

Frary Dining Hall, Pomona College
Claremont, California

Posted on June 16, 2015
California, Fears, Food, Happiness, Students, Threats

…I Was Born to Be a Reality-Show Contestant

Skinny girl: My sister is on a diet now, I don't like it. First she's taller than me, but that's okay, I got over it. I just don't want her to be skinnier than me.
Guy friend: You should be happy for her.
Skinny girl: No way! I'm below that.

Vancouver
Canadia

Posted on June 13, 2015
Canadia, Compare and contrast, Diet & weight, Family ties, Friends, Girls, Guys, Happiness, Skinny people, Stupidity

Eerily, He Did

Tourist baby: Bah bah bah bah bah!
Tourist dad, changing his diaper: I hear ya.
Tourist baby: Bah bah bah bah bah bah!
Tourist dad: Uh huh.
Tourist baby: Bah bah bah bah!
Tourist dad: I told you not to mess with those guys.
(tourist baby laughs)
Tourist dad: Yeah, you know what I'm talking about!

Restroom, Walt Disney World
Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: The Normie in the Handistall

Posted on June 1, 2015
Dads, Default, Family ties, Florida, Happiness, Health & Hygiene, Kids, Tourist attractions

And Who Grooms Me

Dude: I’m so glad I have a code monkey as a roommate so I don’t have to live with someone who–
Code monkey roommate, interrupting: –Is happy?
Dude: Exactly.

http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/10/halloween-mania-part-1.html

Overheard by: doug

Posted on November 28, 2013
Friends, Happiness, Overheard at Cornell

Raise Your Hand If You'd Watch Their Reality Show.

30-something woman: I will never find true love.
Barely legal guy: Well, you've got a husband, you've got me, and you've got the two other guys you're sleeping with, so it's not for lack of trying!

Clarksville, Indiana

Posted on March 16, 2011
Compliments, Feelings, Guys, Happiness, Indiana, Relationships, Women

The Two Types Of People: Encapsulated.

Mom: Oh, no… A dead chipmunk.
Small child: Yay! A dead chipmunk!

Morgantown, West Virginia

Posted on December 3, 2010
Animals, Death & dying, Family, Feelings, Happiness, Kids, West Virginia

Whereas Canadia Only Feels Like It.

Strange girl: I'm so happy I live in Canada. If I lived anywhere else, I'd probably be in jail.

Norman Wells
Canadia

Overheard by: Tobac

Posted on January 21, 2010
Canadia, Compare and contrast, Crimes, Girls, Happiness

Trust Me– I Saw It on Ellen.

Nurse: We had the father bless the house when we moved in, but weird stuff keeps happening. I don't think the spirits are happy.
Secretary: Happy? You need the priest to exorcise your house! You want the spirits to be gone, not just happy!

Hospital
Burlingame, California

Overheard by: Just here for the paycheck

Posted on January 6, 2010
California, Doctor's office, Employees, Happiness, Magic, Nurses, Religion, Weirdness, Wishes

Happiness