History

Drunk girl: St. Patrick's day is celebrating St. Patrick…who drove all the rats out of Germany.

University of Evansville
Evansville, Indiana

Overheard by: matt

Stoner girl to stoner guy: Vietnam was a war, not a country!

Sacramento, California

Professor: What did our founding fathers want? Who cares? They’re dead.

Oberlin, Ohio

Overheard by: Secret Spy

Jewish student, about another: Every time we talk about the holocaust she, like, throws her Jew out and spins a dreidel with it or whatever.

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

20-something American girl, loudly and excitedly, pointing at statue: Ohmigod! Ohmigod! Ohmigod! There's a statue of Jesus! They've got a statue of Jesus Christ! Ohmigod!
Unimpressed 20-something Greek girl: That's a statue of Zeus. (slight pause) You fucking retard.

National Archaeological Museum
Athens
Greece

Overheard by: Bleep

History student: Seriously? Hitler was in the Second World War?

Ovens Road
Perth
Western Australia

Overheard by: Have You Just Not Been Listening Or What?

Tall, pale, blonde girl: And Joe and I realized that we are both ridiculously tall, blonde and blue-eyed. So Aryan. We're basically Hitler's wet dream.

Capitol Hill
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Celessa

Bimbette: Harriet Tubman? Of course I know who that was. She was America’s first black president!

http://www.overeardinhighschool.blogspot.com

Overheard by: Marina

50-something suit at brunch: The South was a backwards place until air conditioning. That's what allowed them to advance as a people. Now, these hurricanes come and knock out their power. That's why they have so many problems during these storms.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/386067996/we-finally-know-what-happened.html

Overheard by: didn't know ac saved south

Bimbo #1, buying coffee: Do you ever, like, look at your change and think, “Wow: $16.64. Something totally happened that year!”
Bimbo #2: Oh yeah, I totally agree. Like, if I bought something for like two dollars with a $20 and my change was $19.78, I like might know someone who was born that year!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: BaptistaBarista