Dude: So, this Oh-di-pus guy killed his dad and married his mom.
Girl: Gross… So, did they do it?
Dude: Oh, yeah.
Girl: Cool.
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canadia
Overheard by: headshakingprof
Man looking at anteaters and monkeys in pen: Wow! I didn’t know anteaters were a type of monkey!
Primate House, Denver Zoo
Denver, Colorado
Worker, about Administrative Professionals’ Day: We don’t have administrative professionals here… Just computers.
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/04/if-only-hallmark-made-card-that-said-i.html
Elementary education major, about first grader: … And my kid was like, ‘I really wanna be a good reader, so I’m gonna read books every day so I get better. Like, Christ, kid, you don’t have to try so hard — you’re not getting paid.
University of Delaware
Delaware
Guy #1: Okay, sure — you can use a transporter to beam your body down to another planet, but what happens to your soul?
Guy #2: Yeah…
Calgary, Alberta
Canadia
Overheard by: Paul Cowling
Guy: Man, if failing was the new pass, I’d be doing so good.
http://overheardatwestern.blogspot.com/
Overheard by: lauren
Dude #1: Hey! Hey! Did you hear? They caught that person who killed those two people!
Dude #2: What?
Dude #1: They caught that person who killed those two people. Or they arrested him, I’m not sure.
Dude #2: Who?
Dude #1: I don’t know. I saw it on TV.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Rachel
Dude: So, you’re from Austria, huh?
Austrian foreign student: Yes.
Dude: So, like, kangaroos and shit?
Austrian foreign student: No, that’s Australia. Austria’s in Europe.
Dude: Oh, like Sound of Music?
Austrian foreign student: Yes.
Dude: Like Lederhosen! Fahrvergnügen! Schwarzenegger!
Austrian foreign student: Yes.
Dude: So, do you believe in Hitler? [Austrian walks off.]
Boston, Massachusetts
Girl: I like you and all, but you’re married.
Dude: My wife and I have an open marriage.
Girl: Is that would she say if I asked her if we could sleep together?
Dude: Probably not. That’s why we’re not gonna ask her.
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
High school boy: Damn, this is the part where we go over the ocean! I hate this shit! Every day going over the ocean! Shit!
Yellow Line train crossing the Potomac
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Not afraid of the Potomac
