Girl: But Gandhi — he, like, did so much for the world. He helped humanity.
Guy: Yeah, but we still shouldn’t have to write a paragraph about him.
Flint Hall, Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Overheard by: ears burning
Girl: But Gandhi — he, like, did so much for the world. He helped humanity.
Guy: Yeah, but we still shouldn’t have to write a paragraph about him.
Flint Hall, Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Overheard by: ears burning
Frustrated neighbor: It’s only gay if we do it outside a vagina!
Derby, Connecticut
Overheard by: Jess
Recent college grad: Wait, you mean elephants are mammals?!
York, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: not a mammal either
Girl engineer: I should do LSD or something… Then I could, like, step outside my mind and solve all of these problems from, like, a greater depth of being.
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2007/03/there-is-infinite-possibility-in.html
Overheard by: the sinister minister
Punk gesticulating wildly to friends: Unlike Europeans, they have to earn their souls… And they never do, man, they never do!
Harvard Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: wtf?!
Genius #1, about Neil Armstrong: Wait, didn’t he win the Tour de– Oh, no, that was Lance Armstrong.
Genius #2: Wait, there are two of them? I thought the astronaut guy turned into the bike guy!
Rutgers bus
New Jersey
Dude: I don’t believe in AIDS. I think STDs are just negative energy.
Corda Bar
São Paulo
Brazil
Blonde ditz: Oh my god, Philadelphia is, like, pockets!
Brunette ditz: I know, right? There are just sooooo many pockets!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: hands in my pockets
Dude #1: Dude, have you ever, y’know, worked with slop?
Dude #2: Yeah, I’ve done it.
Dude #1: No, seriously, dude — you’ve never been there… with the trough…
Dude #2: Dude, I totally have too done it.
Dude #1: When?
Dude #2: I dunno, man, but I’ve done it.
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/12/big-honking-update.html
Overheard by: florack
Philosopher: The world would be a better place if everyone wore pants.
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2007/05/well-yeah-duh.html
Overheard by: sarah
