American tourist #1, approaching Piazza de Michelangelo: Oooh, is that the David? Like, the real David?
American tourist #2: No, that’s not the real one. The real one doesn’t have arms.
Florence
Italy
Overheard by: Lex
American tourist #1, approaching Piazza de Michelangelo: Oooh, is that the David? Like, the real David?
American tourist #2: No, that’s not the real one. The real one doesn’t have arms.
Florence
Italy
Overheard by: Lex
Woman: What’s the phrase? ‘Get off the pot or shit on the horse’?
Kohl’s dressing room
Brookfield, Connecticut
Overheard by: Nik
Private junior high school boy #1: Oh my god, so the other day someone hacked onto my Facebook account and changed everything to gay. My activities were gay, my favorite movies were gay, I was even interested in men!
Private junior high school boy #2, without irony: Dude, that's so gay.
Toronto
Canadia
Band geek, eating lunch, to friends: I've come to the realization that if I were a woman, I'd have amazing breasts.
Rutgers University
Camden, New Jersey
Overheard by: One time at band camp…
Vice president: We’re all like kind of educated or whatever…
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/
Overheard by: babygirl
Scholar: Handicapped people would be hot if they could, like, use their legs and stuff.
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Man in line: They should build a tunnel over the Elizabeth River.
Portsmouth, Virginia
Overheard by: the fly on the wall
Dreamer: I always wanted to be in the little pokey-outy thing on top of a caboose.
http://overheardlines.blogspot.com/2007/04/man-with-simple-dreams.html
Overheard by: mk
Woman #1: Where did you go to college?
Woman #2: University of Cape Town.
Woman #1: Oh, is that in Virginia?
Woman #2: No, it’s actually in South Africa.
Woman #1: Ohhhh, sorry, I’m bad with geometry.
Woman #2: …
Woman #1: I mean geology!
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard by: Actually, that was my mom.
Health teacher to class: When you become more adult-like, you start to be more like an adult.
Roanoke, Virginia
