Evidence professor: You really have no idea how stupid criminal defendants are. Imagine the stupidest person you went to high school with. Now, imagine a person that your stupid high school buddy would consider stupid. That’s your criminal defendant.
http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/2007/03/hey-i-know-that-guy.html
Overheard by: kw
Girl #1: I mean, there are those people who pretend to be so moral, and then you find out they're, like, fucking a giraffe.
Girl #2, laughing: Ew! That's disgusting.
Girl #3: Seriously, though, hypocrites suck.
Girl #2: But what would that feel like?
Girl #1: What, being a hypocrite?
Girl #2: No… You know… The giraffe.
Girl #3: Ew… Uhm, horrible?
Girl #2: Yeah, you're right.
(five minutes later, in the middle of another topic)
Girl #2: But really, I think it would depend on how old it was.
Girl #1: What?
Girl #2: The giraffe.
Girl #1: Are you still thinking about fucking a giraffe?!?
Girl #3: We need to make sure she doesn't go to the zoo. That can only end badly.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: that sounds wholly unpleasant
Seven-year-old boy: Jonas Brothers! The Jonas Brothers can suck my ass!
Borders
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: Amy D
Seven-year-old girl: Yeah, ’cause, like, no one was cool in the ’80s.
Super Wal-Mart
Augusta, Maine
Girl #1, after watching lousy pick-up artist with her friend: So, was that your future husband?
Girl #2: He just gave me this feeling… It was like I’d never be warm again.
London Tap House
http://overheardatwestern.blogspot.com/2007/02/dementors-night-out.html
Social science student: I don’t think of Che Guevara in the political sense. For me he’s only a pop icon.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Brazil
Three-year-old boy: Mom, let’s play Moose! You’re the moose!
Mom: Why do I have to be moose?
Trendy clothing store
Pasadena, California
Overheard by: throwsnails
Third year law student #1 as assignment is handed back: I got a ‘Good.’
Third year law student #2: I got a ‘Drop out of law school.’
http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/2007/02/legal-writing-destroyer-of-dreams.html
Chick: Hey, want some pizza?
Hobo: Sure!
Chick: It’s cold, but it’s still pizza.
Hobo: What?! Cold pizza? Who eats cold pizza? I ain’t never heard anything like that in my life. No, I don’t want any of your crack-ass pizza.
Chick: Hey, you’re homeless! You’re not supposed to be picky.
Hobo: I bet you have a tight pussy.
W 9th Street and LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: izz-ay
Seven-year-old girl: Mama, did you know that hip-hop is good to do if you need to lose weight?
Mother: I’m sure it is… But sweetie, you don’t need to lose weight!
Seven-year-old girl: No, but you do!
Massachusetts
