Thug on cell: Fuck off, man. Don’t even try arguing with me. I’m a fucking expert on this shit. I wikipedia-ed it last night.
Carousel Mall
Syracuse, New York
Blonde clone: It’s not that we’re both Leos. He’s just a dick.
Westfield Mall
San Diego, California
Professor: And the French, they?re only worth 2/3 of a person because, well, they?re on our side, but they don?t fight well.
http://www.overheardatumbc.com
Girl on phone: No, I’m sure she didn’t mean that… No, really, you must have taken it wrong… No! Trust me, I’m sure when she called you a whore she didn’t mean it that way!
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, Michigan
Overheard by: breakin-laker
Tween boy to another: You seem very gay to me.
Woman with them: That’s not very nice!
Tween boy: What? All I mean is he has a really busy social life.
Moon River Diner
Shanghai
China
Overheard by: MF in China
Preppy girl #1: Wow, now we all have the same necklace! We should all wear them the next time we go out!
Preppy girl #2: Yeah! We’d be like the Power Rangers or something!
Preppy girl #3: Or we’d be like douchebags.
Eastern Market
Washington, DC
Overheard by: office peon does d.c.
American guy: Could you stamp my passport, please? It’s a hobby of mine.
Passport checker to coworker, in German: These damn Americans always want something. Look, they’ve all got booze and bags and t-shirts. Now they want stamps.
American girl: Sir, I’d like mine stamped, too.
Passport checker, in German: I bet that girl was here to fuck guys. American girls become sluts in Europe.
American girl: Sir, that’s not very nice!
Passport checker, still in German: I hate it when they know German. Then we can’t talk about them!
Airport
Cologne
Germany
Professor on first day of class: I used to go around and have everyone tell me their name, year, and what they hope to get from taking this class, but I decided that frankly, I don’t actually care.
Digital Media Class, Boston College
Boston, Massachusetts
Chick to friend: I’m telling you — he’s a communist leprechaun posing as a democrat!
Auburn, New York
Girl arguing with boyfriend on speaker phone: I hope you get herpes and get pistol-whipped! [Guy’s friend giggles in background.] Is that Nate? I hope he gets herpes and pistol-whipped, too!
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Sarah