Internet

Girl: Sometimes I like to look at pictures of deaf people online. They don't look any different!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/299487447/than-what-blind-people.html

Overheard by: Ian

Girl on cell: At least I never got kicked off of Facebook!

UCLA
California

Overheard by: what…?

Flight attendant: As you depart the aircraft, please check your area for any personal belongings. If you leave anything behind, please make sure that it can either be split three ways or that we can sell it on eBay. Thanks for flying Southwest!

Buffalo, New York

Overheard by: robyn

Professor: When you’re late, Eric* will take down your name. The first time he’ll just tack a threatening note on your door. What did we decide you would do for the second tardy?
Eric: Slash their tires.
Professor: Right. And the third time we’ll make pornographic images of you on Photoshop and put them on the Internet.

Hartford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Claire

Little old lady to another as they part ways: Have a pleasant day, and don't forget to google!
Little old lady #2: What?
Little old lady #1: Google!

Union Station
Chicago, Illinois

Professor: Temperature is an example of an invented reality. Temperature doesn’t exist. It’s all in our minds. It’s either hot or cold out, but what are “degrees” really? Nothing!
Student: Actually, temperature is scientifically calculated by… (goes on to give long, technical explanation)
Professor: Really? I’m going to have to go look that up on Wikipedia. I get all of my information from Wikipedia.

University of Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: Glad you’re teaching us then…

Man: She said that? She has nude pictures on the internet! How can you compare me to her?

Emergency Room
Westchester, New York

Blonde girl: I did this Facebook quiz the other day: “what kind of drunk are you?' It said that I was a “sexual, entertaining drunk.” It knows me so well!

Melbourne
Australia

Biology professor: Hey, didn’t they discover that process in corals?
Grad student: No, they discovered that in plants.
Biology professor: That’s what I just said!
Grad student: But coral is not a plant.
Biology professor: What? Yes, it is!
Grad student: No, it’s not, it’s an animal!
Biology professor: Since when?
Grad student: Since always — go look it up!
Biology professor, after disappearing for five minutes: Fucking Wikipedia…

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: How’d you get this job, anyway?

Girl to another: We’ll figure it out. I’ll Facebook your ass or something.

http://community.livejournal.com/overheardatyork/

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