Internet

Old School!

Girl #1: So, did you MapQuest it?
Girl #2: No, we gas-stationed it!

Tyler, Texas

Overheard by: emi

Posted on December 2, 2014
Comebacks, Default, Girls, Internet, Questions, Texas

That's Not What Wikipedia Says

Tutor: Wikipedia is not homework!

University of Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Kiri

Posted on November 18, 2014
Australia, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Internet, Teachers

Sugar Bear Is Next

Serious philosophy teacher: Captain Crunch has been raped.

High School
Bethesda, Maryland

Overheard by: clementine

Posted on November 8, 2014
About celebrities, Crimes, Default, Internet, Maryland, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Teachers, Violence

They Get All Our Leftover Weather, Anyway

Old lady: Are you able to check the weather in Toronto?
Young guy: No, the internet can't reach that far.
Old lady: Oh.

Windsor
Ontario
Canadia

Posted on September 11, 2010
Canadia, Guys, Internet, Old folks, Questions, Weather, Weirdness, Women

…On the Internet, I Met Someone Who Was All Three!

Girl #1: You should stop meeting guys off the internet so much. They're creepy.
Girl #2: The internet is the best place to meet people. I met a rapist at a job interview, a pimp at the airport, and a pedophile at church.

Norman, Oklahoma

Posted on August 7, 2010
Bonding, Compare and contrast, Girls, Internet, Jobs & Careers, Oklahoma, Religion, Violence, Weirdness

What's Complicated About That?

Girl on cell: She feels Facebook ruined their relationship.

Bus
Malmö
Sweden

Posted on June 4, 2010
Bus, Girls, Internet, On the phone, Relationships, Sweden

My Professor Said It Was the Best Paper He's Gotten in Years

University student: But it must be true… I read it on the internet! I read it on Wikipedia!

Auckland
New Zealand

Overheard by: Louise

Posted on March 28, 2010
Internet, New Zealand, Students, Stupidity

No One Expects Me to Understand Technology

Old Midwestern lady #1: All these kids bringing their videos games everywhere!
Old Midwestern lady #2: It's depressing! My son-in-law brings his laptop everywhere. Always on the internet.
Old Midwestern lady #1: Is he using one of those blueberries? Or blackpods?
Old Midwestern lady #2: I don't know, I'm just glad I'm old.

Newark, New Jersey

Overheard by: thankfully on a different flight

Posted on January 8, 2010
Age and ageing, Family ties, Gadgets, Games, Gripes, Internet, Kids, Laptops, New Jersey, Old folks, Women

Your Editors Got 8,890,000 Hits.

Butchy girl: All I know is, I'm never going to Tennesse again.
Femmy girl: Dude, I told you! That is why you google “gay Tennesse” first!

Hazel Park, Michigan

Overheard by: Beth

Posted on December 31, 2009
Internet, Lesbos, Michigan, Sexuality

Which Has a Built-In Polygraph

Teen, trying to convince friends: He wasn't lying! It was on Facebook!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/328470377/we-all-know-what-that-means.html

Overheard by: the usher

Posted on December 13, 2009
Friends, Internet, Lies, Overheard in Minneapolis, Teens