Six-year-old boy in coffee shop: Mom! I did not come here to talk!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/415185975/just-get-me-my-milk.html
Overheard by: he's got an agenda
Six-year-old boy in coffee shop: Mom! I did not come here to talk!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/415185975/just-get-me-my-milk.html
Overheard by: he's got an agenda
Girl, seeing random guy screaming gibberish: What was that?
Guy: Don't worry about it.
Bellingham, Washington
Latin professor: Can anyone use a Latin interjection in a sentence?
Student: Lo! Look at that angel!
Latin professor: Yes, that is a very common interjection.
University of Denver, Colorado
Russian girl: When I read in Russian, nothing can stop me. But when I read in English, I need silence.
American girl: That's what the music is for!
Train
Moscow to Nizhniy Novgorod
Russia
Overheard by: Adam Nathan
Large white lady to small Mexican husband: I’m bleeding. [Pokes hubby, who ignores her.] Heyyy, I’m bleeding from my neck! Don’t you care?! [Hubby puts headphones on and looks out window.] I wish I knew you didn’t speak English before I married you!
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2007/06/perfect-couple.html
Overheard by: corwin
Old man with mullet to brown child in stroller: Buenos dias, niñito.
Woman pushing stroller: We’re black. He knows English.
Gallivan Center Trax Station
Salt Lake City, Utah
Guy on headset: I'll talk to you later. I hope your speech impediment improves.
Vienna, West Virginia
Girl, waiting for Italian professor: How can she know Italian well enough to teach it when she can't even speak English that well?
Rhode Island
Overheard by: Doesn't Speak Italian
Boy to hot girl: Hey, how's it going?
Hot girl, in French: I'm speaking in French so that you won't know what I'm talking about and will think that I can't speak English.
Boy, in French: Oh really? I know French too!
Bus
New York City, New York
Student: This morning I watched Walker, Texas Ranger. They're always going around talking to Native Americans.
Professor: That's good.
Decorah, Iowa
