Lies

Half-drunk tourist girl: You’re lying! Nobody has all that happen in their life!
Half-drunk guy with NY accent: I’m from Brooklyn! We all live unbelievable lives!

Parker House Bar
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: annikee

Professor, during a discussion about Lear’s daughters in King Lear: well, don’t you guys ever lie?
(class stays silent)
Professor: You all lie, especially the girls.

Carleton University
Ottawa
Canadia

Professor: I thought this was made up, but then I read it in a book, which of course means it?s true.

East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Smug TA: While I was with her I was doing crack. She had no idea.

Auraria Campus
Denver, Colorado

Drunk girl, loudly: Anyone who says they’ve never had an itchy asshole is just fucking lying.

Cock O the Walk Bar
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Beer Bitch

Dude: You know, less than half of Snapple facts are true.
Chick: Really? Because I totally cited those in research papers.

College Park, Maryland

Grandpa to grandson: … And no one but nobody can be a young leader if they crack their knuckles!

Washington, DC

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

Guy #1: So, she said she didn’t want to be just another girl I sleep with.
Guy #2: But that’s what you want.
Guy #1: Well, yeah, but I can’t say that.

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Overheard by:

Female customer: I would never do anything with someone other than my boyfriend.
Male customer: You cheated on your husband!
Female customer: I wasn’t in love with my husband.

Visible Voice Books
Cleveland, Ohio