Maladies

Girl, observing a display of plush microbes: I want herpes! I think it’s so cute!

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Hipster guy: Yeah, it probably didn’t help that I gave you poison ivy and then threw up on you.

Bar
Columbia, Missouri

Girl #1: Owww, my sternum hurts. Wait…I have one of those, right?
Girl #2: What?
Girl #1: Don’t only boys have sternums?
[pause]Girl #3: I think you’re thinking of scrotum…

University of Scranton
Scranton, Pennsylvania

Friend #1: You’re not inhaling!
Smoking girl: Do I have to inhale?
Friend #1: Yeah. Otherwise you’re not really smoking.
Friend #2: You’re just getting mouth cancer.

Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chick #1: Sarah took her retarded sister-in-law to the game last night. They ended up getting drunk and going to a strip club. She really is retarded.
Chick #2: Like, literally retarded?
Chick #1: Yeah.
Chick #2: Well, that sounds like an interesting night…

Houston, Texas

Overheard by: Wish I could’ve been there

Girl #1: He has, like, ACD or something!
Girl #2: You mean ‘OCD.’
Girl #3: No, you mean ‘ADD.’
Girl #1: Wait, no. I meant depression. He has depression.

Wal-Mart
Syracuse, New York

Giggling coed looking at something in friend’s purse: Think you have enough of those?
Friend: I know it looks bad, but I’m terribly allergic to male sperm.

Durango, Colorado

Girl #1: I wish I was sick and he would come visit me… Like Make-a-Wish.
Girl #2: You’re saying you want cancer so Heath Ledger will come visit you?
Girl #1: No! … Kinda…

Laguna Hills, California

Overheard by: me too

Mom, oblivious to sons sliding on ice through parking lot: So, I guess we want a tree that’s really tall, but not too wide…
Lady, wincing every time boys slide near a moving car: Wow, those two must be a handful, huh?
Mom: Oh, yeah. Actually, I have three, but the youngest is at home because he broke his neck and he’s too hard to cart around.

Syracuse, New York

Freshman girl on phone: You're not gonna get HIV from kissing some random… (pause) What? (pause) Well, does he have sores on his lips?

UCSB Dorms
California

Overheard by: KLaugh