Maladies

Guy about to buy beer: ID? ID? I'm 56-motherfucking-years-old! I don't need no ID! (reaches into cart and pulls out items) Here's my damn ID! I'm buying hemorrhoid cream and Fixodent!

Winn Dixie
Hammond, Louisiana

Overheard by: betsy

Suit on the Taipei subway: After I went home that day, I kept thinking about hemorrhoids.

http://talovich.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html#8096816716191692834

Overheard by: Yugan

Dad to howling toddler: Stop it! Suck it up! You don’t hear anyone else crying, do you?

United flight descending into O’Hare
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Student giving presentation: There’s also astigmatism on people who are poor…

Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio

Overheard by: thinks he meant

Man #1: How you been?
Man #2: Pretty good.
Man #1: How's your wife?
Man #2: Aggravating.

Church
Thibodaux, Louisiana

Girl #1: Jimmy Kimmel has narcolepsy.
Boy: Is that the one where you read from right to left?
Girl #2: No, that's Hebrew.

Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Kate

Girl #1: Hey, are you going to use the bathroom?
Girl #2: Oh, no… I have a urinary tract infection, so I can't pee.

Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois

Woman: I guess it depends on the kind of tumor. A baby's kind of like a tumor, drains your body of all nutrients. It's like having an alien parasite.

UW Rock County
Janesville, Wisconsin

Overheard by: Akuaku

Old broad #1: Well, you heard that they froze his semen, right?
Old broad #2, gasping: Really?
Old broad #1: Of course! I mean, Susan* would love to have more children with Thomas*, you know, but on account of the cancer, it just makes things a little difficult.
Old broad #2: That's so sweet…

Salon
Madison, Wisconsin

80-year-old grandmother walking feebly down the stairs: I'm not drunk; I'm handicapped.
Daughter assisting her: She's drunk and handicapped.
80-year-old grandmother: Okay. That's true… I just didn't want to bring my cane.

Turner Field, Braves Game
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: Drunk, but Not Handicapped