Black 20-something guy to friend: Sir Mix-a-Lot killed more black people in the 90s than heart disease and Aids combined.
Phoenix, Arizona
Overheard by: I know his pain
Archive for the ‘Maladies’ Category
Quiz: Which Of These Statements Is True About Audrina from The Hills?
Guy #1, shocked and angry: Dude, she’s autistic!
Guy #2: Yeah! But she’s a full functioning autistic, so fuck you for judging.
Ikea
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Ferdinand
I Plan to Stop Smoking Just Before That
Professor: Do we know if marijuana has any long-term effects?
Male student: Ball cancer.
Western Michigan University
Overheard by: H
Which, Incidentally, Is Also the Title Of My Autobiography.
British girl: That being said, I don’t worry about hiccups much, but I do worry about life a lot.
United Flight
Yerevan
Armenia
Hell, There Will Probably Be More!
Guy to girl selling breast cancer t‑shirts: I’ll do it later — the kids with cancer will still have cancer.
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/10/update-39.html/
Overheard by: Mike
Arlene Was Quickly Eliminated at the Grammar Rodeo
Middle aged redneck woman: Yeah, or I’m gonna get more sicker!
Redneck friend: There’s no such thing as “more sicker.” It’s a double negative.
Middle aged redneck woman: Yeah! Double sicker!
Oneonta, New York
Overheard by: Caroline
…I Was Thinking Of a Nice Outing to Pottery Barn.
Girl: Booze!
Masculine gay dude: Fuck, yeah. I just finally finished my antibiotics. I’m gonna go fall off a stripper stage into some tits or somethin’.
Straight friend: Uhhh.
Bangkok
Thailand
But I’m Willing to Share
Three-year-old girl, cheerily scratching at rash: I have excema!
Crowded train
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: Eggs
From Containing All That Evil?
Girl #1: Do you think anyone’s like… Actually a good person?
[long pause]Girl #2: Ugh, my stomach really hurts today.
Drew University
Madison, New Jersey
One Of These Days I’m Gonna Explode
Girl to friend: I ooze talent, like a pimple oozes pus.
Corvallis, Oregon
