Maladies

Teacher: Listen, I guarantee that by the time you graduate, each one of you will have a form of herpes.

New York City, New York

Girl to friend: But yeah, my uterus sucks. I wish I just had a vagina and it ended there. But I do love my pancreas!

University of Arizona

Girl: Do you know who Helen Keller is?
Guy: No.
Girl: Well, she was blind, deaf, and something else…
Guy: Dumb?
Girl: No, she was quite intelligent actually, but I think she could smell.

Corvallis, Oregon

Woman #1: In all seriousness, given the choice, I don't know whether I'd prefer to be male or female.
Woman #2: It'd be really nice not to have cramps.
Woman #1: Yeah, and bleeding in public can be embarrassing, but perhaps less embarrassing than having things “pop up” unexpectedly.

Santa Cruz, California

Overheard by: Angelica Burns

Woman: I imagine that finding out you have a tumor is very much like finding out you're pregnant.

Los Angeles, California

Guy to girl: What? Your tummy hurts? Let’s make out!

Auburn, Alabama

Old lady #1: … And now he’s crippled!
Old lady #2: Well, of course he is. That’s what God does to people who get divorced.
Old lady #1: That’s true.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Overheard by: Voudou

Woman on cell: I totally didn’t recognize her. Yeah, so I guess she thinks she can get away with not doing her hair and make-up before surgery.

Office Depot
Fort Worth, Texas

Boy #1: Why do you have all your stuff with you?
Boy #2, carrying oversized bag of athletic equipment: I have class at 3:50, then I have to ride straight over to practice.
Boy #1: Oh, that sucks.
Boy #2: Well, it could be worse. I could have syphilis.

http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/10/glass-half-full.html

Overheard by: lilly

Chick: I had a friend who thought she was really depressed for years, but it turned out it was just a yeast infection in all of her organs. This could be you.

Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Overheard by: TARDIS Dyke