Massachusetts

Drunk guy: America is the greatest! If you don’t like it, get out! Out with the riff-raff!
Friend: Stanley the Racist would be so proud of you.
Drunk guy: Man, it was great seeing Stanley the Racist again. Next time I see him, I’m going to give him a big man-hug.

E line
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: elena

Undergrad girl in pajamas: … So then the cops realized that they had the wrong guy on his knees.
Undergrad friend in pajamas: What? Why?
Undergrad girl in pajamas: ‘Cause the guy who did it had a ponytail.
Undergrad friend in pajamas: Damn! The coolest stuff happens after I leave.

Tufts University dining hall
Medford, Massachusetts

Guy: I’ve decided not to have an orgasm for the rest of the week.
Girl: God! Why?! You can’t have too many orgasms. It’s not like drinking too much!
Guy: I decide a lot of things.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Abstemious

Woman #1: I’m kind of bionic like that.
Woman #2: Yeah, it’s like you have a bionic uterus!

Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: glad mine’s not bionic

Professor with heavy German accent: Have a good weekend, and don’t get broken by pleasure!

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

Biotech #1: They really need kennels for children.
Biotech #2: It’s called school.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dude #1: Hey! Hey! Did you hear? They caught that person who killed those two people!
Dude #2: What?
Dude #1: They caught that person who killed those two people. Or they arrested him, I’m not sure.
Dude #2: Who?
Dude #1: I don’t know. I saw it on TV.

Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Rachel

Dude: So, you’re from Austria, huh?
Austrian foreign student: Yes.
Dude: So, like, kangaroos and shit?
Austrian foreign student: No, that’s Australia. Austria’s in Europe.
Dude: Oh, like Sound of Music?
Austrian foreign student: Yes.
Dude: Like Lederhosen! Fahrvergnügen! Schwarzenegger!
Austrian foreign student: Yes.
Dude: So, do you believe in Hitler? [Austrian walks off.]

Boston, Massachusetts

Man browsing anime collection: [Sneezes.]Bystander: God bless you.
Man browsing anime collection: Yes, yes, I am blessed.

Newbury Comics, Harvard Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overheard by: sinner

Girl #1: Oh my god, I just peed for, like, a hundred years.
Girl #2: Do you ever get scared that the toilet bowl will fill up and the water will touch your bum?
Girl #1: Yes.
Girl #2: Oh my god, me too.

Ladies’ room, Fenway-area bar
Boston, Massachusetts