Music

Chick: You have never truly lived until you have been surrounded by drunk Welsh rugby fans singing I Touch Myself.

International Airport
Denver, Colorado

Two-year-old boy: I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt! So sexy!
Eight-year-old brother: He doesn't know what it means, he just does it for attention.

Canadia

Overheard by: Amused Babysitter

Professor: The dew line -by the way, any Rush fans in here?
(three or four raise hands in a class of 200)
Professor: Only three? That’s a sad state of affairs.

Canadian History Lecture
University of Toronto
Canadia

Police officer to college girls: It turns out there was a midget in the closet.

Downtown Palo Alto, California

Professor: So the wars of opium wars were fought because the Chinese didn’t want their citizens smoking their bongos and being loopy.
Student: Wait, bongos?
Professor: Yeah those pipe things… Bongos, right?

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: Erika

Male professor: I’m sorry, I just can’t sing “Some boys kiss me”. I know that’s desperately heteronormative, but I can’t help it!

Hartford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Claire

Guy to friend: Dude, you just now figured out that The Beatles suck?

Public School
Las Vegas, Nevada

Confused girl: Someone with an unknown number just called me twice. I, of course, ignored the calls. Then they left a voicemail of music from The Nutcracker…I have the feeling I’m about to be murdered.

Lexington, Kentucky

Dude: Is it strange that every time I hear opera, it makes me think of Looney Tunes?

Dallas, Texas

Overheard by: Rosie

Dad in locker room, to son: Jake, take your pants off.
Five-year-old son, singing: Take your pants off, do the ducky-ducky.
Dad: Jake!
Five-year-old son: Take your pants off, do the something-something.

Newport Athletic Club
Middletown, Rhode Island