The Big Issue seller: Big Issue! Get your Big Issue! It's big! …it's an issue!
Camden Street
London
England
The Big Issue seller: Big Issue! Get your Big Issue! It's big! …it's an issue!
Camden Street
London
England
Woman #1: Where did you go to college?
Woman #2: University of Cape Town.
Woman #1: Oh, is that in Virginia?
Woman #2: No, it’s actually in South Africa.
Woman #1: Ohhhh, sorry, I’m bad with geometry.
Woman #2: …
Woman #1: I mean geology!
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard by: Actually, that was my mom.
Girls’ sports team jogging by: Happy Wacky Wednesday!
Hobo: I thought it was Whip ’em Out Wednesday!
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Girl #1: Hey, I know you! Isn’t your name ‘Laura’?
Girl #2: No, not even close, actually.
Girl #1: Yes, it is. Your name is Laura.
Girl #2: No, it really isn’t.
Girl #1: Well, it is now.
Friendly’s
South Carolina
Late-20s blonde yuppie: I love him, and I think he loves me.
Late-20s brunette yuppie: That’s cool.
Late-20s blonde yuppie: Yeah, I think his name’s Paul or John or something.
North Beach
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: i love love
Ice cream lady behind counter: Spartacus?
Man running to get ice cream: I am Spartacus!
Oberweiss
Oak Park, Illinois
McGill student in cafe, on phone: Don't you dare talk to me about softwood lumber!
Montreal
Quebec
Canadia
Overheard by: j.leung
12-year-old boy #1: My hobo name is Rancid Earl!
12-year-old boy #2: My hobo name is Cracker Joe!
12-year-old boy #1: Hey, I wanna be Cracker Joe…
Middlesex County Fair
New Jersey
Clerk to another: And I woke up two days later by the pool, with Elvis.
Campmor
Paramus, New Jersey
Overheard by: Russ