Names

Indian guy: Dude…what if Shakespeare was Jesus?

Bellingham, Washington

Drunk girl: So she was teaching him Ebonics, and he was teaching her Yiddish…

Parish Cafe
Boston, Massachusetts

Woman #1: You know what I learned the other day? Social Darwinism.
(awkward pause)
Woman #2: Really? How's that working for you?
Woman #1: Well, it sure explains a lot.

Library, Arcadia University
Glenside, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Xander

Customer looking up at menu board: Umm, I'll have the “German chock a lotta cock.”
(girl scooping ice cream looks horrified)
Customer, now pointing: The “German chock a lotta cock.” It's right there.
Ice cream girl: It's pronounced “German chocolate cake.”

Cold Stone Creamery
Fountain Valley, California

Overheard by: RL

Butch-looking 20-something: I always have Bud Select, and I know it makes me look so butch.
Femme-looking 20-something: No, I don't think Bud Select is butch…I mean, I drink Bud Select.
Butch-looking 20-something: Yeah, but seriously, I know I look like a lesbian, and the Bud Select doesn't help.

Iowa

Overheard by: I assumed they were on a date

Yuppie Naming Conventions Apply Only to White People

Girl #1: Why the heck is her name “Brezelle”?
Girl #2: Well, she's African.
Girl #1: Oh.

Temple University, Pennsylvania

Girl #1: What does he look like?
Girl #2: The same way he looked when he was Catherine.

Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts

Girl #1, leaving the mall: Go to Aero… Ari… Aristotle.
Girl #2: Aristotle is not the same thing as Aeropostale.
Girl #1: Then where did I…?
Girl #2 (interrupting): History. You learned about Aristotle in history.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Overheard by: Ashley

Girl #1: You don't even like Jesus.
Girl #2: I don't like Jesus, but I like the way he walks.

San Francisco, California

Elderly woman: I can't believe they let you sell Obama cookies here! Tsk!
Employee: Ma'am, those are just gingerbread cookies.

Stonewall Kitchen
Portsmouth, New Hampshire