Old folks

Loud old lady on cell: Hello! Sorry about before. I was so shocked someone called me that I pressed the wrong button!

Belgrave Line train
Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Kiri

Bubbly girl: I am so happy now!
Bubbly friend, holding her hand: Me, too! I can’t believe it!
Old man, stopping them in hallway: What are you two so happy about?
Bubbly girl: We just hit on each other!
Old man: So, are you girlfriends now?
Bubbly friend: Yes, we are!
Old man, after long pause: Two girls together… That is a wonderful thing.

Peninsula College
Pt. Angeles, Washington

Overheard by: Gidget

Old man: … So I tell her, ‘Hey, it’s healthier than smoking, drinking… banging chicks…’ [Old women laugh.] But I could always mix the photography with the banging chicks and make some money on the side…

Panera Bread
Michigan

Overheard by: CDG

Old lady #1: There’s this neighborhood in Chicago that is absolutely infested with serial killers. Their solution to this was to build a Wal-Mart to bring rich, white people in.
Old lady #2: Did it help?
Old lady #1: No. One of the serial killer victims that was left for dead gave a description for a drawing, and nobody has seen him.
Old lady #2: Maybe he’s locked up during the day. Maybe he’s retarded and lives in a home and sneaks out only at night when no one will notice him.

Oakland, California

Overheard by: Perplexed Cal student

Crew member: Sir, you can’t stand here.
Old man, blocking walkway: [Ignores him.]Crew member: Sir! This is a walkway.
Old man: This is foolishness!
Passerby: Why don’t you just die, already?

Disneyland
Anaheim, California

Overheard by: uncomfortably waiting for the damn fireworks

Old lady on cell in crowded train: Yes, I’m here in a sardine tin, but everyone is really nice…

Tel-Aviv
Israel

Overheard by: claustrophobic

Old grump #1: Well, you know how women boast.
Old grump #2: I know that. But I still cannot take her word for it that she is the best lay in the city.

Bloomingdale’s
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: the real deal

Conductor: Plenty of seats in the rear, folks!
Old guy, making way through crowd: I’ll take one in the rear!

http://overheardinphilly.blogspot.com/2007/05/insert-homosexual-joke-here.html

Overheard by: liz the whiz

Old lady to friend: … And the husband’s given up the Viagra for Lent, so I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself!

Dublin
Ireland

Overheard by: future old lady

Waitress indicating empty seat: Would she like some dessert when she gets back?
Recently abandoned old man: No. She wasn’t feeling good so she went to the Hallmark Store.

Atlas Diner, Strawbridge
Virginia Beach, Virginia