On the phone

Guy on cell: Hey! What are you doing? Having a good time? … You have a small cooter — why else would you be having fun?!

Chiswick Road and Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Beantown Babe

Chick on cell phone: My roommate was rolling a lint roller all over her head for like ten minutes and finally I was like: “What the fuck are you doing? You’re gonna pull all your hair out!” … Haha yeah… She threatened to kill me if I asked her anymore questions… She probably watches me sleep.

UB Bus
Buffalo, New York

Guy on cell: I'll buy you an infinite beer!

UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts

Girl on phone: So, we had this bet that if the Patriots won, we were going to break up, so we were both hoping for that. But that didn’t happen, so now we’re just kind of stuck together.

Seattle, Washington

Guy on cell: I got a face full of botulism! Look at me — I’m sexy!

New Jersey

Nonchalant dude on cell: My parents are dead, okay? Everyone’s dead, okay?

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Passing easily amused person

Fundraiser on phone: So what made it a cult? (pause) No, we don't record this information.

Reed College
Portland, Oregon

Preppy Asian chick on cell: I don't care if he's dying. I'm not going to move my car from a parking spot.

University of Tennessee

Overheard by: Jessica

Girl on cell: Yeah, so I'm going to tell my mom that he asked me to marry him, and then he died. (pause) Yeah, she'll probably ask if I need anything, and that's when I'll tell her about the car. (pause) Yeah, I'll be heartbroken, blah, blah, blah… at least I'll get a new car out of the deal! (pause) He's a made-up boyfriend! She's not going to find out he didn't really die, because he never really existed!

San Marcos, California

Girl on cell: Guess what? I got to be the big yellow cat again yesterday!

Hornsby train
Sydney
Australia