On the phone

Posh-sounding, punk-looking 20-year-old girl on cell: You want to kill yourself? Oh. Have you tried having a having cup of tea?

London
England

Overheard by: Richard

Guy on phone: No I'll never join the navy. (pause) Because me joining the navy would be like Hitler joining the Jewish church!

Detroit, Michigan

Overheard by: Kapti

Slightly obese lady on cell: Of course I'm at the gym, honey! I promised to go to the gym today, so I'm at the gym! (hangs up, talks to friend) What an idiot. I want some ice cream.

Ice Cream Shop
Missouri

Overheard by: jeeves

20-something on cell: So I said to her, “I don't care if you are my stepsister: if you shaved it, I want to see it!”

San Francisco, California

Hobo in track suit, shouting into cell: Why? Because she has no goddamn boundaries!

Boston, Massachusetts

Angry girl on cell: No, I seriously hate him. He wouldn't stop laughing at me the entire night, and I felt like an idiot. All I asked was whether real trains still run on train tracks. I mean, I just thought the tracks were antiques that got left behind or something… It's not a stupid question!

Bellingham, Washington

Overheard by: kgirl42

Guy on cell: Or maybe Mohammad is just less photogenic than Jesus.

Hyde Park
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Anya

Girl on cell: She feels Facebook ruined their relationship.

Bus
Malmö
Sweden

Woman on cell: You know she's only talkin' to him cause he's got a tractor in the tractor pull.

Culpeper, Virginia

Ghetto girl on phone, angrily: Yeah, well, I bet he's just lollygagging somewhere with his grandma!

22 Bus
Boston, Massachusetts