Politics

Professor: And the French, they?re only worth 2/3 of a person because, well, they?re on our side, but they don?t fight well.

http://www.overheardatumbc.com

Guy on phone: I don’t vote for people who put their name in quotation marks on the ballot… Well, yeah, if it was ‘Killer,’ then I’d definitely vote for him.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/06/but-would-you-vote-for-pokey.html

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Professor: We have to accept the fact that there are still individuals in this country who are horribly racist, who have a completely backwards system of beliefs… Now, I call that person ‘Nana,’ but that’s neither here nor there.

University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts

Bimbette: Well, discriminating against the Muslims is different than against, like, the Russians for Hitler and everything.

Archbishop Spalding High School
Severn, Maryland

Overheard by: Wait, is she kidding?

Teen girl: Hmmm. Nixon. I’d strip for Richard Nixon.

High school football game
Tucson, Arizona

Overheard by: At least our children know their American history.

Poli-Sci professor on impeachment of federal judges: Once they’re there, they’re nearly impossible to remove… They just keep hanging in there… Kinda like herpes.

Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Woman: I was in Budapest and people would ask, ‘Is everyone in America like Dick Cheney?’ And I’m like, ‘Fuck no!’

http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2007/03/vpl.html

Overheard by: rich

Normal, fairly cute boy: Excuse me.
Normal, fairly cute girl: Yes? (stops walking)
Normal, fairly cute boy: Are you interested in any global issues? Aids, the environment, human rights?
Normal, fairly cute girl: Honestly, no. (walks away)
Normal, fairly cute boy: Oh. (looks really confused and a little crushed)

Outside Library
University of York
England

Overheard by: Even I thought it was a bit harsh!

Dude: Is it okay if I bring her to the party this evening? She’s a Republican.

Bookstore
Florence, Oregon

Sorority girl to lit class: So she was all saying that I was totally against feminism if I insisted on shaving my legs. And I said she was totally against feminism if she insisted on being a whore!

University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska