Now We Can't Even Keep Madonna

British theater professor: Well, you know Hong Kong used to belong to Britain. (angrily) Everything used to belong to Britain.

Theater Class, UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Chanimal

Posted on April 17, 2019
Class, Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Geography, History, Massachusetts, Politics, Teachers

In Case You Were Wondering

American construction worker: See, you escaped communism. All I ever did was join the disco demolition night at Comisky park.
Polish construction worker: I didn’t escape communism, I got kicked out. Big difference.

Chicago, Illinois

Posted on November 8, 2018
Compare and contrast, Construction workers, Coworkers, Default, Foreigners, Geography, Guys, History, Illinois, Politics, Words

Did He Ever Think That Some Of Us Wanted to Be Left Behind?

Five-year-old little boy to grandmother: If I ever meet George Bush, I'm going to kick him in the balls.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/309168161/better-wait-a-few-years-or-youll-just-get-his-kneecaps.html

Overheard by: trying not to laugh parent

Posted on August 22, 2018
Balls, Family, Glad the condom broke, Kids, Overheard in Minneapolis, Politics, Threats

In an Abstruse Theological Way That Requires Nothing of Us

Mid-30s casual man to woman: Obama is our modern-day political Jesus Christ. He will save us.

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: babybug

Posted on March 25, 2018
Compare and contrast, Default, Guys, Jesus, Politics, San Francisco, Weirdness

They’ll Make You Think, and Care

(little boy and mother pass bake sale)
Little boy: I wanna cookie! I wanna cookie! Can we please get a cookie?
Mother: You don’t want those cookies.
Little boy: What’s wrong with them?
Mother: Those are Democrat cookies.

Bake Sale for Obama Campaign
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Jamie

Posted on January 22, 2018
Default, Food, Illinois, Kids, Moms, Parenting, Politics, Wishes

Can You Picture Martha Stewart on a Public Bus?

Thug #1: Why the hell are you going all the way to back of the train car? Why don’t we sit in the front like that Martha Stewart woman?
Thug #2: What the fuck are you talking about Martha Stewart?
Thug #1: You know, she stood up for herself on the bus? Wait, who was that? Not Martha Stewart?

Orange Line at Downtown Crossing
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: drunkbigirls

Posted on December 20, 2017
Compare and contrast, Friends, History, Massachusetts, Names, Politics, Questions, Race, Stupidity, Thugs, Train

Calls Himself a “Demosexual”

Woman #1: The Democrats were bound to lose the House majority, though… Oh, did you hear about David?
Woman #2: What about him?
Woman #1: Well, he recently came out.
Woman #2: Oh my god! As a Democrat?

University of North Texas

Posted on October 2, 2017
Politics, Questions, Sexuality, Texas, Women, Words

Ironically, the Skirt Has a Silver Lining

Girl in uniform: So when I went to pick up my uniform there were no skirts. So my mom was like “My daughter needs bottoms.”
Friend: That sucks!
Girl in uniform: Yeah, the skirt I’m wearing now belongs to this girl who was deported to Trinidad.

Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: Myr