The Man Probably Needs His Bran, Honey

Daughter: Why did you pick up that man's cereal, dad?
Dad: Because he dropped it, sweetie.
Daughter: Oh, is it because he's old?

Ottawa
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Kara

Posted on June 23, 2015
Age and ageing, Canadia, Dads, Food, Girls, Questions

Can I Still Have My Period on Your Face?

Girlfriend to boyfriend: So should I stop peeing in front of you ?
Boyfriend to girlfriend: No, I don't mind. I don't care…just don't let me see you poop, that's just too fucking weird.

Michigan

Overheard by: da da

Posted on June 23, 2015
Couples, Default, Girls, Guys, Michigan, Pee, Poop, Questions, Weirdness

How to Come Out to Your Parents in One Easy Step

Dad: Oh, the menu says they have fish tacos. Have you ever had a fish taco? I've never had a fish taco.
Mom: No, I haven't. I don't think I'm going to get a fish taco.
Young daughter (under her breath): Fish tacos make me think bad things.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Overheard by: they make me think bad things too

Posted on June 22, 2015
Dads, Default, Fears, Feelings, Food, Girls, Kids, Moms, Offers and requests, Questions, Wisconsin

Hailing a Cab Is No Picnic

Dude #1: Man, this is hard.
Dude #2: So, do you use one hand or two?

Highway 16
La Crosse, Wisconsin

Posted on June 22, 2015
Friends, Questions, Wisconsin

…When You Saw Dick Clark in Person?

Male student to another, seriously: So you just came in your pants?

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

Posted on June 22, 2015
Clothes, Colleges & Universities, Cum, Default, Guys, New York, Questions, Students

That Makes Me Feel Less Bad About Sleeping with Him Behind Your Back

Angry girl: He. Gave. Me. Go-no-rrhe-a!
Calm girl: So? (pause) You're not getting back with him?

Pierpont Dorm
UMass, Amherst

Posted on June 22, 2015
Colleges & Universities, Default, Girls, Massachusetts, Questions, Relationships, Sex, STDs, Words

Eh, Suze Orman's Just a Little Quirky.

Middle-aged suit on cell: Yeah… Well, I don't know. (pause) Doesn't she have Alzheimer's? (pause) I don't care if she's your mother. (pause) Yeah, well, maybe she shouldn't be trading your stocks, then.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: mo

Posted on June 21, 2015
Family ties, Maladies, New York, On the phone, Questions, Suits

You’re Interrupting Our Tequila Shot Rotation

Student: Is ‘too’ an adverb?
English professor: Why do you care?

http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/12/big-honking-update.html

Overheard by: maria

Posted on June 21, 2015
Overheard at Cornell, Questions, Students, Teachers

Like Many Of My Students, Strangely Enough.

Science professor: This is plastic deformation, like what happens to those baby-seal catchers. You know, the plastic that comes around soda cans? Sometimes you catch penguins too, but those are much harder–they run really fast, and they have no regard for their bodies. They just throw themselves off cliffs.

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on June 21, 2015
Animals, Birds, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Education, Health & Hygiene, Questions, Science, Teachers

You Were Sober Enough to Take a Facebook Quiz?

Blonde girl: I did this Facebook quiz the other day: “what kind of drunk are you?' It said that I was a “sexual, entertaining drunk.” It knows me so well!

Melbourne
Australia

Posted on June 20, 2015
Australia, Drinking & drunks, Girls, Internet, Questions, Sex, Stupidity

Questions