If You Kept Up-to-Date on My Facebook Status, You'd Know

Teenage girl #1 to others in feminine products aisle: When do you douche?
Teenage girl #2: I don't know, when do you douche?
(group of teenage girls giggle hysterically)

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/362504180/where-are-their-mothers.html

Overheard by: personally, I prefer Thursdays

Posted on January 9, 2010
Douching, Girls, Overheard in Minneapolis, Questions, Stupidity, Teens

Oh, and I Finally Finished That Jigsaw Puzzle!

Woman on cell: Did I tell you the baby died? No?! When did we last talk?

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Wil

Posted on January 9, 2010
Death & dying, Kids, On the phone, Questions, San Francisco, Women

Facepalm

Middle aged drunk white lady, seriously: Dude, where's my car?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/363293196/its-just-so-sad.html

Overheard by: unicorn lover

Posted on January 7, 2010
Drinking & drunks, Drunks, Overheard in Minneapolis, Questions, Whiteys, Women

After MC Skat Kat, Paula Abdul's Career Went Into the Toilet

Student: What's “scat”?
Professor: Poop.
Student: Oh, shit!

Godfrey, Illinois

Overheard by: M

Posted on January 1, 2010
Illinois, Poop, Questions, Students, Teachers, Words

I Guess I Was Absent the Day They Taught That in School

Girl #1: It's like that old saying: abstinence makes the heart grow fonder.
Girl #2: What?! Abstinence?
Girl #1: You've never heard that? It's like when you don't get any for a while, and then you do, and it's really good? You know, makes you love 'em more.

Biloxi, Mississippi

Overheard by: it's one in the same

Posted on January 1, 2010
Advice, Feelings, Girls, Mississippi, Questions, Virginity

And I Enjoy Mocking Your Working-Class Accents

Student, after teacher announced students would take turns to read: Erm, excuse me… Why can't we read quietly for ourselves?
Teacher, with mock shock: Because… We're here together! This is a room full of communion and harmony!

University of Zurich
Switzerland

Overheard by: Stephie

Posted on December 31, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Education, Europe, Questions, Students, Teachers

And I Just Took a Tab Of E=mc2

Girlfriend: I'm gonna grab a beer, you want anything?
Boyfriend: Uhhh, not now. I've got to be a penny-pincher.
Girlfriend, laughing at own comment: Maybe you ought to pinch it so hard it turns into a dollar.
Boyfriend: That's stupid. That doesn't make sense. How would that even happen?
Girlfriend, indignant: I don't know! I'm a physicist, not a scientist!

Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: Feynman

Posted on December 31, 2009
Canadia, Couples, Drinking & drunks, Money, Offers and requests, Questions, Science

A Speak & Spell Finally Stepped in and Settled the Matter

Boy #1: Your girlfriend's name is Emily, right?
Boy #2: Kate.
Boy #1, shrugging: They're both animals.
Boy #2, agreeing: Both start with vowels.
Boy #1: What?
Boy #2: What?

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: MaggieB