…If It Were Spelled with a Silent T.

Teenager: Hey, which terminal is baggage claim?
Airport employee: Terminal T.
Teenager: Wait…which one?
Airport employee: Terminal T. “T” as in “Charlie.”

JFK Airport
New York City, New York

Overheard by:

Posted on July 9, 2009
Airports & flights, Employees, Names, New York, Public transportation, Questions, Stupidity, Teens, Words

Mostly Just Between the Sheets.

Girl: So we decided to be friends.
Friend: Wait, in real life or on Facebook?

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Overheard by: krr

Posted on July 9, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Friends, Girls, Internet, Questions, Relationships, Rhode Island

…For Her Birthday.

Girl #1: I used to be really good friends with her, but then we got in a fight.
Girl #2: How come?
Girl #1: Well, I gave her lice.

Rockingham Mall
Salem, New Hampshire

Posted on July 7, 2009
Girls, Health & Hygiene, Malls, New Hampshire, Questions, Relationships

Tonight's Movie: How I Got Into Community College

Girl, exiting SAT test: So how'd it go?
Friend, excitedly: I drew a bunny!

SAT Testing Center
Eugene, Oregon

Posted on July 7, 2009
Animals, Friends, Girls, Health & Hygiene, Oregon, Questions, Stupidity

I Just Hate Arguments, Though

American man: Fish is good in salad.
Australian man: Fish is great in salad!
American man: Do you even like fish?
Australian man: No.

Harvard Square
Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on July 7, 2009
Compare and contrast, Food, Foreigners, Friends, Massachusetts, Questions

Why Right Said Fred Could Not Sustain Their Popularity

Guy #1: Just admit it, man.
Guy #2: Admit what? That I'm great and wonderful and perfect in every way shape and form? Alright, I'm great and wonderful and perfect in every way shape and form!
Guy #1: No, admit that you're crazier than me!
Guy #2: Yeah, well…you're just Mr “Too sexy for my shirt,” and I'm Mr “Too sexy for my life,” but seriously, I'm so smart and everyone loves me.
Guy #3: You're just lyin' to yourself, man.
Guy #2: I'm too sexy for the world! That's just the way it is. I'm the next Albert Einstein. Everyone will soon realize that they love me. You all know that I'm right, so say that I am always right! You're dumb and I'm smart. Everyone loves me.
Bus driver: Will you guys be quiet? No one wants to hear this!

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Lulu

Posted on July 6, 2009
Bragging, Bringing it back to you, Bus, Bus drivers, Compare and contrast, Guys, Lies, New York, Public transportation, Questions

I Was Gonna Give Up the Baby Anyway

Teenage girl #1 in high school bathroom: I'm excited that I'm pregnant, it just sucks that I'll have to give up drinking.
Teenage girl #2: Why? I didn't!

Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: not surprised

Posted on July 6, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Drinking & drunks, Family ties, Gripes, Health & Hygiene, Indiana, Parenting, Questions, Teens

There's One in Every Family

Little boy: Mommmmmm, I want a pet mouse.
Mother: No.
Little boy: Please? It can live in my room!
Mother: No! You know what will happen. I'll spend a hundred dollars on cages and food and toys, and Terry will just eat the bloody thing.
Pet shop worker to little boy: Is Terry your cat?
Little boy: No, my brother.

Pet Shop
Greensborough
Australia

Overheard by: Suitably Impressed