Questions

Decked-out tarot card reader, eyes closed, acting all mystical: I'm getting the feeling of a friend, a female presence that seems to be around you quite often. I get this feeling, this strong feeling, that she tries to help you in certain ways but her help isn't the good kind. For some reason, a phrase keeps popping in my head. This one phrase.
Drunk seated hipster girl: What is it?
Tarot card reader: The words (dramatic pause) “party too hard.”

Alcove Gallery
Atlanta, Georgia

20-something girl in bathroom, to cat scratching at the bathroom door trying to get in: Why? Why the hell do you want to come in here? You don't even like me!

Maryland

20-something guy: Dude, Putin is terrifying. I don't think I've ever seen him crack a smile.
Middle aged woman: I know! Don't you ever wonder what he's like, like, during sex?
20-something guy and girl in unison: No.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Blond girl to friend: I would go out with him but I heard he was going to be deported soon.
Friend: Really? That sounds cool! Is he hot?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/446064748/girls-love-bad-boys.html

Overheard by: I'd go out with him too.

Elderly man: Human beings are rats.
Uncomfortable young man: Are you sure about that? Rats seem more…furry.
Elderly man: Human beings are furless rats.

Washington, DC

Overheard by: Listening, speechless.

Girl #1: So I was talking to Ashley yesterday…
Girl #2: Which one?
Girl #1: Ashley, the lesbian who keeps trying to hook me up with gay guys.
Girl #2: Oh, Jewish Ashley!

Calgary
Alberta
Canadia

Boy: Why didn't black people just move back to Africa after slavery ended?
Girl: They didn't have the money to.
Boy: They could have gotten the money if they really wanted.
Girl: They didn't want to move back to Africa! They wanted to stay here, they just wanted equal rights. What's wrong with that?
Boy: I'm just saying that they could have moved back if they wanted rights and stuff.
Girl: That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Seriously, just stop talking.
(some time later)
Girl: This is why I hate white people, no offense you guys. I don't hate you personally, just as a race in general. They piss me off.
Boy: That's racist. Wow, this tastes good.

Panera at Fashion Square Mall
Orlando, Florida

Guy to TA, during archaeology midterm exam: When it says “How did they adapt physically?” does that mean…like…physically?

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Guy: You know what you need? You need your asshole licked.
Girl, deadly serious: I've had my asshole licked. That is not what I need.

Planetfest 2008
Jacksonville, Florida

Overheard by: Raynay

Soccer mom to group of children: Okay, who's dead?
Several of the children, excitedly: I'm dead! I'm dead!

Outisde Trinity Rep
Providence, Rhode Island

Overheard by: Katie M