Loudmouthed breakfast patron: I’m not trying to be rude or anything, but what if you keep kosher and someone, like, brings a pig to your house? Like, what do you do with their pet pig?
Toast Two
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Paul
Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
Either That or Christina Aguilera
Tween boy: I’m going to make Buddha the theme of my Bar Mitzvah.
Uninterested yuppie mom: Mmhmmm.
TJ Maxx
Swampscott, Massachusetts
Overheard by: money well spent
Your Editors Can’t Wait for That Sitcom
Very short gay man: It’s so hard being a vegetarian. My parents can’t accept my sexuality or my religion… I’m living in a toilet!
Guernsey
England
Overheard by: Catie
The Gospel Rap Song That’s Sweeping the Charts
(group bows heads and man begins to pray)
Girl (just realizing prayer has started): Oh! Holy shit! We’re praying?!
Shawnee Mission Park
Shawnee, Kansas
Eh, Christians Say Yes; Jews Say Hell, No
Blonde student to teacher: Is the New Testament in the Torah?
Edmonton
Canadia
Using a Venus Razor Does Not Make You a Goddess, Ms. Pratt
English teacher: It’s a big responsibility to be a goddess, it troubles me all the time.
A.C. Flora High School
Columbia, South Carolina
There Are Muslims in Utah?
Boy: Why do you wear that on your head?
Muslim girl, indifferently: So the aliens don’t read my brain.
High School
Utah
Overheard by: I need one of those!
That’s the Fountain on the Right
Loud guy in restaurant: So, we were out shopping and there were all these women in burkas taking pictures of each other. How fucking pointless is that? It’s not like they’re going to look back afterwards and go, ‘Oh, look, there’s Doris by the fountain!’
England
Should’ve Realized He Wasn’t “Chosen” When He Never Got Picked for T‑Ball
Girl to friend: So he was already crying because he found out we weren’t Jewish. Then he was like, “But aunt Jill is Jewish! Why aren’t we?!” My mom had to explain that Jill’s her best friend, not her sister. So then he found out we weren’t related to Jacob and everyone. So he cried even harder.
Friend: Wow.
Girl: Yeah, but he was like 10, so he should have just sucked it up.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Tyler
The Kind They Blind You With
Girl #1: What’s Scientology?
Girl #2: Isn’t it like, you know, science?
Brisbane
Australia
Overheard by: Dave
