And It's Not Even in English!

Guy picking up copy of Les Miserables: Oh my god, look at the size of this thing! What a crappy book!

Barnes & Noble
Mankato, Minnesota

Posted on May 16, 2009
Books, Default, Guys, Minnesota, Pop culture, Stores, Stupidity

Ooo, Let's Get T-Shirts Saying That.

Sorority girl #1: What did he die from?
Sorority girl #2: Cancer.
Sorority girl #1: Gawd! Cancer sucks!

CVS
Charlottesville, Indiana

Posted on May 11, 2009
Death & dying, Default, Girls, Indiana, Maladies, Questions, Sorority types, Stores, Words

Do You Care If Our DVD Player Is Shaped Like a Schlong?

Man on cell: Yeah. (pause) No, yeah, I'm at Best Buy right now.

Porn Store
Oswego, Illinois

Posted on May 9, 2009
Compare and contrast, Default, Guys, Illinois, Shopping, Stores, Weirdness

…Aunt Brian Shops Here Before All Her Shows

Mother, digging through prom dresses on rack, to nine-year-old daughter: There's so much glitter here! Did you know that so many drag queens shop at Ross that they call it “cross dress for less”?
Nine-year-old, bored: I know…

Ross Dress for Less
El Cerrito, California

Overheard by: innocent bystander

Posted on May 7, 2009
California, Default, Fashion, Girls, Kids, Moms, Names, Questions, Stores, Women

Now Finish Your Lollipop and Don't Contradict Me Again

Mom: He'll have chocolate ice cream with rainbow sprinkles and gummy bears.
Five-year-old son: But I want the blue ice cream!
Mom: Honey, the blue is cotton candy ice cream. You can't have it…it's pure sugar.

Coldstone Creamery
Carlsbad, California

Overheard by: Amused Employee

Posted on May 5, 2009
California, Candy, Default, Guys, Kids, Moms, Offers and requests, Stores, Women

Jeez, You're So Literal

Woman, holding up holiday card: This card is perfect! It says exactly what I want! (reads typical greeting card poem)
Man: Wow, it really says that?
Woman: Well, I made part of it up.

Fred Meyer Store
Oregon

Posted on April 28, 2009
Default, Guys, Holidays, Offers and requests, Oregon, Questions, Stores, Women

From George Washington: The E! True Hollywood Story

Suit #1, very seriously: And she was totally fixated on Martha. So I said to Martha, who swings both ways, you know, I said: “this girl is in serious need of some fanny,” but the trouble is, she's found god.
Suit #2: The worst coitus interruptus in the world! That Martha's a complete nutjob, though.

Bookstore
Liverpool
England

Posted on April 23, 2009
Default, England, God, Relationships, Sex, Sexuality, Stores, Suits

I'll Wear the Inevitable Gonorrhea with Pride

Plain girl: He's in a band and he lives in New York. What else is there to talk about?

Farmers Market
Los Angeles, California

Posted on April 10, 2009
California, Default, Geography, Girls, Gossip, Questions, Stores

…Come Help Me Pick Out a Thong.

Mother to three-year-old son: What are you doing? Come here, stop looking at the bras!
Son: (mumbles something unintelligible)
Mother: Yes, I know they're beautiful…but they're not for you!

Target
Delran, New Jersey

Overheard by: Amused Employee

Posted on April 10, 2009
Beauty, Clothes, Default, Kids, Moms, New Jersey, Questions, Stores, Women

Ben Franklin Was a Tough Kid to Raise

Little boy at ice cream parlor: Uh…can I have um, little gummy bears?
Impatient dad: Oh, that's great. You invented something the store doesn't have.

Westchester, New York

Overheard by: Griffin

Posted on April 6, 2009
Candy, Dads, Default, Guys, Kids, New York, Offers and requests, Questions, Stores

Stores