Fashionable, ditzy young woman at cheese counter: A lot of girls cheat on their taxes because they just don’t know how to do them.
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Overheard by: dismayed feminist
Guy #1: I would sacrifice myself to save the rest of the world. Wouldn’t you?
Guy #2: Naw, man. Fuck the world.
Chino, California
History teacher, reading from worksheet: ‘The Constitution places restrictions on the powers of the states. Name one.‘
Student: Maryland?
Cresson, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: ZB
Girl #1: So, yeah, when the cops like think you’re kinda drunk or something, they’ll get you to do the ABCs.
Girl #2: What? I can’t even do that when I’m sober! I’ll try now. A, b, c, d, e, f… then j, maybe?
High School Gym Class
Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: Myr Myr
50‐something female to Native American presenter in elementary school: Is it true that the arrival of whites changed your way of life?
Denver, Colorado
Mom to child: Do you know what that is, honey?
Child: No.
Mom: That’s a mannequin.
Child (giggling): It doesn’t have a head!
Mom: That’s right. None of them do!
Iowa City, Iowa
Recent college grad: Wait, you mean elephants are mammals?!
York, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: not a mammal either
Overly friendly man on bus: It’s like, for example, do you know how many seasons there are in a year?
Woman: Tweleve.
Overly friendly man: Well, actually there are four seasons, four seasons in a year, I guess…
Woman: Well, I’m not from here, I’m from Montana.
Seattle, Washington
Professor: When thinking about a case, you have to start by listing all the parties. You go, “We are the plaintiffs, the mighty, mighty plaintiffs…”
Law School
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: MaggieB
