Stupidity

Stoned frat boy: That's some illuminating shit!

Oakland-Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Overheard by: the girl in the front of the bus

Woman: You should never kill people, especially if you’re poor!

Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canadia

Overheard by: there goes my plan

Man eating burrito: It's like Darwinism. You know, selective… selection.

Balboa Island, California

Overheard by: Wow.

Frat boy #1: Oh, dude, a ShamWow! (to friend at counter) Hey, should we get a ShamWow?
Frat boy #2, without looking at him: No.
Frat boy #1: But it's a ShamWow!
Frat boy #2: You're an idiot. (long pause) Fine, get the fucking ShamWow.
Frat boy #1: (excitedly runs ShamWow over to counter)
Frat boy #2: Fuck.

Pet's Mart, Montana

Overheard by: Sadie

Dude: I was going to say, ‘Kill one bird with two stones,’ but that’s not right. That’s just stoning a bird.

Memorial Park
Lebanon, Indiana

Overheard by: Carie Jones

Rich mother: Well, you'll just have to hold it! You can't go to the bathroom around here! They are positively disgusting, you'll die!
Little child, crying: Please, mommy, I need to go!
Rich mother: Don't you value your life?

Annapolis, Maryland

Overheard by: Alex Ello

Bimbette: Harriet Tubman? Of course I know who that was. She was America’s first black president!

http://www.overeardinhighschool.blogspot.com

Overheard by: Marina

Girl #1: This package is anonymous… But how did they know I would find it here? And it looks like they printed out my applications for me!
Girl #2: Maybe you have a stalker.
Girl #1: Wouldn’t that be so cool — to have a stalker that never showed his face but always helped you out?
Girl #2: They have those.
Girl #1: They do?
Girl #2: Yeah, they’re called angels.
Girl #2: True.

Tech center
http://overheardatthemecca.blogspot.com/2007/03/can-i-get-validation-angel.html

Conductor, over intercom: Rub-a-dub-dub!

Chicago, Illinois

Private junior high school boy #1: Oh my god, so the other day someone hacked onto my Facebook account and changed everything to gay. My activities were gay, my favorite movies were gay, I was even interested in men!
Private junior high school boy #2, without irony: Dude, that's so gay.

Toronto
Canadia