Stupidity

Young woman: Then I read that conversation with… Oh, brain fart… You know, that news anchor? Anyway, that's when I decided unsweetened coffee was the mark of the usurper.

Hampton Bays
New York

Blond Christian girl #1: So, like, what if like when Jesus comes, you're in the bathroom? Like, what do you do?
Blond Christian girl #2: Oh, wow…that would suck.

Dallas, Texas

16-year-old student: Ah, those were the days… people talked on the phone, and phones got phone calls…

High School
Binghamton, New York

Effeminate boy #1: And he said “my penis is so big I can't control it.”
Effeminate boy #2: Oh, god. Really?
Effeminate boy #1: Yes, his mother uses really scientific terminology.
Effeminate boy #2: Oh. Oh, I see.
Effeminate boy #1: Mhmm. Well, he's only four, too. He's already peed on himself because as he says “it's not long enough go down.” I just call it a pee-pee. That's where the word “pee” comes from. Mmhmm.
Effeminate boy #2: Really! Huh!

Friendship Heights
Washington, DC

Overheard by: aimc

Overtired mom, after seeing infant fail to grasp something: See? Their reflexes suck. That’s why babies don’t drive cars.
Stunned husband: Uh, that and they can’t see over the steering wheel.

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

Teenage daughter: Mom, I have a plan for my future.
Mother: And what's that?
Teenage daughter: Save someone's life so they are indebted to me and will buy me the complete Twilight Zone boxed set.
Mother: Between this and your brother who I haven't seen in four days, I don't think I screwed up at all.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Overheard by: Julia

Woman #1: Where did you go to college?
Woman #2: University of Cape Town.
Woman #1: Oh, is that in Virginia?
Woman #2: No, it’s actually in South Africa.
Woman #1: Ohhhh, sorry, I’m bad with geometry.
Woman #2: …
Woman #1: I mean geology!

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Overheard by: Actually, that was my mom.

Bimbette, standing in front of George Washington's sarcophagus: Hold on! So, where is George Washington?

Mount Vernon, Virginia

Overheard by: Bemused

Client on phone: That is neither non-intuitive nor non-obvious to a non-elitist.

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Jeff

Health teacher to class: When you become more adult-like, you start to be more like an adult.

Roanoke, Virginia