On the Dollar Bill.

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

Mount Vernon, Virginia

Overheard by: Bemused

Posted on September 26, 2015
Bimbettes, Death & dying, History, Questions, Stupidity, Virginia

We No Longer Want Your Business

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

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Jeff

Posted on September 25, 2015
On the phone, Stupidity, Washington

That Is All the Government Has Allowed Me to Tell You

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

Roanoke, Virginia

Posted on September 23, 2015
Age and ageing, Default, Idiots, Stupidity, Teachers, Virginia, Words

At the Non Sequitur Quarterfinals

College guy #1: Castaway is such a good movie… except why is it called Castaway? He wasn't cast away, he was just… lost.
College guy #2: Well, I guess he was kind of cast out of society because he was lost, you know?
College guy #1: Yeah…I still don't get it. It's not like someone came up to him and was like “Hey you, I'm casting you away!”
College guy #2: Right. Hey, you know what's another really good movie? Nanook of the North. It has an igloo in it!

Camp Randall Sports Center
Madison, Wisconsin

Posted on September 16, 2015
Compare and contrast, Guys, Movies, Questions, Stupidity, Wisconsin, Words

The Only Law I Actually Know Is “Buckle Up”

Professor, after long explanation of transactions: … But that is probably not the law.

http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/

Overheard by:

Posted on September 15, 2015
Overheard in Law School, Stupidity, Teachers

I'll Just Wait Here 'til It Melts

Tour bus driver to American girl: So you aren't doing the glacier hike?
American girl: No way! No one is making me walk up some icy hill!

Fox Glacier
New Zealand

Posted on September 12, 2015
Bus drivers, New Zealand, Questions, Stupidity, Tourist attractions

Which Directly Contradicts My Anthropology Thesis

Girl: Sometimes I like to look at pictures of deaf people online. They don't look any different!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/299487447/than-what-blind-people.html

Overheard by: Ian

Posted on September 2, 2015
Girls, Health & Hygiene, Internet, Overheard in Minneapolis, Stupidity

Clinging to the Side Of the Bus With Magnets Was Pretty Clever, Though

Teen girl: My other friend is, like, sooo dumb, I'm so glad she isn't dead!

66 Bus
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: kerminator

Posted on August 31, 2015
Bus, Compare and contrast, Death & dying, Default, Girls, Massachusetts, Stupidity, Teens

So Many Questions, So Little Time.

Boy #1: I shot my friend in the foot once.
Boy #2: What! How?
Boy #1: Well, we were really high in the woods, and my friend was wearing bunny slippers. He stuck his foot out of a bush and I thought it was a real rabbit… so I shot it!
Boy #2: What the fuck?!

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: McKenzie

Posted on August 30, 2015
Guys, Memory lane, San Francisco, Stupidity, Violence

Like Richard Simmons

Bimbette #1: Wait, is a bird a mammal? I don’t think it’s a mammal…
Bimbette #2: I think a bird is, like, its own species.

B train
Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on August 22, 2015
Bimbettes, Birds, Default, Idiots, Massachusetts, Questions, Science, Stupidity

Stupidity