Stupidity

Genius cashier: Did they decide on a President yet? You know, the President thing?

North Andover, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Wrote it on my receipt so I wouldn’t forget

Teen #1: No. Seriously. What’s five eighths as a fraction?
Teen #2: God. We should totally know this.

Teen girl: Oh, I always thought Hiroshima was a person.

Criminalise War Conference
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Guy to girlfriend: Next break I'm going to hug you like a retard squeezing a hamster!

Burnaby
Canadia

Overheard by: Doesn't Like Hamsters Anyway

Guy: Oh, look! It's a full moon. Maybe that's why we're all crazy.
Girl: Maybe it's all the booze and drugs.

Grayling, Michigan

Overheard by: Cabin in the woods

Frat boy #1: Dude, look at how much air there is in this room.
Frat boy #2: Dude, what if they charged money for, like, air?
Frat boy #1: Dude, I wouldn’t care — I’m not that fat… Dude, don’t you ever just want to, like, throw a knife up in the air above a crowd of people and, like, see what happens?
Frat boy #2: Totally.

http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/10/long-overdue-update-part-3-last.html

Overheard by: doppelganger

Teen boy: What month is it now? Like… spring or something, right?
Teen girl: Nah, I think it's still winter. Cause it's August.
Teen boy: Really? I swear winter ended, like, two weeks ago, ay.
Teen girl: Oh… maybe…
Teen boy: Yeah. So what is it now? Spring? Or autumn? Or winter?

Australia

Girl #1: Did you have to take a test in high school to prove that you weren't retarded?
Girl #2: Uh, no.
Girl #1: Oh…I did.

Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadia

Overheard by: JSW

Teen girl to teen friends: I wish I was mixed race–not really black. I mean, you're brown all year round.

Nottingham
England

Overheard by: Johnny

White mother to teen daughters after black family walks by: I’m so glad you two aren’t black! Then I’d have to put all those little beads in your hair and–well I’m just really glad.

Versailles, Kentucky