Teacher: Alright, how many of you have been to a national park?
Student #1: I’ve been to Yellowstone.
Teacher: Okay, good. Anyone else?
Bimbette: Oh, I’ve been to Central Park.
Student #2: That isn’t near anything that has any geographical importance.
Bimbette: Yeah, it does. It’s in Pennsylvania. Duh.
Oklahoma
Overheard by: lauren.
Bleached blonde, looking at hair dye: Oh! This is totally my hair color!
Brunette: No, it's not.
Bleached blonde: Well, it would be… If it changed.
Roscoe, Illinois
Overheard by: Dumbfounded Beauty Advisor
Daughter: I hate it when things don't have a price on them.
Mother: Oh, how much is it?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/399231320/its-free-now.html
Overheard by: another tired mother
Pol-sci professor: Nuking other countries is kind of rude.
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Blonde girl: I did this Facebook quiz the other day: “what kind of drunk are you?' It said that I was a “sexual, entertaining drunk.” It knows me so well!
Melbourne
Australia
Girl #1: It’s such a shame. I mean, if only there was some semblance of religious tolerance…
Girl #2: I know. Muslims, Christians, Jews… It’s all the same god, but different rules.
Girl #3: Wait, is a Muslim just a black Jew?
Girl #1: … No. A black Jew is a Jewish person who is black. It’s a different religion.
Girl #3: Oh. Okay. That’s confusing.
Girl #2: No, no, it’s really not.
Hofstra University
Long Island, New York
American college guy to friends: My mom told me I was pussy-whipped.
Brussels National Airport
Belgium
Overheard by: aja
Girl #1: Oh my god! At work today, the kids had to write stories and they are the worst writers ever! One kid had an entire paragraph with no periods, and a bunch of them were capitalizing days of the week and stuff. It was awful.
Girl #2: You're supposed to capitalize days of the week.
Girl #1, in embarrassed awe: No! You're kidding, right? I told them they weren't supposed to…
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/10/thursdays-child-has-far-to-go.html
Overheard by: lauren
Tipsy chick: Why is she wearing a bra-top to Alcatraz?
The Big Hunt Bar
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Ladle
Skinny girl: My sister is on a diet now, I don't like it. First she's taller than me, but that's okay, I got over it. I just don't want her to be skinnier than me.
Guy friend: You should be happy for her.
Skinny girl: No way! I'm below that.
Vancouver
Canadia
