Stupidity

Girl: This guy was really rude and annoying, so I decided to make out with him… I was really drunk and somehow that made sense.

http://overheardatlc.blogspot.com/2006/11/logic-201-drunken-logic.html

Evidence professor: You really have no idea how stupid criminal defendants are. Imagine the stupidest person you went to high school with. Now, imagine a person that your stupid high school buddy would consider stupid. That’s your criminal defendant.

http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/2007/03/hey-i-know-that-guy.html

Overheard by: kw

Mid-20s girl: So, I’ve been a vegetarian for about six years now and I’m trying to phase out all animal products.
Mid-40s woman: Oh, I could never be a vegetarian, I’d die. I like my potatoes too much.
Mid-20s girl: Umm… Potatoes are vegetables.
Mid-40s woman: Yeah, I guess you’re right. But I mean like peas and stuff.

Kokomo, Indiana

Overheard by: Justin

Blonde #1: Woaaaaah!
Blonde #2: What?
Blonde #1: Look! A black guy!
Blonde #2: Woaaah!

Valencia Mall, California

Overheard by: Tim

Guy at party: What are you studying in that class?
Psychology grad student: We're learning how to administer and score intelligence tests.
Girl at party: I don't believe in intelligence.

Fort Collins, Colorado

Asian chick: Oh my god, this huge, fat-ass raindrop just fell on my head.
Friend: You’re a huge, fat-ass raindrop! You’re such a fat-ass raindrop, you make people over-hydrated!
Asian chick, shocked: There’s no such thing as over-hydrated! You just pee a lot!

Muirlands Middle School
La Jolla, California

Teenage girl being pushed in shopping trolley, singing loudly: Nineteen! You're only nineteen, for god's sake, oh, you don't need a boyfriend!
Teenage boy pushing girl, monotone: Everybody is looking at you. They think you're a lesbian.
Teenage girl: I feel like such a rebel! But we should return this trolley, like dutiful citizens.

Geelong
Victoria
Australia

Airhead #1: Are you cousins with her?
Airhead #2: Not really… her mom and my mom are sisters.

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

50-something woman #1: I think he has that Marco Polo thing.
50-something woman #2: What?
50-something woman #1: You know, when someone is like, really depressed one minute then really happy the next.
50-something woman #2: Do you mean bipolar disorder?
50-something woman #1: Yeah that's the one.

Liverpool
England

Teen girl #1: I think we need to get her a rebound guy.
Teen girl #2: Don't you think it's a bit soon? Paul died like two weeks ago.
Teen girl #1: Hmm. I guess. (pause) Maybe just for weekends then?
Teen girl #2: Yeah, okay.

Bus Stop
Brisbane
Australia

Overheard by: cara