Teen girl #1: Lemur? What the hell’s a lemur?
Teen girl #2: Lemur is French for ‘light.’ You know, like the candlestick on Beauty and the Beast — lemur.
Teen girl #1: You’re so smart. How do you know this shit?
Teen girl #2: I took two years of French.
Lemur Exhibit, Denver Zoo
Denver, Colorado
Teen girl to friends: Oh, fuck, we’re in America.
Border of America and Italy, Epcot, Disney World
Florida
Overheard by: leaving ‘America’
Boy #1 to girl as he throws wad of paper: Hey, heads up!
Boy #2: Whoa! She actually caught it!
Girl, shooting proud look at them: Yeah! Duh — I’m not illiterate.
Chemistry class
Friendswood, Texas
Tween boy: Can you imagine what it would be like to spend the night here? All the unfriendly spirits…
Teen girl, horrified: And, bugs!
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Casper the Friendly Roach
Sighing emo kid to another: My soul is tired.
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/03/your_emo_act_is_tired.html
Overheard by: katra
Asian teen boy: I wish my girlfriend had eyelids.
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/08/um.html
Overheard by: wellll… Your kids probably won’t either
Teen girl: Tina*, this corn husk totally feels like your vagina hair!
World’s Largest Corn Maze
Dixon, California
Overheard by: Leslie
Teen girl to friend: Did you really think it was a coincidence that the week after you started bathing regularly you lost your virginity?
The Urban School
San Francisco, California
