Tennessee

Old man to another: Well, ya know what they say. Life's too short to dance with ugly women!

Flea Market
Nashville, Tennessee

Little girl in stall with dad: You're silly! This is silly!
Dad, peeing: Nothing is silly in here.
Girl: That's silly. This is silly. Stop.

Men's Bathroom
Hendersonville, Tennessee

Overheard by: Tanner

Postal worker, about upcoming breast cancer research stamps: The scientists and the breasts will be out soon.

Post Office
Brentwood, Tennessee

Overheard by: just want to send a package

Woman: You should shop at Lane Bryant!
Girl: Mom, that's a fat girls store!
Woman: I shopped there when I was 17, and you're much fatter that I was!

Hendersonville, Tennessee

Overheard by: Tanner

Blonde Vanderbilt freshman: It literally was, like, the best essay I've ever written. I mean, it was awesome. My mom helped me a lot.

Nashville, Tennessee

Girl #1: You know, thanks for listening to my problems. I know you've got a lot of your own, and they're totally worse than mine.
Girl #2: Dude! My problems are like…I had really crappy Chinese for dinner four hours ago shit. Your problems are just like, you had chicken and a salad for dinner last night shit. It's totally cool.

East Tennessee

Overheard by: yeah? well i had lasagna for dinner.

Woman to friend: He told me last night he had a baby girl named Traley. I asked him if that was short for trailer park.

Nashville, Tennessee

Nurse: Is there any chance you're pregnant?
Lady, looking at husband in disgust: No, you have to have sex to get pregnant.
(husband looks at floor and shakes his head)

Hospital
Tennessee

Overheard by: the guy behind you

Four-year-old boy, excitedly, as he and his family are being seated: Beer! Beer! Dad, they have beer here!

El Metate Mexican Restaurant
Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee

Overheard by: Mrs. H.

Chemistry teacher: We've been experimenting with butane for the last three periods and I'm a little high right now.

Hume-Fogg High School
Nashville, Tennessee