Violence

Psychology professor, on the topic of conditioning: Well, you can't spank a dolphin!

UCCS
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Overheard by: really?

Woman: Well, I still think I should be allowed to join the army if I want to.
Man: Oh yeah, you totally should. I'm just saying, I don't think women should go to *war*. I mean, no one wants to see, like, boobs getting shot at.

Calgary
Alberta
Canadia

Overheard by: Megan

Sunday school teacher (showing picture of Good Shepherd): Who can tell me who this is?
Kid: That's Jesus with the whacker!
Teacher (puzzled): You mean he takes the sheep out for a walk?
Kid (pointing to the shepherd's crook): No, when one of the sheep tries to get away from Jesus, he whacks them with it so they won't go!

http://overheardintheward.blogspot.com/

Posh old lady: Well, everyone else said that daddy shot himself, but I still contend that he fell on his gun when he was cleaning it…

Tube, London
England

Overheard by: Wendy Stephens

Ghetto girl: No! I'm just going to walk right up to him and be like, “your knives are in my car!”

La Salle University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

30-something guy on cell: …and they don't even care about all my Kung fu skills!

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-like-proficiency-in-excel-and.html

Overheard by: Ian

Man in mall: Excuse me, where can I hail a taxi?
Mall employee: This is Vermont, dude.
Man in mall: There has to be taxis. There are roads, aren't they?
Mall employee: Nope, no taxis. But lots of guns.

Rutland, Vermont

Overheard by: MeggerzDotCom

Young drunk guy: …but everything will be better once I break his jaw.
Friend: Yeah, word.

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: bex