If You Call Them, They Will Come

Teenage girl: I could say “penis penis penis penis penis” all day and not feel weird about it.

Chino, California

Posted on January 29, 2009
California, Default, Girls, Penis, Teens, Weirdness, Words

It'll Be Me He Whispers to

Girl to friends, very confidently: And I will be that horse!

Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: Mel

Posted on January 29, 2009
Animals, Canadia, Colleges & Universities, Default, Girls, Gossip, Weirdness

Does That Mean My Baby Is Gifted?

Woman to friend: What he has started doing now is picking his nose with his toe.

National Coney Island
Royal Oak, Michigan

Posted on January 26, 2009
Body parts, Default, Health & Hygiene, Michigan, Restaurants, Weirdness, Women

…I Wrote the Directions to the Bar on the Back

Middle aged woman: What is this?
Middle aged man: Oh. That's just a paper where Jesus explains the universe.
Middle aged woman: Do you need it?
Middle aged man: Yeah.

Sunrise, Florida

Overheard by: that one chick

Posted on January 25, 2009
Default, Florida, Guys, Jesus, Questions, Weirdness, Women

Perfect for an Institution of Higher Learning

Extremely diabetic professor: Now that I have to get another artificial leg, I can be as tall as I want!

Math Department
University of Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Suzz

Posted on January 21, 2009
Body parts, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Illinois, Maladies, Teachers, Weirdness

Only Sweet, Sweet Kisses

60-year-old woman, spotting a friend walking towards her: Oh, fancy seeing you here!
Friend: How nice to see you! But no hugs below the waist this time.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/455563423/its-getting-harder-to-explain.html

Overheard by: curious.

Posted on January 18, 2009
Compare and contrast, Compliments, Default, Feelings, Friends, Old folks, Overheard in Minneapolis, Weirdness, Women

Survivor Finally Jumps the Shark.

Indie girl to friend: And then, as revenge, Jess urinated in her Nutella jar.

Train
Wollongong
Australia

Posted on January 18, 2009
Australia, Default, Feelings, Girls, Names, Pee, Train, Weirdness

I'm All About Buster Brown Collars

Gay professor: Yeah, so running through these questions should go a little more smoothly this time around. I looked around for what was causing it to go so slow last time, and I realized that there are disadvantages to letting your 14-year-old take your laptop to Tahoe for the weekend. I mean, really–how much lesbian porn can three teenage boys download? (class laughs) So, uh. If anything pops up, you know who to blame. I mean, it certainly isn't my secret fetish.

San Francisco State University, California

Overheard by: It isn't mine, either.

Posted on January 17, 2009
California, Colleges & Universities, Default, Gays, Porn, Questions, Sexuality, Teachers, Technology, Weirdness

And Trust in Covalent Bondage

Chemistry professor: A good chemist feels what his molecules are going through. A good chemist can relate to his molecules.

Macalester College
St Paul, Minnesota

Overheard by: Mac

Posted on January 17, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Default, Feelings, Minnesota, Science, Teachers, Weirdness

Is That What I've Been Swallowing?

Older male professor, addressing a large lecture hall with only girls: So you see, in my body you will find lots of regular cells, and also you will find cells that are in the process of meiosis; and those are my sperm cells.
Barnard girl: That is so awkward.

Barnard College
New York

Overheard by: Vicksburg

Posted on January 13, 2009
Books, Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Girls, New York, Old folks, Science, Sex, Teachers, Weirdness

Weirdness