It Doesn’t Come Up Much, but a Rule Is a Rule

Student: Yeah… I don’t really take advice from a kid wearing a winter hat indoors, drinking white grape juice out of a measuring cup.

SUNY Cortland
Cortland, New York

Posted on May 12, 2026
Advice, Clothing, Colleges & Universities, Default, Drinking & drunks, New York, Students, Weirdness

English Conversation Is Fun

Attractive 30-year-old blond European woman: You can say it, say it, sayyyyyy it!
50-year-old well dressed Japanese man: Penis… penis… penis…

Ginza
Tokyo
Japan

Overheard by: Brian Milvid

Posted on May 9, 2026
Asia, Asians, Default, Foreigners, Guys, Offers and requests, Penis, Suits, Weirdness, Women, Words

And Now the Judge Says I Can’t Babysit There?

Girl to fourteen classmates: I do *everything* in the bathroom!

The Melting Pot
New Jersey

Overheard by: supersecret!

Posted on May 8, 2026
Etiquette, Euphemisms, Girls, New Jersey, Restaurants, Students, Weirdness, Words

And He Usually Takes Duct Tape As Well

Girl: Hey, does anyone know if Stu* is still alive?
Guy: What? Why?
Girl, laughing: Because he went out into the woods last night with nothing but a lighter and a can of tomato soup.

Egremont, Massachusetts

Overheard by: lily

Posted on May 4, 2026
Death & dying, Fears, Food, Friends, Girls, Guys, Massachusetts, Questions, Weirdness

Aww, Look at Its Little Fuzzy Valtrex

Girl, observing a display of plush microbes: I want herpes! I think it’s so cute!

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Posted on May 3, 2026
Class, Compliments, Default, Girls, Maladies, New York, Students, Weirdness, Wishes

The Way I’m Stealing Your Bra

Student: So if I, like, read something in the library and I memorize it, am I, like, stealing it with my mind?
Instructor: Yes. You can steal things with your mind.

Copy Editing Class
Edmonton, Alberta
Canadia

Posted on May 1, 2026
Canadia, Class, Crimes, Default, Education, Questions, Students, Teachers, Weirdness

What Happens When You Breastfeed at Trendy Lounges

Little boy, to stoic mother in shoe aisle: I love the night life! I like the boobies! I love the night life! I like the boobies!
(five minutes later, at checkout lane)
Little boy, to stoic mother: I love the night life! I like the boobies! I love the night life! I like the boobies!…

Kohl’s
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Me too, my man.

Posted on April 30, 2026
Body parts, Default, Illinois, Kids, Moms, Should have used a condom, Stores, Weirdness, Words

Ever Wonder What Happens to the Child Actors on SVU?

Mother to impatient son: Do you want to show me how you count?
Five-year-old: Ok. One. Two. Three. Fuck.
Mother: What!? Adam*, you know you’re not supposed to say…
Four-year-old: Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
Mother: Adam*, I said stop! That’s a very, very bad word.
Four-year-old, putting hands on ears: You fuck, you fuck, you fuck.

Holt Renfrew
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: M