Now I Have a Little More Captain in Me Than Most People

30-something white lady: I just shove it down my pants. But it's not beer, it's Captain Morgan!

BART Escalator
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Hott Bi Luv

Posted on January 15, 2016
Clothes, Default, Drinking & drunks, Euphemisms, San Francisco, Train, Whiteys, Women

The “Hugs, Not Drugs” Campaign Has Had Mixed Results

Huge gangsta boy: Maaaan, gimme a hug!
Preppy white friend: What?! No!
Huge gansta boy: What the fuck, man, just gimme a goddam hug!

High School
Nashville, Tennessee

Posted on November 7, 2015
Feelings, Friends, Insults, Offers and requests, Preppies, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Tennessee, Thugs, Whiteys

Sadly Wayne Brady Would Never Attain His Mother's Dream

White mother to white toddler son: You're going to be black by the time we leave!

Grand Sierra Resort Pool
Reno, Nevada

Posted on October 9, 2015
Kids, Moms, Nevada, Parenting, Race, Whiteys

Said I Hated Black People Enough for Both Of Us

Black guy to white girl: I hate black people!
White girl: You hate yourself?
Black guy: No. I just hate black people. They're always late. And they tell me to wear my pants down. I made friends with a white supremacist.
White girl: But they hate you!
Black guy: He liked me…

Norman, Oklahoma

Posted on August 5, 2015
Black people, Clothing, Gripes, Oklahoma, Race, Stupidity, Whiteys

Um, It's Not Messy– It's Calligraphy.

Preppy white boy: You're both women, and you're Asian! How can you have messy handwriting??
Professor: Wait, did I really just hear that?

Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: The non-asian woman

Posted on July 22, 2015
Asians, Compare and contrast, Gender issues, Indiana, Preppies, Questions, Race, Stupidity, Teachers, Whiteys

Excellent Reverse Psychology, Mom

White trash mother, hurrying five-year-old out of bathroom: C'mon, let's go!
Five-year-old: But I want to wash my hands!
White trash mother: (sighs) Fine, but make it quick.
Five-year-old: Yay!

Lamberts Cafe
Sikeston, Missouri

Overheard by: Grossed Out

Posted on July 17, 2015
Default, Hands, Kids, Missouri, Moms, Offers and requests, Whiteys, Women

…So No Standards Apply to You

Black professor to black student: So I hold you to a different standard than the white students. (to white student) Except for you. Because you're from Michigan.

www.overheardatyale.com

Overheard by: Overheard at Yale

Posted on July 4, 2015
Black people, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Education, Overheard at Yale, Race, Students, Teachers, Weirdness, Whiteys

Not As Fun As Quiet Contemplation Of Our Lord's Bounty, But Close

Middle-aged African American bus driver: So what if she is? I wear heels and I'm 5′8″. I wear them to church.
Prim-looking Caucasian female passenger: Oh, but at least at church you're sitting down.
Middle-aged African American bus driver: Oh no, honey. I'm up singing and dancing. I go to a black church. We get our praise on.
Prim-looking Caucasian female passenger (after uncomfortable pause): That sounds fun.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/370559900/enthusiasm-is-scary.html

Overheard by: yes it does