Wishes

Professor: Clearly, if I am wearing these pants, no one is gonna want to get in them with me!

Economics Class
University of Delaware Newark, Delaware

Kid with lisp: Let’s investigate some underwear!

Fairwood, Washington

Overheard by: that won’t be in the children’s section…

Balding yuppie guy on cell: All things being equal, I would like to drink.
(pause)
Balding yuppie guy on cell: Oh, so you guys are drinking in the convent?

Saxby’s Coffee
Georgetown, Washington, DC

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

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Mother to quietly weeping child: Can’t you just… be happy?

Target Parking Lot
Cumming, Georgia

Overheard by: Caylin

Seven-year-old girl: Mom, when I grow up I wanna be big and beautiful.
Mom: What?
Seven-year-old girl: You heard me, big and beautiful!

Target, Connecticut

Woman with four kids in front of a bondage window display: See that? That’s what I want to do to your dad, get him all tied up and just whip the shit out of him!

The Crypt
Denver, Colorado

Emo guy to friends: He loves me. He wants my children. He says to me: “Andrew, let me have sex with you so I can have your children.” I would do it if I didn’t have hairy nipples.

Library
Plano, Texas

Victoria’s Secret salesgirl to couple: Our bras are 15% off today.
Male: I prefer it when your bras are 100% off.
Victoria’s Secret salesgirl: [With a blank look on her face.] That wouldn’t make sense. Then they would be free.

Depford Mall
Depford, New Jersey

Overheard by: Philly Joe

College professor: I wish there was a gas station on the corner that had a cigarette bar, and an espresso bar, and a drive-up liquor store. I would go there all the time, especially if I could just drive up and get my liquor.

Rochester Institute of Technology
Henrietta, New York

Overheard by: Concerned Student