Little girl in shopping cart as dad pushes it away from the mom: We’re going to jettison mom! Woo-hoo!
Department store
Austin, Texas
Little girl in shopping cart as dad pushes it away from the mom: We’re going to jettison mom! Woo-hoo!
Department store
Austin, Texas
Eight-year-old girl #1 tying scarf around head: We’re going to look like gangstas!
Eight-year-old girl #2: Like what?
Eight-year-old girl #1: Like gangstas!
Eight-year-old girl #2: What’s a gangsta?
Eight-year-old girl #1: It’s a gangster.
Eight-year-old girl #2: Oh.
Eight-year-old girl #1: Like the Jets.
Eight-year-old girl #2, suddenly understanding: Ohhh, okay!
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/08/no_aim_for_the_sharks.html
Overheard by: I think they paid a little too much attention to west side story
Boy #1 to girl as he throws wad of paper: Hey, heads up!
Boy #2: Whoa! She actually caught it!
Girl, shooting proud look at them: Yeah! Duh — I’m not illiterate.
Chemistry class
Friendswood, Texas
Angry guy on cell: Billy, I have one word for you — fucking piece of shit!
Sterling, Virginia
Chick: You see that banner? Okay, well, you see at the bottom where it says, ‘Friendship, Unity, Christian charity’? Now, I can spell, but I still think that they should reconsider their title when the acronym turns out to be F-U-C-C… Oh, come on, I can’t be the only one who finds that funny.
Connecticut
Overheard by: L. M.
Pilot over loudspeaker, while landing plane: Whoa there, big fella!
Delta Airlines flight
Girl #1, reading menu: What’s ‘asparation’?
Girl #2: That’s when you have dreams.
Girl #1: … But what happens when you sautée them?
Port Angeles, Washington
Overheard by: Emily
Guy: Hello, pot, this is the kettle! You’re black!
Girl: I am not black. What are you talking about?
Guy: It’s a metaphor. Do you know what a metaphor is?
Girl: Yes — it’s a giant flaming rock that comes out of the sky. You never make any sense.
Seattle, Washington
Health teacher: The four types of sexual activity we’re going to cover are vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, and mutual masturbation.
Eighth grader: Oral sex? Isn’t that, like, over the phone?
Pyle Middle School
Bethesda, Maryland
Overheard by: Next year the teacher preempted the question in her lecture
Student #1 seeing friend drinking Monster energy drink: Oh, I’ve never had a Monster. Can I have a taste?
Student #2: You don’t want to taste his AIDS-infested Monster!
Student #1, after long pause: Never. Say that. Again. Ever.
Doughnut shop
Huntington Beach, California
