Mother, exiting trolley, to her son: Okay, come on, there’s people behind us.
Son: I want to say goodbye!
Mother: Oh, god.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mother, exiting trolley, to her son: Okay, come on, there’s people behind us.
Son: I want to say goodbye!
Mother: Oh, god.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Literature professor: You know, eventually we're going to have to talk about the clitoris.
(class stares at him in silence) Maybe not today, but one of these days. I'm just saying.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Overheard by: trying not to laugh
Tutor to quiet class: Are you normally this talkative? (silence) Rightie-o, then. You know, when I went to university I practically didn't say a word for four years. It was good.
University of Western Sydney
Australia
Professor: Suppose a woman goes in for a haircut. No, that's not right! What are they called if they're for women? Blow-something. Blowjobs?
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2008/11/01/a-guy-walks-in-and-asks-for-just-a-little-off-the-top/
Overheard by: econ 208
Male student: So there was a hobo on the train and he sat next to me and he was like, “me no wah”. So I was like, “what?” and he just said “me no wah!” so I was really confused and then I realized I had my backpack, so I gave him a pen and a paper and he wrote “m-e n-o w-a-h.” So I was really mad and was like, “dude, that was supposed to clear things up,” but it didn't.
Female student: Word.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Overheard by: Kelli
Girl #1: She defriended me!
Girl #2: Well, that explains the shoes.
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Blonde: Oh, I’ve heard of that restaurant! Where is it at?
Boyfriend: No, ‘where is it’?
Blonde: No, that’s what I’m asking you! Where’s it at?
Boyfriend, shaking head and sighing: It’s by the mall. This is ridiculous.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Overheard by: Cringing English major
Girl: Don't have sex on the couch!
Guy: Why not? You can have sex on the couch, I don't mind.
Girl: Mhh, you wouldn't like that. I'm a fountain.
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2008/11/17/shes-in-justin-timberlakes-new-music-video-for-climax-me-a-river/
Overheard by: aylmer
Hipster girl: Oh, look, there's a movie theata here too!
Hipster guy: Movie “theata”? Wow, you do have an accent… but your sister, she's really got an accent!
Hipster girl: Actually, she has a speech impediment.
Boston, Massachusetts
