Words

Loud man on payphone: He said they removed something like four pimples from his prostate. What? No! Pimples! Pimples on his prostate!

Florida State Campus

Overheard by: Dr. Ian Maxwell von Indypants

Anthropology professor teaching Sex and Gender: I'm afraid I'll have to leave class early today…I have to go to the hospital, I have a doctor's appointment…for something…at a certain time…

Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

Guy: My life is one giant erection.

Attleboro, Massachusetts

Son to father, exiting hospital: Dad, what's a disability?
Father: It's like when someone loses their finger in an accident, (pause) which will probably happen to you.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2008/04/father-knows-best.html

Overheard by: Jon

Marine with no game to clearly uninterested sales clerk: And we marines say “semper fi” to each other, do you know what that means?
Sales girl: Yeah, it…
Marine, interrupting: It means “always faithful.” It's like Russian or some shit… No. Maybe Italian… Yeah, it's Italian.

Mall
Birmingham, Alabama

Girl: Jazmin*, what was you doing in the bathroom?
Jazmin: Oh, you know…
Boy across the hall: She was taking a dump!
Jazmin: Yup! That’s what we do all day, every day.

Public High School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: andromeda

Loud man on cell: Harvard is the crusty nipple of liberalism.

Colorado University
Denver, Colorado

Guy: That's a cool necklace. What is it?
Girl: Oh, it's Lady Liberty. I'm a libertarian.
Guy: Oh cool. I'm a Virgo.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2007/05/im-fiscal-sagittarius-but-lean.html

Overheard by: student

Skateboarder in large banana suit: We put the ‘ass’ in ‘potassium’!

Ohio State University
Ohio

Teacher: What word do you think would fit there?
Student: Uh… “clusterfuck”?

Denver, Colorado