Translation: Sex With You Isn't Worth the Annoyance Of Your Company

Emo chick: So then she glared at me. In a mean way, not a happy way.
Normal looking boyfriend: I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Emo chick: Huh?
Normal looking boyfriend: You know, I just don't think this is going to work out.
Emo chick: Wait. You're breaking up with me? Here? Why?
Normal looking boyfriend: Well, I wasn't planning on it, but honey, you didn't like Watchmen and you've never read or seen The Princess Bride. Clearly we're just two very different people.

Flagstaff, Arizona

Overheard by: nayvera

Posted on September 30, 2020
Arizona, Books, Compare and contrast, Couples, Default, Girls, Guys, Happiness, Movies, Questions, Relationships, Words

You Can Cry Afterwards and He Can't Tell

Girl: It's not “oh, I got laid underwater.” It's that I got to know the person and got close to them before I went underwater.

Psychology Class
University of Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Emily

Posted on September 24, 2020
Class, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Girls, Pennsylvania, Sex, Weirdness, Words

Yes

Student: I bet half of the kids are still going to show up at the computer room.
Teacher: You think half of them will, or half of them won’t?

East Meadow Drive
Palo Alto, California

Posted on September 21, 2020
California, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Students, Stupidity, Teachers, Words

In Spanish This Is Rich With Meaning

Guy at party: You know, if I tell you it's 'cause I tell you, if not…why would I tell you?

Leon
Mexico

Overheard by: Oscar

Posted on September 8, 2020
Default, Guys, North America, Questions, Stupidity, Words

Jamie Lee Curtis Can Be Cruel

Guy to friend: And then she said, “I am not even half the man she used to be.”

Oxford
England

Overheard by: Well, she WAS born in Germany

Posted on September 6, 2020
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, England, Guys, Sexuality, Weirdness, Words

More Of a Sugar Grandpa

Older man walking into a jewelery store, to another: I'm not a sugar-daddy, am I?

Fashion Valley Mall
San Diego, California

Posted on September 5, 2020
California, Default, Family ties, Guys, Malls, Names, Old folks, Pop culture, Questions, Words

…A Metaphor I Would Know Nothing About

Professor: The Government was spending money like a drunken sailor in a Tijuana whorehouse.

Macroeconomics Class
University of California

Overheard by: Econometrically Bored

Posted on August 13, 2020
California, Class, Compare and contrast, Default, Money, Politics, Teachers, Words

Gonna Be a Long Semester

Linguistics professor, after girl asks question: Well, the short answer would be ‘Yes,’ and by ‘yes’ I mean ‘no.’

http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/

Overheard by:

Posted on August 6, 2020
Canadia, Colleges & Universities, Default, Overheard at McGill, Stupidity, Teachers, Words

The Real World's Sadly Lacking in Noble Causes Worth Fighting for

20-something girl to boyfriend: You're such a nerd.
Boyfriend: We prefer “Men of Gondor.”

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Corey

Posted on July 31, 2020
Books, Couples, Default, Education, Girls, Guys, Massachusetts, Pop culture, Words

I Named My Cat “Velutinous.”

Teenage queer: How do you say 'fluffy' in science?
Random young boy: Fluffology?
Pretty woman: What?
Teenage queer: Velutinous?
Random young boy: Oh, that's sciencey.

Aurora
Ontario
Canadia

Posted on July 28, 2020
Canadia, Default, Girls, Guys, Queers, Questions, Science, Teens, Words

Words