Five-year-old girl: Hey, mom, you know how you hate “pop and switch?”
Mom: Uh…what's “pop and switch?”
Five-year-old girl: The one where they trade bodies.
Mom: Oh! Oh, yeah, I hate “pop and switch.” That's scary…
JCPenney, Florence Mall
Florence, Kentucky
Overheard by: Dohiyi
Preschooler left alone in stroller, singing, to 20-something girl walking by: Cha, cha, cha…you're charming!
20-something, on cell: I think I just got hit on by a four-year-old! No, it was actually better than most of the lines I've heard.
Appleton, Wisconsin
Girl: You know, I'm usually a very wise person. Recently, with my situation, I lost a lot of my wiseness, but this trip has brought back that wiseness.
Boy: So, your wiseness never informed you it was called “wisdom”?
Girl: I hate you.
Banora Point High School
Australia
9-year-old boy, biking: Yo, what kind of flowers are they?
13-year-old brother, also biking: They be poppies an' calla-lilies an' peonies an' oleanders an' hydrangeas an' shit.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Phanatic
Professor: At concerts, you move your head in an up-and-down motion in certain parts, also known as “headbanging.” You may also be Satanic. You may or may not, or you might just to piss off your parents.
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Girl, looking down her shirt: I can’t tell if that’s pork or a hickey.
Friend: You’re so awesome!
Bellingham, Washington
Overheard by: Muffler
Teacher: If I say “I put pants on today,” it's very different than if I say “Perhaps I put pants on today.”
High School
Falls Church, Virginia
Overheard by: amused student….
Excited lady, telling story to group of people: And then he turned the tap on right into my purse!
Seattle, Washington
Teen girl #1: You know, I wish we had some sort of pregnancy switch that we can turn on and off at will. That way, when we have one night stands, we can just turn 'em off, and, voila! No baby!
Teen girl #2: We do. They're called diagrams.
Teen girl #3: You mean “diaphragms.”
Teen girl #2: Whatever.
Starbucks
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Leila
