Words

Dude #1: You gotta go nucular on them!
Dude #2: It’s ‘nuclear,’ not ‘nucular.’
Dude #1: No, you can say either. It’s like the difference between saying ‘pancakes’ and ‘flapjacks.’ It means the same thing.
Dude #2: Ummm… No.

http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/06/gwb_is_not_an_acceptable_sourc.html

Overheard by: I say

Band instructor, about section: No, no, clarinets! It has to be short! Like pizzicato–pluck it, like a g string!
Band students: (attempting to contain laughter)
Instructor: Aww, c'mon, what the hell!

High School
Mattawan, Michigan

Guy on cell: Have you ever heard of swinging? (pause) Bestiality?

Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: Us

Dentist, about to perform a root canal and three fillings: Wow, you have groovy teeth!

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Overheard by: Claire

Girl: Oh god, I must really be drunk — I’m mixing my metaphors!

Bucknell University

Guy #1: Yo, it would be tight to work in a rug store.
Guy #2: Yeah, man. All those different kinds of rugs…

Oakland, California

Overheard by: archidork

Girl: Do you know who Helen Keller is?
Guy: No.
Girl: Well, she was blind, deaf, and something else…
Guy: Dumb?
Girl: No, she was quite intelligent actually, but I think she could smell.

Corvallis, Oregon

Mom to young son: Don't say “testicles” in public!

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Overheard by: Sarah

Instructor: Okay, ladies, on your backs and put the balls between your legs!

Athletic Club
Charlottesville, Virginia

Overheard by: you don't hear that every day

Girl #1 (talking about her relationship): Yup, I'm pussy whipped. Or…what's the male equivalent for “pussy whipped”?
Girl #2: Well, there's that Ian Dury song that goes “hit me with your rhythm stick”, so maybe something along those lines.

Sabiá Bar
Sao Paulo
Brazil