At the Non Sequitur Quarterfinals

College guy #1: Castaway is such a good movie… except why is it called Castaway? He wasn't cast away, he was just… lost.
College guy #2: Well, I guess he was kind of cast out of society because he was lost, you know?
College guy #1: Yeah…I still don't get it. It's not like someone came up to him and was like “Hey you, I'm casting you away!”
College guy #2: Right. Hey, you know what's another really good movie? Nanook of the North. It has an igloo in it!

Camp Randall Sports Center
Madison, Wisconsin

Posted on September 16, 2015
Compare and contrast, Guys, Movies, Questions, Stupidity, Wisconsin, Words

And How You Spent Your Summer Vacation

Black girl on cell: So, uh? So then, you explain what a cracker is to you…

Tacoma Mall, Washington

Overheard by: Troy

Posted on September 6, 2015
Black people, Default, Girls, Malls, On the phone, Race, Washington, Words

Nietzsche Was a Shitty Roommate

Boy housemate #1: Ah! I feel so sick, my tummy hurts.
Girl housemate #1: Do you want some soup?
Girl housemate #2: Do you want some toast?
Boy housemate #2: Do you want some “harden-the-fuck-up”?

Gold Coast
Australia

Posted on August 24, 2015
Australia, Default, Friends, Girls, Guys, Maladies, Offers and requests, Questions, Wishes, Words

Hugh Grant Sparkles in Four Curries and a Ridicule

Man to patiently smiling girlfriend: Well…uh…I make quite a *mean* tuna fish curry. Uh…*or* a sardine curry. Uh…and have been *ridiculed* for it.

Clifton
Bristol
England

Overheard by: Sarah

Posted on August 22, 2015
Couples, England, Food, Words

The Way I Do When I Think Of Our Faculty Meetings

Political science professor to class, explaining the term “political actors”: Political actors can be political parties, politicians, organizations of different kinds…and by organizations I do not think of a group of pedophile carpenters gathering in a living room.

NTNU University
Norway

Overheard by: Amused student

Posted on August 21, 2015
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Europe, Politics, Teachers, Weirdness, Words

Sir, You Have My Attention

Guy, walking on the sidewalk under row of windows: So, on the subject of vaginas…

Portland, Oregon

Posted on August 10, 2015
Creepsters, Oregon, Sexuality, Vagina, Words

When Soccer Hooligans Become Art Critics

Man in tracksuit to friends: That fucking Rembrandt's a cunt!

Chester
England

Posted on August 9, 2015
Compare and contrast, Default, England, Guys, Sexuality, Words

I Still Can't Eat Shirred Eggs

Grungy young man, after loudly prattling on about drinking 12 Smirnoffs a day, weed, and massage therapy: I didn't believe in the inner-spiritual plane until I saw my unborn child's soul whisked away.

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Anon Y. Mouse