Words

Girl #1: With the right emphasis, anything can sound dirty.
Girl #2: I'll jump on your trampoline.
Girl #1: I'll park in your car park.
Girl #2: I'll reverse up your back alley.
(pause)
Girl #2: I think it just got too literal.
Girl #1: Me too.

Sydney
Australia

Little girl: Tea… cock! (pause) Tea… cock! Cock! Teaaaaaaaa…
Distracted mother: Honey, “peacock” is all one word.
Little girl: Cock!

Leesburg, Virginia

20-something American guy: Hermaphrodites are real?
20-something American girl: Well, what did you think they were?
20-something American guy: I thought they were a made-up word, like “unicorn” or something.

Bar
Munich
Germany

Girl in class: Dan, can you spread me out? (pause) Oh, that sounded wrong.

University of Northern Colorado

Mother to young son: The sign says that polar bears are carnivores. That means they eat mostly plants, but will eat meat when they can find it.

Henry Vilas Zoo
Madison, Wisconsin

Overheard by: weeping for the future

Female track jock, to friend: So I had this fucking hair up my fucking ass.
Private school football coach, overhearing: Ladies, please watch you language.
Female track jock: I had a hair up my butt.

El Paso, Texas

Girl on cell: It's going to fucking rain in circa one hour.

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: grad student

Mom to toddler girl: What fish should we get today? Salmon or tilapia or flounder?
Toddler girl: Is that “flounder” like in Little Mermaid?
Mom: Well, it's a fish, like flounder was.
Toddler girl: I want to eat flounder! Let's cook him. Mommy, can we eat Nemo too?

Costco
Fairfax, Virginia

Drunk chick: Haha, you're a cheeky queen.
Drunk queer: Don't call me a cheeky queen! I'm a dirty bitch!

Provincetown, Massachusetts

Girl: The squid's like an octopus, don't you think?
Older woman: There's no pussy about it.

Birmingham
England

Overheard by: Helz