Well-dressed older lady: That’s definitely one of the better diphthongs.
Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Ladle
Well-dressed older lady: That’s definitely one of the better diphthongs.
Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Ladle
Professor: We have to accept the fact that there are still individuals in this country who are horribly racist, who have a completely backwards system of beliefs… Now, I call that person ‘Nana,’ but that’s neither here nor there.
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Teen girl #1: Lemur? What the hell’s a lemur?
Teen girl #2: Lemur is French for ‘light.’ You know, like the candlestick on Beauty and the Beast — lemur.
Teen girl #1: You’re so smart. How do you know this shit?
Teen girl #2: I took two years of French.
Lemur Exhibit, Denver Zoo
Denver, Colorado
Girl #1: I think he’s a nice guy.
Girl #2: Nice is the ultimate mediocrity.
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/06/minnesota_mediocrity.html
Overheard by: girl in scrubs
Girl on phone: No, I’m sure she didn’t mean that… No, really, you must have taken it wrong… No! Trust me, I’m sure when she called you a whore she didn’t mean it that way!
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, Michigan
Overheard by: breakin-laker
Male neighbor: Hey, how ya doin’?
Female visitor: Not so good.
Male neighbor: What’s wrong? Girl problems? Something with your hoochie-koochie?
Lake Tapps, Washington
Overheard by: baker98391
Girl on cell: … Funny like when you got crabs?
Frisco, Texas
Overheard by: Abs
Tween boy to another: You seem very gay to me.
Woman with them: That’s not very nice!
Tween boy: What? All I mean is he has a really busy social life.
Moon River Diner
Shanghai
China
Overheard by: MF in China
HS girl: He was killing us, but in a fun way.
Chino High School
Chino, California
Overheard by: yes
Blonde: You know the bases? If third base is sex, then what is a home run?
Montclair State University
New Jersey
Overheard by: my friends are really dumb sometimes…
