# Overheard (or simply heard) sentences that gave you pause **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674 "2013-07-27T16:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/1 "2013-07-27T16:08:17Z")
I overheard two within the last week: “He’s depressed but he says it doesn’t bother him.” “Thank God there’s a God.” mmm ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/2 "2013-07-27T16:45:35Z")
Muttered under his breath by a four-year-old at the beach after maybe fifteen minutes of trying to get his distracted mother’s attention: _I’m gonna throw sand._ ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/3 "2013-07-27T19:53:25Z")
overheard from a guy while i was wating tablea during midnights at a steak and shake in TN: “and thats how i accidentally gave him a blowjob” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/4 "2013-07-27T21:10:49Z")
This morning, at Trader Joe’s: That’s okay, honey, I have seaweed at home. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/5 "2013-07-27T21:30:55Z")
obligatory “if it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college.” ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/6 "2013-07-27T22:36:30Z")
At the Alamo: “Why’d they build it downtown?” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/7 "2013-07-27T23:11:08Z")
I was on the phone troubleshooting a merchant’s card swiper, when he told me to hold on a minute, and I heard this: Hey Joe, why the hell does this coffee taste like your ass?!? ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/8 "2013-07-27T23:26:10Z")
At a truck stop in Washington state: _That road’s so rough you couldn’t fly over it._ ---
**Author:** ![winneee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e4f/32.png) [@winneee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winneee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/9 "2013-07-28T13:27:50Z")
After Boston bombings. “How did they get an extension cord long enough to plug in the pressure cooker?!?” As God as my witness. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/10 "2013-07-28T13:59:03Z")
In Amsterdam while waiting in line at the Anne Frank house. (Said by an American in her late teens. ) “I don’t understand. Why were they hiding?” ---
**Author:** ![Girlundone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Girlundone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlundone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/11 "2013-07-28T14:15:46Z")
At an AA meeting, “I wish I could drink normally. If I could, I would do it every single day.” ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/12 "2013-07-28T15:13:48Z")
In a historical mystery novel, _Murder at Hull House_ by Frances McNamara, a professor dismisses the work at Hull House as “frivolous women who have nothing better to do with their time.” Nothing better to do with their time than providing for the immediate needs of people in their community? Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/13 "2013-07-28T18:28:31Z")
“You can’t come next Tuesday, I will be in court taking a plea bargain on killing my wife.” true story. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/14 "2013-07-28T19:01:06Z")
A young boy (six or so) to a slightly younger brother: “And if a girl tells you she’s gay, it means she likes boys.” ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/15 "2013-07-28T20:06:02Z")
“Helium doesn’t have any protons to begin with.” “Is a cherry pit a hole in the ground where cherry trees are planted?” “Will water explode if you catch it on fire?” ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/16 "2013-07-28T23:30:11Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > A young boy (six or so) to a slightly younger brother: > > “And if a girl tells you she’s gay, it means she likes boys.” Possible earlier scenario: Young boy overhears someone calling another boy “gay.” Young boy asks an adult (or anybody old enough to know) what that means. The adult explains it means the other boy “likes boys.” The young boy applies this lesson to mean that a gay person (whether male or female) is someone who “likes boys.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/17 "2013-07-29T00:09:35Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > “You can’t come next Tuesday, I will be in court taking a plea bargain on killing my wife.” :: quietly gets up, exits subway train at next stop, waits for next train :: ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/18 "2013-07-29T00:17:58Z")
In sixth grade when we got our report cards for the latest six-weeks semester, referred to by us as a “six weeks” instead of “semester”: “Report cards already? I thought there were eight weeks in a six weeks.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/19 "2013-07-29T00:21:35Z")
“You know what she’s like; she goes through men like wet flies.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674/20 "2013-07-29T01:37:56Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > “You can’t come next Tuesday, I will be in court taking a plea bargain on killing my wife.” > > true story. Sooo… we’ll meet Wednesday? > [@The\_Tooth](#): > > “You know what she’s like; she goes through men like wet flies.” Eh, makes sense. Because [wet flies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_fly#Wet_flies) sink, and thus are more susceptible to getting snagged on rocks and weeds. So you keep losing them? I assume that was the point… :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-or-simply-heard-sentences-that-gave-you-pause/664674.md?page=2)