# Weird or odd overheard conversations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507 "2018-05-03T13:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/21 "2018-05-25T00:35:41Z")
[THe SDMB classic](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=241922) (Begins with “woooo” and has nsfw language".) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/22 "2018-05-25T02:54:10Z")
I did not overhear this conversation about hardwood floors, but [Alexa did](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/amazon-confirms-that-echo-device-secretly-shared-users-private-audio/) and felt that it should be forwarded to a colleague. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/23 "2018-05-25T14:00:18Z")
A young woman on a call phone on a bus talking in great graphic detail about losing her virginity. The rest of the bus was totally silent, just listening. ---
**Author:** ![HipGnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HipGnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HipGnosis)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/24 "2018-05-25T22:22:32Z")
“If it wasn’t for my horse, i wouldn’t have spent that year in college” In a bit by Lewis black, he tells about overhearing one girl say this to another. He went on to say, “This is the type of nonsensical utterance that if you think about it too long you will develop an aneurysm and your head will explode.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/25 "2018-06-08T13:49:22Z")
Yesterday a woman talking on her cell phone while I’m ringing up her purchases said “And they wouldn’t come into the house because I was wearing pants.” Without thinking, I added my own thought out loud “What century are they living in?” The woman looked at me, said “That is exactly right,” and then said into the phone “The nice cashier just said it perfectly: What century are they living in?” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/26 "2018-06-08T14:06:44Z")
Standing in line at the grocery store: Son: “It’s a 1300 Shiloh rd.” Dad: [as he types on his phone] “Shiloh… How do you spell that?” Son: “Um… Phonetically” Dad: [Gives son “the look”] Me: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/27 "2018-06-08T15:47:53Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > I was on a train heading from a touristy town on Japan’s Pacific side back to Tokyo when I overheard a trio of guys dressed in sailor suits talking near the doors. They were making lusty comments about the Japanese women who were getting on and off the train and one would occasionally turn his foot to trip the men who were exiting the car. Since I’m Asian and can keep a blank face as well as my inscrutable relatives, the sailors had no idea I could hear – must less listen to – what they were saying. A friend of mine who is both an old man and a person of color told me of an event that took place on a trip to Germany. At some point he was in an elevator with some random German folks when he overheard someone say something about “there’s too many chocolate people in here.” I can only imagine the look on their faces when he exited at the next floor, saying over his shoulder, in perfect German “No, there’s not too many chocolate people in here” As a Portuguese-speaking pasty-white gringo, I have caught visiting Brazilians more than once making inappropriate conversation in public, but I have never been the one who could come up with the right zinger in the heat of the moment. I did approach some Brazilians once who were speaking loudly and somewhat disrespectfully at the Vietnam memorial in DC and I explained the solemnity of the monument to them–they probably called me every name in the book as soon as I left. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/28 "2018-06-08T15:58:52Z")
There is an honest to god giant that works in the same office as me. Enormous dude. Tough-looking, too. I mean this fellow’s genes must have had a planning conference in utero and decided to create a physical being that just screams “don’t fuk wit dis”. But he’s got a nice disposition nonetheless. Was walking by his cube a couple days ago and overheard him on the phone: “Cuddle me, I’m your Sally…” None of my business, I didn’t stick around to get the rest of the conversation. But now I want to say that all the time. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/29 "2018-06-08T17:42:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > This wasn’t as amusing as the conversation I heard between two skater boys who were arguing about teleportation. The one kept insisting to the other that “You don’t understand what teleportation is, man! What you’re talking about is instant matter transfer, dude, not teleportation! They’re completely different!” I wonder if those were the same two guys I overheard on a bus in Chicago. They were arguing about how time travel works on _Star Trek_. My favorite overheard conversation was in a YMCA about ten years ago. I could hear two guys on the other side of a row of lockers: Guy: When are you leaving on your trip? Other Guy: Friday. Guy: You gonna take your piece with you? Other Guy: Nah, I don’t want to have problems going through security. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/30 "2018-06-08T18:05:27Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > My favorite overheard conversation was in a YMCA about ten years ago. I could hear two guys on the other side of a row of lockers: > > Guy: When are you leaving on your trip? > Other Guy: Friday. > Guy: You gonna take your piece with you? > Other Guy: Nah, I don’t want to have problems going through security. > > :eek: Maybe a couple of off-duty cops? The gym I used to frequent was a favorite of Trenton city cops, and there were always several serious looking dudes wearing LEO-related T-shirts as they worked out, and presumably talking shop. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/31 "2018-06-08T21:15:35Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > Maybe a couple of off-duty cops? > > The gym I used to frequent was a favorite of Trenton city cops, and there were always several serious looking dudes wearing LEO-related T-shirts as they worked out, and presumably talking shop. That’s an interesting idea—it would explain why those guys were casually discussing the notion of taking a gun on a plane. I’ve never heard a police officer refer to a weapon as a “piece,” though (and I’ve known a few current and former LEOs personally). ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/32 "2018-06-08T22:45:12Z")
One elderly lady to another, on the tourist steamboat that goes up and down the river in New Orleans: “they got one of those steam-powered organs, you know, a kaleidoscope.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/33 "2018-06-08T23:17:43Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > “they got one of those steam-powered organs, you know, a kaleidoscope.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/34 "2018-06-10T03:50:58Z")
I heard someone today talking with friends, telling them she’d taken a whole lot of hubcap photos today, and if you do that enough times, it’s art. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507/35 "2018-06-10T04:23:47Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > As a Portuguese-speaking pasty-white gringo, I have caught visiting Brazilians more than once making inappropriate conversation in public, but I have never been the one who could come up with the right zinger in the heat of the moment. Whip out the punchline to the Olga/Auga joke (paraphrased): _“Go get it in the kitchen!”_ I can speak it, but I can’t spell it. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-or-odd-overheard-conversations/813507.md?page=1)