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added on 11/16/2009

  

Pround Crossing Guards On ... Racing

Crossing Guard 1: How long you think it'd take to walk over there?  (points to parking lot down the street)

Crossing Guard 2: I dunno, who cares, how should I know?

Crossing Guard 1: Guess, take a guess.

Crossing Guard 2: 3 minutes.

Crossing Guard 1: I did it in 2:20.

Crossing Guard 2: (silent)

Crossing Guard 1: Two f-ing twenty. 

-- Overheard in: Millburn NJ --

contributed by colonel on 11/14/2009

  

I'm Lucky. My Commute Is Like A Second

Guy 1: 35 minutes, 40 tops.

Guy 2: To work?

Guy 1: It's no big deal.

Guy 2: The train ride itself is 40 minutes. I've been on it.

Guy 1: OK, maybe it's 45.

Guy 2: Then you take a subway 5 stops, and have to walk 6 blocks. Plus you've got a 15 minute drive to the train station.

Guy 1: What's your point?

-- Overheard in: Diner, Portchester NY --

contributed by ZP on 11/12/2009

  

Ivy League Alternative: Home Schooling?

Woman 1: Thinking of home schooling Laura.

Woman 2: Laura? College Laura?

Woman 1: Yeah, Dartmouth

Woman 2: What...?

Woman 1: All they do is party. I swear, no different than Miami.

Woman 2: They're smarter, though.

Woman 1: Yea, she gets drunk with smart people. She throws up in smart peoples' toilets. Go Ivy League!

-- Overheard in: Mall, Paramus NJ --