quotes from the street

guy #1: “in the Britney/Christina whore-off, the Dirrty video was like Hiroshima”
guy#2: “so does that make Nagasaki the ‘Oooops i did it again’ of international conflict?”
overheard: Cambridge University, England
context: two gay guys walking through Newnham College (an all-girls college), wishing they lived there

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“it’s because they don’t use cynicism as a tool for power – which is something the english do so well”
overheard: train from southampton to london
context: an english girl describing what she loves about Americans

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“ya, um, sorry – it’s just that i totally don’t believe in the whole ’save the environment’ thing”
overheard: London, UK
context: an office manager to staff in regards to printing less paper

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“i’ll learn to speak chinese before i learn to speak woman”
overheard: The Wellington, London
context: one twenty something guy to a girl

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five year old: “daaaaad….”
father: “yes choppy?”
five year old: “you know when you’re head grows, does your brain get bigger by magic?”
overheard: Rickmansworth, London
context: five year old to his father

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“you must be very careful when you cuddle an octopus, or it might keep you”
location: Rickmansworth, London
context: a five year old’s insight whilst watching a wildlife programme on the BBC

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“if he´s english, he´s a fucking pirate – he may think i forgot what HE did to MY boat in the 18th century, but i didn´t!”
overheard: Madrid, Spain
context: a spanish guy discussing his feelings toward the english

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girl: “do u think there is life on other planets?”
guy: “probably”
girl: “do u think they have shops?”
overheard: Oxford Circus, London
context: a couple walking and talking whilst doing their christmas shopping

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“i’m eating beef-flavored chicken that tastes like pork. chinese food is a mystery to me”
Location: Needham, Massachusetts
Context: one friend to the other at a chinese restaurant

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“i’m not a chav, get me out of here!”
overheard: Kanaloa, London, UK
context: two bankers exclaimed with urgency upon arriving at a club and realising it wasn’t quite their scene

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“it aint official til its on facebook”
overherad: Toronto, Canada
context: one guy declared to a group of his twenty something friends whilst gossiping about a new couple

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“just because i’ve had his balls in my mouth doesn’t mean i know how to spell his name!”
overheard: Geneva, Switzerland
context: girl to her friend when asked to spell a guy’s name for an invitation to a party

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elderly lady #1: ”god, it’s not great this weather, is it?”
elderly lady #2: “well, it’s better than nothing”
overheard: Hull, UK
context: two elderly women on the bus

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“cheers, to broken hopes  i guess … oh, here, i bought you some posh chocolate by the way”
overheard: Shepard’s Market, London
context: a guy on a first date after divulging a little too much info re: how his father had gambled away his family’s money

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“ramavich, or whatever he’s called – now he has a liner that’s to die for!”
overheard: Holland Park, London
context: a posh elderly couple discussing roman abramovich’s yacht in the park

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“i hate my heart – i’m switching it off and going back to the darkside”
overheard: London, UK
context: a girl to her friend on the tube

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friend #1 “that’s a low blow”
friend #2 “your mom gave me a low blow”
friend #1″that’s because she’s in a wheelchair you asshole!”
overheard: Santa Rosa, California
context: joke that went slightly pear shaped

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“you speak in deliberate riddles, intended to elicit the correct response – i have have been vaccinated against this – i am immune!”
overheard: London, UK
context: guy to girl in response to a typically elusive woman-like statement

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“pigeons are stupid because they poop on the ground and people have to clean it up and my teachers have to help clean it up so we are all alone in the classroom – good lord! – that did not really happen, i made it up”
overheard: New York, New York
context: a five year old to [...]

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“he told me loads of stuff about his ex and it proper freaked me out, i mean, it was proper freaky”
overheard: Gatwick Airport, London
context: two pret a manger employees talking whilst changing the bin liners

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