30 Hilarious Conversations That People Overheard In L.A. And Decided They Were Too Good Not To Share (Part II)
Eavesdropping isn't cool. But if you simply overhear two strangers whispering to each other (really loudly), that's not eavesdropping, that's just living in the city. And if their exchange turns out to be so funny, you just can't resist sharing it online, that's fine too. After all, who are they to take their dirty laundry to the streets? And don't worry if you're too afraid to post it on your Facebook wall. If you don't know who those people are and you don't want to damage your life on social media, just ask Denise McAllister. There are other ways to go about it.
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There's an Instagram account called Overheard LA and it's dedicated to such situations happening in Los Angeles, California. Stating that “We all have ears”, the creators have invited Angelenos to share some of the best lines that they have ever overheard and boy, did they deliver! Its founder, Jesse Margolis, started the account on a whim in 2015 after listening to a very Los Angeles conversation at a health food store. Now, it has over 1.3 million followers and multiple spinoffs including Overheard New York.
Overheard LA gets about 100 conversation submissions every day. "We really try to select things that are both funny and feel like they are breaking new ground," Jesse told Bored Panda. "We get a lot of great submissions, and really try to post new, original content every day that doesn't feel stale."
Since 2015, the Overheard "empire" has expanded quite a bit. Jesse and his team have found ways to make the project more than a hobby as well. "We work with great companies, and have three branded accounts," he said. They are @OverheardBumble, @OverheardLeLabo, and @OverheardUber.
All of the ridiculous exchanges they read, however, haven't changed the way they view local citizens. "We love how people participate and contribute to Overheard. It's not just satire, but strangely it is also a form of community... a gathering place for Angelenos to laugh at ourselves."
"We have several other accounts," Jesse added. "@OverheardNewYork, @OverheardSanFrancisco, @OverheardLondon and @OverheardUniversity. We are [also] coming out with a newsletter in a few months." You can sign up for it here.
Ha, I just saw someone got epicly down-voted for the same kind of comment. The post is funny, but it's really not a sign of a good relationship
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Even if dad has a point here, he should not say this in front of his child. It's a bad attitude to disrespect the other parent - and pretty harmful too. Also, in long terms, I believe plastic is more harmful to environment than long showers.
Or it could be harmless banter in a healthy, happy family. My parents talk like this about and to each other, it's just their sense of humour.
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We sit here blaming each other for taking long showers or using plastic when it's the corporations that are the worst offenders. Even if every person on earth was eco friendly, we still wouldn't make a dent. It's up to the corporations to fix their own mistakes and messes and idiocy before they kill us all.
No one who has kids can ever claim to be green. Worst thing anyone can do for the planet.
Funniest thing I ever saw was a huge SUV - Escalade or something like it - being carefully driven *around* the puddles in a parking lot.
Maybe I'm just cynical, but the majority of these give me major r/thathappened vibes. I just don't see many of these being true
Overheard in LA? Sure, on the set of a bunch of sit-coms, maybe. Not every one, but many of these read like "witty" banter someone wrote; specifically for TV. Maybe it's just life imitating "art" (use really BIG air quotes around that).
Its a city of failed writers and failed actors, of course the dialogue is cheesy.
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Guys.... Sometimes people DO say something really clever. It happens. Sometimes we're funny and we actually make people laugh! Don't forget that all of these quotes were found randomly over the course of months, if not years. It's entirely possible.
Funniest thing I've ever overheard was a 5 year old with her mom in the mall. They sat down at a table next to mine. The girl finished her lunch, mom is involved on the phone so the girl starts rifling through mom's shopping. She pulls out underwear from Victoria's Secret - several pairs. She holds them up to examine them. "Mommy? What's this for?" **Mom: *gasp!* Put those back! Those are mommy's underwear! **Girl: How? There's no butt! And these are just ribbons. **Mom: I said put them away! **Girl: No, you need to return them. **Mom: Why? **Girl: Cause they lied. These aren't underwear. **Mom: They're supposed to be like that, now put them AWAY. **Girl: You bought broken underwear on purpose?? WHY?? **(And then there's me, choking on my chow mein because I'm laughing so hard)
I was once caught in a checkout line between two women discussing their colonoscopies and size of their colon polyps. “The doctor said it was the length of of his forearm.” Does that count?
I had a teacher who stopped in the middle of class and said to me "Your legs are fat, you need to go on a diet." 30+ years later I finally have the appropriate response: "I don't care if you're a teacher, go f*** yourself!"
Load More Replies... Maybe I'm just cynical, but the majority of these give me major r/thathappened vibes. I just don't see many of these being true
Overheard in LA? Sure, on the set of a bunch of sit-coms, maybe. Not every one, but many of these read like "witty" banter someone wrote; specifically for TV. Maybe it's just life imitating "art" (use really BIG air quotes around that).
Its a city of failed writers and failed actors, of course the dialogue is cheesy.
Load More Replies... Guys.... Sometimes people DO say something really clever. It happens. Sometimes we're funny and we actually make people laugh! Don't forget that all of these quotes were found randomly over the course of months, if not years. It's entirely possible.
Funniest thing I've ever overheard was a 5 year old with her mom in the mall. They sat down at a table next to mine. The girl finished her lunch, mom is involved on the phone so the girl starts rifling through mom's shopping. She pulls out underwear from Victoria's Secret - several pairs. She holds them up to examine them. "Mommy? What's this for?" **Mom: *gasp!* Put those back! Those are mommy's underwear! **Girl: How? There's no butt! And these are just ribbons. **Mom: I said put them away! **Girl: No, you need to return them. **Mom: Why? **Girl: Cause they lied. These aren't underwear. **Mom: They're supposed to be like that, now put them AWAY. **Girl: You bought broken underwear on purpose?? WHY?? **(And then there's me, choking on my chow mein because I'm laughing so hard)
I was once caught in a checkout line between two women discussing their colonoscopies and size of their colon polyps. “The doctor said it was the length of of his forearm.” Does that count?
I had a teacher who stopped in the middle of class and said to me "Your legs are fat, you need to go on a diet." 30+ years later I finally have the appropriate response: "I don't care if you're a teacher, go f*** yourself!"
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