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Eavesdropping is a guilty pleasure of many. It often takes very minimal effort and can provide some light entertainment by making our imagination run wild. What did that person on the bus mean by saying they need some “serious reinforcements”? Are they planning a heist? Or is their birthday party menu getting out of hand?

Whether it’s something you hear completely accidentally or a neighboring conversation you have to lean in to fully decipher, one cannot deny the appeal of overhearing juicy details of other people’s lives. So what that they’re out of context, they still can be perfectly interesting.

The list below is proof that one should listen to what’s happening around them once in a while. Maybe you’ll hear some gems of child wisdom or a hilarious exchange that will put a smile on your face for the rest of the day. Scroll down to enjoy the collection of brilliant overheard conversations.

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Agfox
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3 years ago

There's always "sperm donor" if you're really p!ssed with him

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    Passerby
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    3 years ago

    Good girl. Never change your whole life for another person.

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    Ben
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    3 years ago

    That is SO very true

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    Actively Lazy Cat
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    3 years ago

    Anybody else still think of the 90's as like 10 years ago?

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    𝓚𝓮𝓲𝓽𝓱
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    3 years ago

    …this is so bad

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    Groaver Andout
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    3 years ago

    "Somebody better call the doctor!"

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    Srinivasan Somasundaram
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    3 years ago

    In India we say a child and God are one and the same.

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    Snorky The Pig
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    3 years ago

    Well, it is Target.

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    afia kooma
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Could be fun, selfreflective and harmless. Could be so gross

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    Nic Exists
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    that guy is right

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    Ronstantin
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I once went to the bathroom in a music store. While I was in the cabin, two men came in and began commenting throughout their no. 1. Like "Aaaah, what a relieve" – "Yeah, nice" – "Great, huh?" – "As long as it flows …" – "Nice bathroom". Didn't stop until they finished. (I assumed they were slightly uncomfortable and tried to hide it before each other. It was kind of funny hearing grown up men act like little boys.)

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    Sarah Rassier
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    3 years ago

    Best review you can give

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    Sinister Murder
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    3 years ago

    Then you know she knows her classics.

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    Aww they sound so sweet

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    𝓚𝓮𝓲𝓽𝓱
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    f*****g Alexa

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

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    sbj
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    3 years ago

    Not always the case with some people

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    𝓚𝓮𝓲𝓽𝓱
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    3 years ago (edited)

    Never been but how expensive is it? Edit: wow… that’s… bloody expensive 😰

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    Ronstantin
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Vote for the top pun!

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    Sea Squirrel
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    3 years ago

    I always sing: 'Oh, Annie, I'm Nacho Daddy'. And then I get hungry. 'Nacho Daddy' will be a nice name for a food truck, don't you think?

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    afia kooma
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    3 years ago

    Resiprocity, so easy that kids get it, but to hard for adults.

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    It's all about your perspective

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    𝓚𝓮𝓲𝓽𝓱
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    3 years ago

    Kid is going places

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    Jared Robinson
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    3 years ago

    thumbs up for positive reinforcement.

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    Groaver Andout
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    3 years ago

    Details shmetails

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    Taxirelaxi
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    3 years ago

    He´s right, you know

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    Sarah K
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    3 years ago

    In the middle of a panini! How very dare he. Her outrage is justified.

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    I need to learn to be this straight forward. Instead, my and all my people over here doing the Midwestern goodbye

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    Understandable. It's our Roman empire.

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    Abby Not Normal
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Yes, pay two $5 bills, get one $10 bill.

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    AnMadraRua🦊
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Slay queen.

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    Nick (He/Him)
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    3 years ago

    buisnesspeople amirite?

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    Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
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    3 years ago (edited)

    Now the other girl can think about if she in return wants to be friends with a person with an ugly personality

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    David A Paterson
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    3 years ago

    Eating random plants is fun. It used to be a hobby of the botany department of the University of Queensland.

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    Kim Kermes
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    3 years ago

    Cool! I have to look that up! Then find an engineer to explain it to me.

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    Passerby
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    3 years ago

    Is there such person really? I will never be emotionally ready to watch UP.

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago

    Nurse practitioners are great!

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    Auntriarch
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    3 years ago

    Upvote for plural of nemesis

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    Katie Lutesinger
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    3 years ago

    I was doing a quiz with my parents while we shared a bottle of wine, and confidently named one of the three types of rock "sedentary". My mum went into hysterics and eventually declared that's what she's calling them from now on.

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Hearing aids just make you more deaf!

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    Groaver Andout
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    🎵Spread your tiny wings and fly away🎵

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    john s
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    3 years ago

    These are days you'll remember. Never before and never since, I promise, will the whole world be warm as this. And as you feel it, you'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky. It's true that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you.

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    Ronstantin
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    3 years ago

    True in a way.

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    AnMadraRua🦊
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    3 years ago

    I am the second kid.

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    Auntriarch
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    3 years ago

    Kid is not totally correct. Classic means old but still good.

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I usually answer "Still on the right side of the grass!"

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    Aww the Bart Simpsons of the world grew up. Kind of.

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    Cat Palmer
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    3 years ago

    I have dyspraxia. The way I tie a shoe is by buying slip-ons. Is that clear enough, do you think?

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    StretcherBearer
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    3 years ago

    Maybe the American Delegation that accidentally ate psychedelic mushrooms. Janet Yellen I think? I'm not looking it up it's too early fact checking.

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    Wolf Wolf
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    3 years ago

    ... What if you're both short AND fat? True story .-.

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    I took a Gen Alpha to the library for the first time. They were shocked you didn't have to pay and could take books home.

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    Just thinking about it is doing me no good at all

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    T5n
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    3 years ago

    The motto of many D&D rogues , bards , and warlocks

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    cadena kuhn
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    3 years ago

    When handing the baby to one another we would say hot potato. Now her sister calls her potato

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    Auntriarch
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    3 years ago

    Middle aged English version "Jane would have loved Colin Firth"

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    Sounds like this person has resting superiority face

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago (edited)

    Were they talking to themselves?

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    Mav Mav
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    3 years ago

    it's the uncomfortable questions that help you grow.

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    MargyB
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    3 years ago

    In Australia, at this particular time that has a very different meaning. AFL grand final

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    Katie Lutesinger
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    Must be an Andy Griffiths work. ^_^

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    I want to be that guy

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    #2 is why it's so important we keep human writers gainfully employed. AI could never.

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    Robert Trebor
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    3 years ago

    Looked at a menu on line near here where I am now (traveling). The appetizers were more than I wound up paying for dinner elsewhere.

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    Agfox
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    3 years ago

    "I work closely with medical professionals, I'm a patient"

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    Jess knows what's up. Sorry, "Dr. Jess"

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago

    Leave the gun. Take the risotto.

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    David A Paterson
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    3 years ago

    It's a novel for children first published in 1977. Later made into a movie.

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    Mav Mav
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    3 years ago

    The nerve they have feeding themselves and paying their bills - so much unnecessary extravagance!

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    You know what, you do you, my guy

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    T5n
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    3 years ago

    Why not both? I’d love to go for a good ice cream and beer. Maybe chocolate ice cream and a stout or sorbet and a hazy ipa

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    Catherine
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    3 years ago

    Sadly, there's no cure

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    Huddo's sister
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    3 years ago

    Oh no, only personality?

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    Booker
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    Creates a solid mental picture in my head.

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    I'm a Jimmy
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    3 years ago

    The Guardians are Cleveland’s baseball team (use to be Indians). In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier, as the first black player in the major league. His number, 42, has been retired from the sport. Occasionally (anniversary or the like), players will wear a 42 patch in honor/respect for the man and his impact on the game and society.

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    GodzillaTookMyPants
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    3 years ago

    Any one over 5 feet is tall on a plane

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    Shine Chisholm (they/ them)
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    3 years ago

    The car has an interlock device that prevents it from starting until you blow into it and get a negative alcohol reading

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    Jared Robinson
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    3 years ago

    As a former smoker I understand this. lol

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    Nic Exists
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    3 years ago

    what is one piece?

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    Raquell Sabitch
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    3 years ago

    Can confirm from the other side of the fence. I'm a man who takes estrogen (and t-blockers) and I feel marvelous!

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    AnMadraRua🦊
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    3 years ago (edited)

    Yeah Pitch. Don’t be a b***h

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    Nichole Harris
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    3 years ago

    This is a fact

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