Chicagoist Overheard

By Chicagoist Overheard in Miscellaneous on Sep 8, 2005 4:49PM

Keep your ears open! Send your overheards to overheard at chicagoist dot com.

Guy w/ new buzz cut and no beard: ... Cuz you know, my hair was thinning and my beard was all white, so I had to do something. And you know what, guys? The ladies are ALL over me.

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Guy on a Ted flight: This plane is Ted? Named after Ted Kennedy? Figures United would put me on a damn liberal plane.

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At the DMV, woman to security guard: They gave me a ticket for going 60 when the speed limit was 45 but it's not my fault 'cause I was asleep at the time.

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Art Institute Information Desk
Twentysomething woman (presumably from out of town): So, like tell me. Is there anything REALLY super fabulous here that I HAVE to see?
Girl working at Information Desk: Blank stare

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Trixie male on cell phone: We are closer to you than you are to us.
His friend, also a trixie male: Dude, that makes no sense.

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Father to his toddler son: SpongeBob is a vampire? I haven't heard that one before.

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Mother to child: If I told you that steak is a vegetable, would you stop eating it?