It’s Good That You Both Are Planning Ahead For Your Futures as Vagrants

Meathead: God, there are an awful lot of bums here.
Ditzy girl: I know. But think about it, being a bum in San Diego is totally smart. It’s never cold, and they can just sleep on the beach, and the church around the corner from my house feeds them for free every day. They’ve got it made!
Meathead: Totally. Being a bum here must rock. If I ever need to, I’m gonna be a bum here.
Ditzy girl: I know. I don’t know why people would be bums anywhere else. I mean, how stupid. If you’re gonna be homeless, do it in San Diego. Duh.

–Pacific Beach, San Diego, California

Overheard by: American Goods

You Could Have Had a Friend in Pennsylvania, But Nooo…

Tourist guy: I hate these tourists! They think they’re so cool, just coming down for the weekend in their little homes, fucking up the traffic and making parking difficult. Go home!
Local teen: Your license plate says you’re from Pennsylvania.
Tourist guy: I rent for the summer. I guess I’m kinda like you, in a sense.
Local teen: Bitch, please.

–Bethany Beach, Delaware

Overheard by: beach native

The San Francisco Lisp More Than Makes Up For Those Cool Accents the Aussies Have

Girl #1: So, I want to move somewhere cool and foreign.
Girl #2: Yeah, that would be great. Where?
Girl #1: I dunno, somewhere like San Francisco or Australia.
Girl #2: That would be so cool.

–Mission Bay, San Diego, California

I Thought It Was That Everyone’s White and Hairy

Girl: Hm. Which way should we sit? Where’s the sun?
Guy: Yeah. See, that’s what’s wrong with East Coast beaches. The sun ends up, like, behind you.

–Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Overheard by: kev

The Pink Sombrero was Both a Clue and a Red Herring

Teen girl #1: Was he gay?
Teen girl #2: No, he was Mexican.

–Lavallette, New Jersey

And When We Get Home, Wash Your Eyes

Sister: Would you like to see some sea life?
Brother, pointing at three women sunbathing topless: Eww, this isn’t Europe!
Sister: Eli, just look away.

–Rockway Beach, NY

Holy Crap, I Thought I Was in the US!

Girl: What kind of fish is this?
Waitress: Alaskan cod.
Girl: Do ya’ll catch that around here?
Waitress: Uh, no. [pointing] That’s the Gulf of Mexico.

–Seafood restaurant, Galveston Island, Texas

Downtown from the South Bronx

Chick: So, you live in the city? Wow, where do you live, downtown?
Thug kid: Yeah, downtown… Well, not exactly downtown. Harlem.

–Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

Overheard by: alison

Anyway, All Those Asian Countries Look Alike

Chick #1: So, where are you going for your trip?
Chick #2: Thailand!
Chick #1: Cool! I worked with a guy from Korea once!
Chick #2: Ummm, yeah, that’s not the same, really.
Chick #1: It’s not? Oh… Things must be different now than from when he lived there.

–Pacific Beach, San Diego, California

Overheard by: American Goods

How Can You Be from a Baseball Pitcher?

Tourist: So where you from?
Hot girl: Uh, here. Where’d you think I was from?
Tourist: I dunno. It’s just that here, people are always like “Ooh, I’m from Venezuela” and I’m just like, dude, what the fuck is Venezuela?

–Miami Beach, Florida

Overheard At The Beach

Archive for the ‘Geography’ Category

It’s Good That You Both Are Planning Ahead For Your Futures as Vagrants

You Could Have Had a Friend in Pennsylvania, But Nooo…

The San Francisco Lisp More Than Makes Up For Those Cool Accents the Aussies Have

I Thought It Was That Everyone’s White and Hairy

The Pink Sombrero was Both a Clue and a Red Herring

And When We Get Home, Wash Your Eyes

Holy Crap, I Thought I Was in the US!

Downtown from the South Bronx

Anyway, All Those Asian Countries Look Alike

How Can You Be from a Baseball Pitcher?