Teenage girl #1: Yeah, my dad’s getting re‐married this summer.
Teenage girl #2: Omigod, my dad just got one of those Filipino mail order brides, and let me tell you, they make the best egg rolls ever.
–Nassau, Bahamas
Overheard by: Spring Break wooooo!
18‐year‐old girl #1: I wonder what we’ll be like in college…
18‐year‐old girl #2: I think I’ll be a slut.
–Cable Beach, Bahamas
Overheard by: Rachel
College guy: First of all, this isn’t real life. This is vacation.
–Coco Cay, Bahamas
Overheard by: Madi
Local dude, trying to get me to buy a jet‐ski ride: You can drink and drive. It’s paradise!
–Paradise Island, The Bahamas
Overheard by: Drunken Swimmer
Drunk woman to woman coming out of water with snorkeling mask: Oh, I was thinking about getting one of those! Is it worth the money?
Woman in mask: Absolutely! There’s tons of sea urchins, coral, plants, fish…
Drunk woman: Tropical?
–Atlantis Resort Cove Beach, Bahamas
Overheard by: Maggie
Girl with lower standards: I think you should go out with Spook. Yeah, I like him for you.
Girl with higher standards: He’s a drug dealer. Why would I want to date a drug dealer?
Girl with lower standards: He’s not a drug dealer.
Girl with higher standards: He sells me weed all the time.
Girl with lower standards: That’s just his part‐time job.
–Cabbage Beach, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Italian MC on the PA: Fifteen minutes to Bocce ball tournament, volleyball tournament… Sex on the beach! Beer tournament at six!
–Fortuna Beach, Grand Bahama Island
Six‐year‐old boy, fully dressed in Lacoste: I am almost your age.
Father, fully dressed in Lacoste: You are not almost my age.
–Atlantis Resort & Casino, Bahamas
Tourist woman: You know, I heard this island is completely surrounded by water all the way around!
–Coco Cay, Bahamas
Overheard by: Shelley
Chubby eight‐year‐old boy, walking and kicking sand up with his feet: Woah! Ma! Look at this! They’ve even got real sand here!
Exasperated mom, clutching French fries: No shit! It’s real sand! Buying fake sand would be dumb. Everyone would steal it.
–The Bahamas
Overheard by: Fake sand maker
