Stupidity

Bigmouth: I don’t care where we go, but I am not sitting with Allen… Oh, hi, Allen!

–Fire Island Pines, Long Island, New York

Overheard by: Fred Daubert

Girl: Excuse me, what lake is this?
Street vendor: The Atlantic one.

–Portland, Maine

Girl: What’s the number for 411?

–Sag Main, Sagaponack, New York

Overheard by: Friend on the Beach

Drunk college girl to drunk college boy: We have the same cell phone…we have so much in common!

–Panama City, Florida

Hick tourist, pointing to the ocean: So is that there salt water?
Island Beach State Park worker, after long confused pause: It's the ocean.
Hick tourist: Yeah, but does it like, have salt in it?

–Island Beach State Park, New Jersey

Overheard by: sick of bennies

Woman: Excuse me, is that Catalina?
Man: No, Catalina is over there.
Woman: Oh, well, what island is that?
Man: Um, that’s a ship.

–Palos Verdes, California

Shirtless meathead #1: This is awesome. We should start a shirts-off club.
Shirtless meathead #2: Yeah. We could call it ‘Shirtless in Seattle.’
Shirtless meathead #3: But we don’t live in Seattle.

–Dewey Beach, Delaware

Little kid, running in tears: I'm in the twilight zone! Adults are playing with sand!

–Coney Island Beach, Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: ksenka

Little boy: Dad, what's the navy?
Dad: It's the army, but with boats.

–South Haven, Michigan

Blonde: Why is this water, like, salty?
Brunette: Uhhh, it’s sea water — the ocean is salty.
Blonde: Yeah, but I thought this was the Gulf…

–Clearwater Beach, Florida

Overheard by: tourist lover