Overheard in a restaurant in Marina Bay

"No, no, not like that. It's H-O-A-R."

America's game

Fan A: "... your muscles look tight!"
Fan B: "like your mom"

- 2 Red Sox fans trying to get the attention of one of the Detroit Tiger warming up near the 3rd base line



"Rent-a-wreck" & "I got 'roid rage!"
- Detroit's Edgar Renteria proved a popular target for the fans tonight

Older and wiser

Cashier 1: "I think that elderly sounds older than senior citizen"
Cashier 2: "I'd rather be called an old lady than a senior citizen"

-overheard in CVS in Dedham

"I'm going to start charging for the view."

-patient in the ER curtain area next to my roommate when yet another doctor asked to see the problem area, which was located where the sun really don't shine

Hairy situation on the Orange Line

"Hair fallin' out in chunks. That ain't stress... That is a HAIR MALFUNCTION!"

-loud Orange Line passenger on his cellphone (overheard by my boyfriend during his evening commute home)


(He arrived home and the first thing he said was "I have something you should post on Overheard in Boston!")

Food frenzy

"... 3 sandwiches, fries, and 3 Happy Meals... a whole truckload of food here... "

-manager at a suburban McDonald's that was crawling with kids on vacation

"There's this movie, Big, with Tom Hanks. And it's like... old."

-one young man to his friend in the Newbury Comics in Harvard Square