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Long Island wife: Shawn! Shawn, you idiot, your son wants to come swimming with you!
Long Island husband: Did you just call me an idiot?
[A fight erupts and wife is so upset she starts packing.]
Long Island husband: What are you doing? You said you wanted to go to the beach today!
Long Island wife: We've been to the beach, and the beach fucking sucks!
--West Palm Beach, Florida
Overheard by: sat near them on the plane going home two days later, too
Boyfriend, offering a sip of shake: Here, have some.
Girlfriend: No, I'm okay.
Boyfriend: Have some, it's protein!
Girlfriend: No! I'll just suck your dick later.
Boyfriend: [Silence.]
--South Beach Florida
Woman to husband, watching the sunset: Why doesn't the sun ever set in front of the clouds?
--Pacific Grove, California
Overheard by: never enough sunscreen
Fiftyish guy to wife: Just for that, I'm not gonna eat your pussy tonight.
--El Cid, Cozumel, Mexico
Drunk New Year's reveller, at 5 AM: Morning has broken, like the first...
Girlfriend: Shut up!
--Bondi Beach, Australia
Overheard by: GGary
Wife: Frank, you heard about the 11 second rule?
Husband, staring at hot nude chick nearby: What?
Wife: The 11 second rule. If the cops catch you staring at breasts for more than 11 seconds, you have to go to jail.
Husband: No way.
Wife: And keep in mind, there are lots of gay men on this beach.
--Race Point Nude Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Redneck girl: Frank was out fishing with the guy who drowned yesterday.
Redneck boyfriend: Did he try to save him?
Redneck girl: No, he was fishing -- I told you. He thought he had one on the line.
Redneck boyfriend: Did he?
Redneck girl: No, it was just the water.
Redneck boyfriend: I thought you were gonna say it was the guy who drowned.
--Holland State Park, Michigan
Overheard by: Townie
Girlfriend: Hey, wanna have sex in the water later?
Boyfriend: Of course.
--Miami Beach, Florida
Overheard by: Kristy Y
Wifey turning from looking at ocean: This is so nice. What elevation are we at?
Hubby: ... Seriously?
Wifey: Yes.
Hubby: Um... Sea level, honey.
Wifey: Oh. Yeah.
--Ka'anapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii
Overheard by: D-Rock
Girl: Oh my god, the water is so cold! I think my vagina is numb.
Guy: I hate when that happens.
--Grand Haven, Michigan
Overheard by: Lisa
Man: Honey, I don't think this off-board thing is very safe.
Wife: Why not?
Man: There are so many Mexicans here...
Wife: We're in fuckin' Mexico!
--Mexican cruise
Overheard by: Lydia
Girlfriend: Jon Coulton does a song like that.
Boyfriend: About making monkey-man hybrids?
Girlfriend: Monkey-pony, actually.
Boyfriend: Well, then, he's my motherfucker.
--St. Augustine, Florida
Middle-aged man: Hi, girls. I was wondering if I could borrow one of your magazines. My wife is really bored and forgot her book. I'll give you a drink in return.
Group of 20-ish girls: No problem. Here's a People mag.
Middle-aged man: Thanks. See ya.
Middle-aged woman walks over laughing and whispers: Girls, my husband is so shy -- I can't believe he actually did that! And do you know what I have to do in return? [Girls stare.] I have to give him a blowjob tonight!
--Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Overheard by: Meghan
Chick: Nothing is getting in my ass!
Dude: Not even a pinky?
Chick: Not even a pinky!
--Huntington Beach, California
Mother: Both of my daughters are allowed to marry Orlando Bloom if they ever want to. That is one gorgeous boy.
Father: Who's Orlando Bloom?
Daughter #1: An elf.
Mother: No, he's not.
Daughter #2: Yes, he is -- he was Legolas in the Lord of the Rings.
Father: The elf was played by a black man?
--Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Girlfriend: It's so beautiful here in Cape Cod. Wasn't David Copperfield set in Cape Cod?
Boyfriend: Wait? You mean like the magician?
--Ferry to Nantucket, Massachusetts
Overheard by: JFN
Husband: Babe, we need to pick up another 12 pack and then go get the kids.
Wife: Finish your beer first.
--Chick's Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Overheard by: Mike
Tourist wife: Look at their butts. These bikinis are too small...Honey? Did you hear me?
Tourist husband: Huh?
Tourist wife: My point exactly.
--Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Girlfriend: Oh my God, I totally look like Paris Hilton.
Boyfriend: Yeah, you're an overtanned, skinny skank.
Girlfriend, excitedly: I know!!
--Shelly Beach, New South Wales, Australia
World's best wife: Honey, twelve o'clock.
Clueless husband: Huh? No, it's not. It's two-thirty.
World's best wife: I mean twelve o'clock.
Clueless husband: I don't get you.
World's best wife: Look straight ahead.
Clueless husband: Why?
World's best wife: Look at the hot chick right in front of you! Look! Look!
Clueless husband: Oh!...Niiice.
--Grand Beach, Manitoba
Burly guy: One good thing about this trip: at least it ain't Jersey.
Girlfriend: Jersey's not that bad!
Burly guy: Easy for you to say, there's not a warrant out for you there.
--Revere Beach, Revere, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Staying far away from this guy...
Wife: Murray! Cover up! Your business is hanging out of your bathing suit!
Husband, nonplussed: That business closed down years ago.
--Long Beach, New York
Overheard by: Larry
Guy: You look really hot in that bikini.
Girl #1: I'm not really in the mood for flirting today so why don't you just buy me a lemon ice, I'll pretend I like you, and we'll both be on our way.
Guy, as he walks away: Bitch.
Girl #2, walking up to her: Wasn't that your boyfriend?
Girl #1: Yeah. I'm so tired of him being a dick all the time.
Guy comes back with a lemon ice.
--Boardwalk, Jones Beach, New York
Overheard by: Batwon
Guy wearing "World's Best Dad" shirt: Hey, honey, where's Sadie?
Wife: You're holding Sadie!
--Wakulla Springs, Florida
Girlfriend: Hey, do you know I heard down in Brazil they, like, mix sand in with their suntan lotion so that it exfoliates their skin?
Boyfriend: That's fucking stupid.
Girlfriend: Tell me about it! I tried it last year and got a nasty rash. So this year I'm using sand and baby oil.
--Waikiki Beach, Hawaii
Overheard by: Neeri
Husband: Let's take a surfing lesson.
Wife: The water's too cold.
Husband: We can rent a wet suit.
Wife: That would be like wearing someone else's condom.
--Cannon Beach, Oregon
Overheard by: macdog
Honeymooning hubby: Honey, do you want a drink?
Absentminded wifey, reading: Sure.
Honeymooning hubby: Do you want a sandwich?
Absentminded wifey: Whatever.
Honeymooning hubby, exasperated: Will you give me a massage?
Absentminded wifey: Whatever.
Attractive blonde stranger: I'll give you a massage, hottie.
Absentminded wifey, looking up from her book: Back off, he's mine [she goes back to her book].
Honeymooning hubby, whispering to blonde: So... Can I meet you later, then?
--Hilton Head, South Carolina
Overheard by: eager ears
Girlfriend: Some of my favorite times are lying on the beach with my head in your lap.
Boyfriend: Yeah, a lot of my favorite times involve your head in my crotch, too.
--The Point, Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Greg P
Woman: Is that where George Bush lives?
Man: No, you can't see it from here.
Woman: I bet you could see it with binoculars or something.
Man: Doubt it.
Woman: Why do you always shut me down when I have an opinion? I'm entitled to it! How do you know you couldn't see George Bush's house from here?
Man: There's an island in the way.
--Kennebunk Beach, Maine
Girl to boyfriend: My vagina is all wet, and not in the good way.
--Seaside Heights, New Jersey
Overheard by: Thommy