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But They're Priced Up for the Tourist Trade
Tourist lady looking at photo of sea otter: Oh, you have salt water beavers here?!
Local guy: Yes, we do.
Tourist lady: Do they have a name?
Local guy: Yes, we call them 'snatches.'
Tourist lady: Did you hear that, honey? They have snatches here!
--Schooner's Wharf, Cayucos, California
Overheard by: Local girl
I Know What Kind of Eggs I Want for Breakfast
Drunk girl pointing at pelican: Holy shit -- a fuckin' Pterodactyl!
--Cancun, Mexico
Wore the Old One Out
Knife-scarred muscle man: Naw, man, that's it -- I'm done. I'm just gonna go home and play checkers and hopefully win. If not, I'm gonna play Scrabble and cheat! I just bought a new thesaurus.
--Coney Island, New York
Overheard by: donovan
I Know I Sure Do!
Annoyed dad to crying baby: Do you want to be buried alive or what?!
--Honeymoon Island, Florida
Overheard by: Christa
Absolute Motorpower Corrupts Absolutely
Angry old lady in motorchair: Where the hell have you been?! I've been all over this side of the lake, on the ferry, to the other side and back across here lookin' for you!
Bewildered old man in motorchair: I was over there lookin' for you.
Angry old lady: Whatever! Just come on! [Speeds off.]
Bewildered old man, scared: But wait for me!
--Epcot's International Village, Orlando, Florida
Overheard by: bakerchica
Tomorrow Night It's The Devil in Miss Jones or Nothing
Five-year-old girl to dad humming Lion King theme: Would you please stop singing that song?!
Dad: I can't get it out of my head.
Five-year-old girl: That's the last time you make me watch that movie with you.
--Palm Beach, Florida
Overheard by: jeff little
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