Random Football Player: Man, so me and Stevie J went to this girls room - man she had some biiiig ass titties! Started foolin around with her right there... so I just wanted to see how far she would let me go, and we ended up tying her up to the futon by her scarf. She reached over and tried to grab my cell phone, and BAM, whap-whap, her titties fell out of her shirt and smacked her in the face.
- Bursley/Baits Bus, as always.
Guy : Dude, give me the damn package... ohh sweet its my free condom!
Girl: Haha, what the hell are you gonna do with a Magnum?
Guy : I'll cut that bitch in half and use it twice.
- Bursley Hall, outside the mailboxes
Guy: Dude, guys, I was studying with this one chick today and she actually used the word lexicon in context. I was like, "Oh my God! I know that adverb!"
~South Quad
Chick with HEAVY East Coast lispy accent: “I bought a membership to Bally’s because I got tired of walking to the CCRB. Now I can just drive in my car to go work out.”
overheard by brandon
Guy 1: Dude, you didn't have to pee in the bottle.
Guy 2: Yes I did man, it was necessary
Guy 1: You could've made it to the bathroom.
Guy 2: I couldn't because of all the duct tape, remember?
- Bursley/Baits Bus
Girl 1: The African American Barbie had green and blue eyes.
Girl 2: Isn't that like genetically impossible?
Girl 1: Yeah! That's what I'm saying.
overheard by kevin.
girls looking at underwear:
Sorostitute #1: "These make you look really skinny."
Sorostitute #2: "Oh, like when you're naked?"
overheard by amanda.
Girl 1: There are a lot of words that I don't know.
Girl 2: Yeah, me too. That's why I don't read...too much vocabulary.
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Girl 1: "We're going to France over break!"
Girl 2: "Oh! You're such a bitch!"
Girl 1: "I know. I am a bitch."
I'm going to have a trachea fetish after this project. Hey, you. You have a nice trachea there.
~Basement of the UGLi
"Yeah, but I never plan on selling out or anything. I see myself more of a Ben Folds or something."
~Man on Cell Phone in Diag
--Overheard by Abe
Girl: This is REALLY good wine…. It’s from
Guy: let me try it.. it tastes kinda fruity.
Girl: Well there was orange pop in here before the wine.
Girl 1: Yeah, I think my mom has called me every single day for the past month or so. Starting to get annoying.
Girl 2: Haha yeah, that's why I don't have parents.
Girl 1: .....
Girl 1: Wow, do you think the leather on this couch is real or fake?
Girl 2: It looks real, although they probably dyed it blue...
Girl 1: Yeah, they probably did. I've never heard of blue cows.
-Michigan Union, 1st Floor
guy 1: there's express men.
guy 2: is that the gay store you were telling me about?
two men walk out of store pushing a stroller together
guy 1: yes, yes it is.
Guy 1: Oh man, give it up for bus surfing. Honestly, could this be any more uncomfortable?
Guy 2: Dude, riding the bus is like awkward sex.
Girl 1: Exaaaactly
Girl 1: pretty much everyone pukes when they turn 21
Girl 2: yeah, i'm not one of those people
Gilr 1: yeah, you're gonna throw up
Professor: Wow, I thought you people in the back always slept.
Girl in back: We sleep but we know our shit.
big frat-boy talking to a girl: "Oh, I'm totally obsessed with girls' facial hair!"
overheard by eston.
Janitor #1: Hey man! Did you see them Playboy Bunnies that just walked in?
Janitor #2: Yeah, man. I saw both of 'em. I was about to go set some carrots, y'know, and bring 'em over to me.
-Food court in the Union
Guy 1: ...And I saw used condoms in her backpack!
Guy 2: What? That's so unsanitary!
-On the Diag before Sen. John Edward's speech
girl 1: ...and then he went outside, and then he started peeing!
girl 2: HE WASN'T STILL HOLDING YOUR HAND, WAS HE?
girl 1: He was! I don't think our relationship is off to a good start!
overheard by alyssa.
Guy: Today I was trying to change the tracks on my iTunes through my jeans. So I was sittin' there...y'know...press the buttons...and then I realized that it looked like I was groping myself and lots of people were watching me. And I was like: Whatever. You don't know me!
~South Quad East Elevator
teacher [pointing at passing U of M students, while lecturing to middle school students]: "They've got their pants up round their waists -- 'cause they're trying to make it happen!"
overheard by bluehorse.
in South Quad cafe:
guy: "As a pre-med and a potential doctor, I feel that..."
overheard by greg.
"See, those are fake logs."
"... How is that possible?"
"It's a gas fire."
"Oh."
"Yeah, my grandfather has one; that's the only reason I know."
overheard by eston.
guy [trying to impress a girl]: "I have a vault of stories that could fill the library of Congress!"
overheard by dana.
Horny Chic in S.Quad: What is with the people in this building? This is a guy's hall! Don't any of the guys here have porn? We won't judge you if it's bad - we just want some PORN!!
Girl 1: What time is it?
Girl 2: It's quarter to 12.
Girl 1: What's that mean?
overheard by jackie.
"I'm on 50 milligrams of Adderall and 3 cups of caffeine."
overheard by bluehorse.
with the official release of the october issue of the E3W today, i wanted to make note again that the quote featured in the advertisement there is actually from the Urban Outfitters in Manhattan, not the one on State St. and that from here on out, submissions will be screened against the New York site to make sure they are genuine.
i apologize for this egregious error, but please continue to read the site, as submissions are slowly but steadily increasing. keep your ears open...
"You're an ass."
"Well, yeah, but that makes you an ass's best friend. You know what that is?"
"A dildo. Damn..."
overheard by anonymous.
"Who ever does that ann arbor is over-rated website needs to get out more often. From what I can tell they have no social life and spend all day googling for ann arbor related material to whine about. "
overheard by Jerry @ leopold brothers.
(moderator's note: i find this particularily interesting considering the latest flurry with annarborisoverrated after that site linked to us. and yes, ann arbor may be over-rated in some regards, but it's still pretty sweet.)
girl: "Myspace? Isn't that, like, facebook for community college kids?"
overheard by dj ayuh.
oooh, some (good?) publicity. Ann Arbor is Overrated, found us here, and featured us, hence the huge surge of hits we've gotten recently. one commenter noted (and subsequently made a submission) that this site is "banal." i agree, i haven't had the adequate time to put much into site design. best option: subscribe to the RSS feed and just enjoy the submissions. some are funnier than others, but if we get more submissions, we can filter for the really good ones.
got a problem? let us know.
EDIT: it has also come to my attention that there have been some quotes submitted that came directly from Overheard in New York. this should not have and will not happen again. this site is strictly for quotes from Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor is Overrated is correct for having pointed out our fraudulence in this matter. i have not had the time to cross check any of these quotes with the New York version, so if you notice one that appears here that originated in New York, please let me know. i apologize to any E3W readers out there who came here for the quote that was allegedly stated to have come from Ann Arbor, but in fact did not. please still submit and enjoy the site.
Girl 1: What's a Gin and Tonic?
Girl 2: I don't know. It sounds like a girl drink.
-overheard by Jen.
Inspired by the concept of these "Overheard" blogs, there's another one, semi-related, for quotes you've heard from your professors. let's be honest, a day doesn't go by in my comm 371 class where the professor doesn't say something hilarious. and usually she doens't mean for it to be funny, but isn't that how many of these quotes come about? check it out: Professor Quotes. same as with this site, click on one of the links on the sidebar on that page to submit a quote you heard.
now, surely the football game lent itself to some good quotes (see the previous post) so let's keep 'em coming...and be on the lookout for quotes from your profs too.
Girl: Ow! OW! OUCH! God! Your elbow is in my BOOBS!
-The Big House before Penn State game
Girl 1: Please, he can't possibly be blaming me for this. Had I known about all of this drama, we would've never hooked up. But you know what they say, it takes two to tango...
Girl 2: What about mambo?
- Michigan Union, Tap Room Area
Freshman 1:"Dude, in South Quad they have a Natty Light fairy, that leaves bottles above the doorframes of cool kids at night."
Freshman 2: "We don't have to smear blood on it or anything right?"
- Bursley Hall, 4th Bartlett
If you want to contribute to this, just email me (Bill) with your email address and we'll get you added to the contributors list. If we could make this open to the public, we would, alas Blogger won't let us.
Keep 'em coming...
guy: [to a girl crossing the state street] i know you're hungry, i can see it in your eyes.
Guy: Whoa, when did you move your books?
Other Guy: Like, just now
Guy: (shocked look)
Other Guy: Dude, I was all up in your grill
Yeah, well, when we're NOT waiting for babies, we're pretty busy. I'm usually on my cell phone.
this might be a rip off of Overheard in New York, but we couldn't resist.
expect to see the best conversation snippets from around campus and kerrytown.
more to come...
