Park Bench Humor

<p>Leaving the house is expensive, but the entertainment is often free.</p><p>There are few activities that can get you freer entertainment than a classic eavesdropping moment. If you live in an area with lots of people, then you regularly catch a glimpse of other people&#39;s lives on the regular.</p><h2>The <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla" target="_blank">Overheard LA Twitter account</a> is dedicated to documenting the most amusing eavesdropping moments, so if you need a pick-me-up, look no further.</h2><h2>1.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/UXyG78hkJa">pic.twitter.com/UXyG78hkJa</a></p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/766010122829074432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“You want me to work an 8 hour day? My morning routine is 6 1/2 hours how the fuck do you expect me to work a full day?”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1627802548441608195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I like your outfit.”<br><br>“Thanks. I only have two modes. Walking around in sweatpants or looking like I’m going to a fucking gala.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1627802316010098688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Woman looking at 2 year old in overalls: “Ugh I could never pull that outfit off.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1627399160587493377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>5.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Young mom to her two sons at airport: “Ok, but do you have your chaos crystals?”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1626961964965453827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guy on the phone: “Do you know how expensive it is for me to get drunk here?”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1626533727017787392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Security at a Rave: “Do you have anything explosive or that causes sparks on you?”<br><br>Woman looking him dead in the eye: “Other than this bomb ass pussy?”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1626285743776894983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Girl points to restaurant: “This looks like the type of place where you’d get food poisoning.”<br><br>Chef, smoking outside: “We have a Michelin Star.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1625268913436266496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*Bartender dangles two Bud Lights as two guys walk up<br><br>Guys: “Whoa! How did you know?”<br><br>Bartender: “You’re two innocuous looking white guys with backwards baseball caps on. It could only go this way.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1624605429648232448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>10.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tourist: “What building is that?”<br><br>Guy: “I have no idea.”<br><br>Tourist: “You don’t know the name of a building that tall?!”<br><br>Guy: “Sir, this is New York.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1624471501322977281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I’m not dating an actor. I already hate myself. I don’t want to hate my boyfriend, too.&quot;</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1624145989140619264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“It’s hard for me to lie. I have a really strong moral compass.” <br><br>“In what sense, bitch? We just stole from Sephora.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1624144899204583424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“We haven’t been aligned in some time, so we’re exploring other sources of external validation.”<br><br>“Can you talk normal?&quot;<br><br>“Sorry. We broke up. I fucking hate him.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1624119303917408256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>14.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*At coffee shop<br><br>“I don’t know what to do next.”<br><br>“Just do ‘no tip’.”<br><br>“With my fucking life, Jason!”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1624119006889390080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“What do you mean you’re a little bit psychic?&quot;<br><br>“Like, I know you don’t want to be here but I’m not psychic enough to know why…”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1624118319241658368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">greenpoint father asked me for my number this morning for “babysitting or a drink.” what in the hbo original series</p>&mdash; one woman cult (@clickholebot) <a href="https://twitter.com/clickholebot/status/1623698681072320513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>17.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“It’s been over a week and a half since I’ve done drugs. Look at me go!”<br><br>“Well yeah except for alcohol, weed, xanax, and adderall.” <br><br>“Those don’t count.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1622288482944323584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>18.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Girl: “Why is the tea $12?”<br><br>Waitress: “We increased prices for inflation.”<br><br>Girl: “That’s an expensive tea. I’d rather have a unit of Botox.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1620494366698799105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>19.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“We turned location sharing on with no expiration limit.”<br><br>“That’s the Gen Z equivalent of an engagement.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1620108289605525505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>20.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guy to his boyfriend, outside Nobu Malibu: “I know money doesn’t buy you happiness but thank god it can buy you drugs and really good fucking food.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1620145769578897409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>21.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*check arrives<br><br>Guy: “I got it. I don’t let women pay.”<br><br>Woman: “Thank you for being sexist.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1619541170379702272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>22.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;God, I really love the decor, it&#39;s so LA chic! Where did you find this cool metal vase?”<br><br>&quot;That&#39;s my grandfather&#39;s ashes.&quot;</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1619143894805147648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>23.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“How’s it going with him?”<br><br>“He’s a drug addict.”<br><br>“You’re a drug addict.”<br><br>“Yeah. There’s only room for one.”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1619060231472021504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>24.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Hey! I haven’t seen you since we graduated!”<br><br>“Oh, hi. Wow, yeah that was intentional!”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1618289900809498624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>25.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boyfriend to Girlfriend: “Let’s de-escalate. I don’t want to be a couple who fight on the subway.”<br><br>Random Person: “No. Don’t do that shit. Don’t gaslight her. You started this!”</p>&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) <a href="https://twitter.com/realoverheardla/status/1617943784066777090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

25 funny conversations that internet strangers overheard.

Leaving the house is expensive, but the entertainment is often free.There are few activities that can get you freer entertainment than a classic eavesdropping moment. If you live in an area with lots of people, then you regularly catch a glimpse of other people&#39;s lives on the regular.The Overheard LA Twitter account is dedicated to documenting the most amusing eavesdropping moments, so if you need a pick-me-up, look no further.1.pic.twitter.com/UXyG78hkJa&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) August 17, 2016 2.“You want me to work an 8 hour day? My morning routine is 6 1/2 hours how the fuck do you expect me to work a full day?”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 20, 2023 3.“I like your outfit.”“Thanks. I only have two modes. Walking around in sweatpants or looking like I’m going to a fucking gala.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 20, 2023 4.Woman looking at 2 year old in overalls: “Ugh I could never pull that outfit off.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 19, 2023 5.Young mom to her two sons at airport: “Ok, but do you have your chaos crystals?”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 18, 2023 6.Guy on the phone: “Do you know how expensive it is for me to get drunk here?”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 17, 2023 7.Security at a Rave: “Do you have anything explosive or that causes sparks on you?”Woman looking him dead in the eye: “Other than this bomb ass pussy?”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 16, 2023 8.Girl points to restaurant: “This looks like the type of place where you’d get food poisoning.”Chef, smoking outside: “We have a Michelin Star.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 13, 2023 9.*Bartender dangles two Bud Lights as two guys walk upGuys: “Whoa! How did you know?”Bartender: “You’re two innocuous looking white guys with backwards baseball caps on. It could only go this way.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 12, 2023 10.Tourist: “What building is that?”Guy: “I have no idea.”Tourist: “You don’t know the name of a building that tall?!”Guy: “Sir, this is New York.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 11, 2023 11.“I’m not dating an actor. I already hate myself. I don’t want to hate my boyfriend, too.&quot;&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 10, 2023 12.“It’s hard for me to lie. I have a really strong moral compass.” “In what sense, bitch? We just stole from Sephora.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 10, 2023 13.“We haven’t been aligned in some time, so we’re exploring other sources of external validation.”“Can you talk normal?&quot;“Sorry. We broke up. I fucking hate him.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 10, 2023 14.*At coffee shop“I don’t know what to do next.”“Just do ‘no tip’.”“With my fucking life, Jason!”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 10, 2023 15.“What do you mean you’re a little bit psychic?&quot;“Like, I know you don’t want to be here but I’m not psychic enough to know why…”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 10, 2023 16.greenpoint father asked me for my number this morning for “babysitting or a drink.” what in the hbo original series&mdash; one woman cult (@clickholebot) February 9, 2023 17.“It’s been over a week and a half since I’ve done drugs. Look at me go!”“Well yeah except for alcohol, weed, xanax, and adderall.” “Those don’t count.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) February 5, 2023 18.Girl: “Why is the tea $12?”Waitress: “We increased prices for inflation.”Girl: “That’s an expensive tea. I’d rather have a unit of Botox.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) January 31, 2023 19.“We turned location sharing on with no expiration limit.”“That’s the Gen Z equivalent of an engagement.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) January 30, 2023 20.Guy to his boyfriend, outside Nobu Malibu: “I know money doesn’t buy you happiness but thank god it can buy you drugs and really good fucking food.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) January 30, 2023 21.*check arrivesGuy: “I got it. I don’t let women pay.”Woman: “Thank you for being sexist.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) January 29, 2023 22.&quot;God, I really love the decor, it&#39;s so LA chic! Where did you find this cool metal vase?”&quot;That&#39;s my grandfather&#39;s ashes.&quot;&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) January 28, 2023 23.“How’s it going with him?”“He’s a drug addict.”“You’re a drug addict.”“Yeah. There’s only room for one.”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) January 27, 2023 24.“Hey! I haven’t seen you since we graduated!”“Oh, hi. Wow, yeah that was intentional!”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) January 25, 2023 25.Boyfriend to Girlfriend: “Let’s de-escalate. I don’t want to be a couple who fight on the subway.”Random Person: “No. Don’t do that shit. Don’t gaslight her. You started this!”&mdash; Overheard (@realoverheardla) January 24, 2023 

Leaving the house is expensive, but the entertainment is often free.  There are few activities that can get you freer entertainment than a classic eavesdropping moment. If you live in an area with lots of people, then you regularly catch a...