Not in Ithaca, but overheard...

Walking through Windsor, England

Woman: Oh,look at that lovely Castle
Man:Well its the Queens House
Woman: I Know that..... But isnt it a shame they built it so close to the airport

LJBK

No longer overheard....

Woman: "Remember when we used to be so irritated at everyone talking on their phones all the time everywhere? Now that everyone walks around texting like zombies I miss hearing all that stuff."

It's all relative

At the Hangar Theatre's newly renovated women's restrooms, during intermission.
Woman, exclaiming loudly: "Oh wow, this is heaven."

Not Overheard, but.. Cows!

From Craigslist Ithaca/For Sale/Collectibles:

COWS $600 (Groton)
Must part with my cow collection. Moved and downsized. Took 2 days to wrap and pack these cows. Loved and cared for. They used to have their own room. Boxes and boxes of collectable cows. Hundreds of pieces. Dolls, walking and talking cows, plates, wall hangings, large aand small cows, stuffed cows, pillow cows, plates, "Mary Moo Moo's, salt and pepper collection, mugs, banks, etc. I think I have every type and color cow imaginable. Cannot begin to mention each piece. The small furniture some of them used to sit on is also included. Great Christmas gift for the serious collector. Will not separate.

(thanks, Melissa!)

Living life to the fullest?

Overheard on the bus.
Guy: "I've only broken one bone in my life. Isn't that kinda pathetic?"

Getting old

In front of library, watching traffic go by.
Woman to man: "Why is it only old people ride motorcycles these days?"

Early sense of style

Overhear at Trader K's. Mom with girl around four years old.
Mom: "Oh look. Let's get you a beautiful shirt."
Girl: "I don't like beautiful shirts."
Mom: "OK, let's get you some not beautiful clothes."

Overheard on Giles St.

Frazzled mom walking up the hill with her two sons: "OK, Children of the Corn, stop touching each other!!!"
Older boy in ridiculously loud voice: "I LOVE touching people."
-Vikki

First date

Young Daughter to Rapidly Aging Father: “So, he wants to know does he really have to meet you before we go out? Because he thinks you sound scary.”

A well balanced meal

Girl: "Yuck, we're having Boynton lunches today, they are like poop on a plate.....with rice integrated in."

Try a surgeon

Overheard at Home Depot.
Man to salesman in window and door department: "We'd like to get an external door."

While getting the snow tires off (at last!)

Car Mechanic: "A woman came in, she said 'I'm from out of town, I don't live here' and I said 'that makes sense.'"

Why?

Girl: "Why did you tell him that I told you that he spilled the urine sample?"

Turning colorful

At Wegman's

Her: "Oh these dishes are pretty!"

Him: "They are not really my style."

Her: "Yeah, I know. You were brought up "plain white" and stayed "plain white" after you moved out and I was brought up "plain white" but turned "colorful" after I moved out!"
-G. Barrow

Doing pig parts

In the hallway
Student: "So are you, like, dissecting today?"
Other student: "No, we already did that. Now we have to, like, do pig parts."

Formerly private moments

Overheard in a public restroom:
Young woman: "Yeah, OK. I love you too mommy. (LOUD FLUSH) Bye."

Sounds creepy

Also on Saturday morning.
Man: "Wegman's was crawling with therapists."

Overheard at Borders

Barista, who will be on Jeopardy!: "I can't tell you if I win, but if I quit my job you'll know."

a common phobia

Two male students leaving campus.
First student: "It's the math that's freaking me out."
Second student: "No bullsh*t!"

In the eye of the beholder?

At Shur Save in T-Burg:
My daughter and I were looking at olive oil when a woman walked by us very close and stared right into our faces. I thought that was weird, then she got to the end of the aisle
she turned and said "Crazy b*tch, staring at me"
My daughter and I just looked at each other.
I said: "Well I was looking at her, but only because I thought she was very attractive."
My daughter said: "I was looking at her too because I thought I knew her from somewhere."