Woman: How old is that bible?
Clerk (picking it up): 1911.
Woman: Thats the first one?
Clerk: First what?
Woman: First bible.
Clerk: (astonished silence)
Resale Shop
Hammond, Indiana
Woman: How old is that bible?
Clerk (picking it up): 1911.
Woman: Thats the first one?
Clerk: First what?
Woman: First bible.
Clerk: (astonished silence)
Resale Shop
Hammond, Indiana
Asian girl #1: They’re doing it.
Asian girl #2: They’re doing it a lot, it’s like twice a week!
Asian girl #1: Man, and she wants it, too!
Asian girl #2: She’s Catholic.
San Francisco, California
Guy on cell: Just because you own one doesn’t make you Mormon!
Barnes & Noble
Southlake, Texas
Overheard by: Autumn
Mitt Romney volunteer: So basically I asked my husband if we could please try not to have a baby this year.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Overheard by: Glad I Chose Fred Thompson
Guy #1: I think I fucked up my chance with Jen.
Guy #2: Why? what did you do?
Guy #1: Well she’s religious, and she sent me a text today that says, “I get real emotional on Good Friday.” so I write back, ‘I get real emotional on filet-o-fish Fridays.’ She hasn’t responded since.
Burbank, California
Overheard by: James Jameson
Slacker boy: I could tell she was really into me, because she told me, like, three times, how she had given up sex for lent.
PM’s
Nashville, Tennessee
Husband to wife showing him Greek Bible: Honey, if English is good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me.
Barnes & Noble
Cincinnati, Ohio
Overheard by: aharon
Angry woman on cell: I told you — we have Bible study in a half-hour! Get your clothes on and get off of the computer!
Locust Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Eavesdropper
Drunk girl: I’m filled with the Holy Spirit… and booze!
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Old lady to friend: … And the husband’s given up the Viagra for Lent, so I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself!
Dublin
Ireland
Overheard by: future old lady