Tourists

Midwestern American: Well, we never did find out if he was a racist or not, but there's not a whole lot left of him to find out now.

London
England

Overheard by: doe

Tourist: So, basically, people go to Castro to stare at the gay people making out?
Passenger: Well, the gay people feel more comfortable making out there… Because people aren't staring at them…

Berkeley, California

American tourist male: It must have been horrible being locked up in a place like that.
American tourist female: It couldn't have been that bad. They had to at least let them out to go to the bathroom.

Dungeon Cell
Tower of London
England

Overheard by: fnordy

Dutch tourist as four very fat tourists waddle by: I bet they’re American.

Hong Kong, China

Overheard by: i was thinking the same thing

Hopeful tourist to hotel employee: We came to see kangaroos in their natural habitat, which way is the outback?

Hotel Front Desk
Vienna
Austria

Overheard by: flamingriver

Tourist: Wait, so you can't smoke cigarettes, but you can smoke pot?
Local guy: Welcome to California!

Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Arielle

60-something tourist holding map, looking bewildered: So why is it called lemon chicken anyway?

Canberra
Australia

Overweight redhead Southern lady #1, looking through Switzerland t-shirts: Y'all, Ginger… I think this size is a li'l too small…
Overweight redhead Southern lady #2: Naw, I think that looks 'bout right.
Random lady: I thought we went on vacation to get away from the Southerners, not go find some more…

Lucerne
Switzerland

Overheard by: marisawin

Large female tourist in plaid bermuda shorts: You know what's wrong with California? Too many windows!

Quincy Market
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Isotope Feeney

Fat tourist mom: Nah… I don't wanna eat there.
Fat tourist dad, wistfully: Well, it's not McDonald's.

Outside Marcy's Diner
Portland, Maine

Overheard by: townie knows best