Woman: (wistfully) It’s like paradise.
Small child: (excitedly) A paradise where you get killed!
Woman: (happily) I’ll kill you!

26th and Garfield, Whittier
Overheard by Ethan “I make Whittier prettier” Park.

Woman with fanny pack: Have you seen Little Miss Sunshine?
Friend: Yes, but I really didn’t like it. It was depressing. From the title, I expected it to be happy.
Woman with fanny pack: I know. I only like happy movies… like Charlotte’s Web.

Q. Cumbers

Barista: I totally hate what rehab’s done to coffee houses.

Dunn Bros., W 9th & Nicollet Mall
Overheard by yeah, and children.

Girl: Are you still doing next semester in Japan?
Guy #1: Nope. The sponsoring company bailed or something.
Girl: There’s other programs though. You can do a month in Monaco.
Guy #2: Dude, Monaco’s like the size of Elk River.

U astronomy class
Overheard by Guy one row forward.

Girl: Window! That’s the word I was looking for!

U dining hall
Overheard by How long did it take to think of?

Indykid: You know that scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey where they climb up to the the monolith, and the monkey’s like, “Touch it! Touch it!”?
Post-punker: Yeah.
Indykid: That’s what kung fu masters do.

Hard Times
Overheard by space babies.