Guy on bike on a bumpy road: Ooohhhohh my baaallls!

4th Street outside of Middlebrook Hall
Overheard by 276 MBH.

Teacher: (to student talking in the back of class) Jordan*! can you tell us the answer to the problem on the board?
Student: Um…no, sir.
Teacher: You are inturrupting the class! What were you talking about?
Student: Petroleum lightsabers.

Minnetonka HS Math Class

Twenty-something girl talking loudly into her cell phone: So they said it’s not ringworm — it’s some kind of skin virus that LOOKS like ringworm. And they said I’m really lucky because so far it’s only on my back and stomach, not, like, my whole body and face. The tests come back on Friday, but they said it’s probably really contagious. I just hope it goes away before my trip to Miami!

Hiawatha Light Rail Line
Overheard by sooooo glad I didn’t sit next to her.

Woman’s voice echoing from inside restroom: That’s what you get for getting a man. See, a woman would’ve done it right.

Downtown
Overheard by JfA.

6 year old girl quietly to 4 and 5 year old friends: (after dad shows them a magnet that made it look like he had his ear periced) At first I thought it was a bluetooth.

st.paul home
Overheard by oy vey.

College Girl: So when’s your thing happening again?
College Guy: Um, it was last Friday, actually.
College Girl: No way! Oh my god, I had no idea! I totally would’ve come if I had known about it. You should’ve, like, sent out messages, or something.
College Guy: Yeah, um, I did send out some messages, but I just sent them to, like, all of my friends, you know?

Overpriced private college
Overheard by not his friend, either.

Woman: I gotta smoke as much as I can before May 30th, cuz after that it’s bad for the baby.

Sherburne - Midway, St. Paul

Women with no legs, in a wheelchair, holding an infant and smoking a cigarette: I don’t need to be making any more babies… if I be making more babies white people be trying to put my ass in prison!

Nicollet Mall
Overheard by Laughing and Crying.