Intern answers: WCCO.
Me: Hi, this is Jason DeRusha, is Scott there?
Intern: Jason who?
Me: DeRusha.
Intern: And what is this about?
Me: I’m a reporter here.

On the phone

Teenage boy: Dude! Jesse is a ninja!
Mournful teenage boy: I wish I was a ninja… That’d be sweet.

Hopkins West Junior High
Overheard by a real ninja.

Guy #1: If I had a razor, I would shave my pubic hair and throw it at you.
Guy #2: That’s mature.
Guy #1: It is actually. A little kid wouldn’t be able to shave his pubic hair now would he?

School Bus 76

A lady at work: Do you know how much money I’m going to save by being in the hospital? I mean I don’t have to pay for food, or…gas…

Hallways of Corporate America
Overheard by Extended stay.

Father and son watching coyote hunting on the Outdoor channel.
Son: If there were toilets in the forest, coyotes would drink out of them.
Father: Yup.

TV room in remote Minnesota
Overheard by Mother.

Guy on smoke break: So, you must have sandpaper eyeballs then.

outside the convention center
Overheard by confused jogger.

Six year old boy to teen girl: Are you really eighteen?
Mother: Yes, she is.
Six year old boy: Now you can marry me.

highland park
Overheard by fresh ink.

Father to his preschool aged son throwing a tantrum in the candy aisle: In the words of Mick Jagger, You can’t always get want you want, but you’ll get what you need.

Roseville Target
Overheard by But I NEED candy.