Teen Girl #1 (to friend eating a chocolate bar): That is going straight to your hips.
Teen Girl #2: GOOD!

Chanhassen Esse Driving School

Teenage Girl: I have a rash on my belly button.
Guy: Wow!

Chanhassen Esse Driving School

Man #1: Why didn’t she eat it?
Man #2: (with very expressive hand gestures) Because French Vanilla was too spicy for her!

Skyway between US Bank Plaza and 225 S Sixth
Overheard by Remembering when I lived in a city where salt wasn’t as spicy as it got.

Teenage girl, after reading jokey “Ice cream is 100% magma-free” sign at concession stand: What’s magma?

Nokomis beach
Overheard by Trumpy.

Man whispering to woman: He’s going to want to see your pass. Go up to the front, pretend you’re looking for it and then say you can’t find it. That way we can ride for a few blocks.

#4 bus
Overheard by JfA.

Homeless man shaking a plastic cup in his hand (singing): Quarter in my cup, get me fucked up!
Man waiting outside: I only have a dollar.
Homeless man (still singing and shaking): Dollar in my cup, get me reaaallll fucked up!

outside First Ave

Teenage boy talking to friend: What are the signs of cancer?
Girl: I don’t know, drowsiness, excessive bleeding or being tired all the time.
Boy: I’m tired right NOW!
Girl: Well, it is 2 am.

Party in St. Paul
Overheard by girls are so much smarter than boys.

Mother to 3-yr-old daughter: Can we brush your hair?
Daughter: No, it’s dangerous.

restroom
Overheard by That’s why my hair is messy.

White College Girl #1: You know how that one guy was a good Asian?
White College Girl #2: Yeah, totally.
White College Girl #1: Well that guy… was a bad Asian.

Panera - Edina

Six year old boy to his dad in a restaurant where the air temp was a bit on the cold side: I wish I had a waffle maker so I could put my head over it.

St Paul
Overheard by I guess that’s one way to warm up..

Mother: What is that?
Daughter: It’s a coffee drink.
Mother: It is!?! I wouldn’t have let you get that if I knew it was coffee. That stuff is bad for your insides! (then takes a bite off a chili dog.)

St. Paul Dairy Queen
Overheard by Got one after she left.

Little girl to little boy who is dumping mud on a doll: It’s a good idea to baptize the baby like that!
Boy: We’re not baptizing it. We’re eating it.

s mpls

20-something guy: Outfoxed. Why does everyone always think foxes are so smart?
20-something girl: I like foxes.

Uptown, outside Sebastian Joe’s
Overheard by I like ‘em, too.

Chick: Would you believe that I’ve never had Honey Nut Cheerios?
Friend: I think that’s un-American.

Woodbury Cub Foods
Overheard by silently agreeing.

Boy sitting on lawn to friend who’s just finished a sprint down the sidewalk: And THAT’S why you don’t drink root beer!

Upton Ave
Overheard by Sov.

Young blonde woman, mid 20s wearing a dress and chatting on her cell phone: Whatever! It’s not like I tea-bagged her husband anyway!

Moose & Sadie’s patio - 3rd Ave. N
Overheard by Booey.

Teenage Girl: Oh my gosh! Is that a llama in the water? It is! Look! Theres a llama in the water! Oh wait, no, it’s just a dock.

Madison Lake
Overheard by 20/20 vision.

18 year old girl to 17 year old girl as they enter the bathroom stalls: Oh my god, these doors are so huge I don’t even know how to close them!

Grandma’s biffy
Overheard by laughing as i pee.

Man: He’s been dating women he’s met online since back when it was creepy.

Uptown Balcony
Overheard by Sherman.

Girl: Go over there by the fire, I’m gonna take a picture of your shilute.
Friend: haha My what? My silhouette?
Girl: I know how to say it, I just always forget.

madison lake