34-year-old man entering mid-life crisis: I used to have the abs of Zac Efron!

cubeville in 225 S. 6th Street
Overheard by did he really just say that?

Woman in office building on the top floor: Is this elevator going down?

St Paul, MN
Overheard by Better than elevator music.

Twenty something hipster kid talking loudly on his cell phone: “Uhhh, yeah man… you kidding me? I fuckin’ love cartoons man. Alright, you might be a little young to remember this, but remember Captain Planet? Dude thats my favorite, where he goes around saving the world from corporate America and shit! It’s a classic.

on the light rail heading downtown
Overheard by old and jaded.

6 year old boy with rubber band in his mouth (to his mother): Mom, I’m hungry.
Mother: Get that out of your mouth.
Boy: But it tastes good.
Mother: It tastes good?
Boy: It tastes like bacon.
Mother then takes rubber band from boy and smells it.

Title Company Reception Area, White Bear Lake
Overheard by laughing receptionist.

Teen Girl: But they’re all maple!
Teen Guy: But real maple syrup is different, it isn’t the same as everything else.
Teen Girl: They all say maple. They’re the same.
Teen Guy: No they’re not, see… (picks up real maple syrup) “real maple syrup”.
Teen Girl: But…

Cub Foods, Minnetonka
Overheard by Real Corn Syrup.

Girl: This movie we’re watching today sounds… complicated. Movies aren’t supposed to be complicated, are they?

U of M lecture hall
Overheard by what movies are you watching?