Weird girl in elevator: So… how’s the pet rock doing?
Weird guy in elevator petting something unseen: Um… fairly shiny.
Weird girl in elevator: Yeah.

Elevator by State Theater
Overheard by Is that a ROCK in your pocket.

Sassy momma: I’m just excited about everybody and seeing everybody and the fellowship and beverages.

The office in Lakeville
Overheard by I get excited about fellowship and beverages too.

Bank teller (to other bank teller): Don’t worry, I wasn’t talking about you. I only gossip about important things.

US Bank Building
Overheard by just give me my receipt.

Middle aged woman to her friend: I can’t even walk and chew a mint at the same time.

Avenue Q @ the State Theater, 1.8.08
Overheard by atomic pop!

Annoyingly loud cube neighbor: Nobody wants my gerbils.

694 and 94, Woodbury
Overheard by Not Richard Gere.

20 Something Woman on Cell Phone: Are you still in high school? You could send me to jail, you know. If you’re still in high school, you could send me to jail. You should have told me this before…

#16 Bus near Metrodome
Overheard by Before what? I could’ve asked.

Teenage Guy: I think my boobs are getting less saggy!

Burnsville High School
Overheard by Maybe it’s just getting cold in here.

Wannabe Black,yet Very Very White Girl to Assembled Coworkers on Smoke Break: Did ya’ll know that the stuff Natives smoke in their pipes is like, really illegal and in order to get it they have to apply with the government and prove that they are real Natives?
Assembled Co-Workers: Ooohhhh…
Wannabe Black,yet Very Very White Girl: Yaap, it is REALLY addictive so they gotta watch who has it.

Bill Collector’s Paradise-Eagan
Overheard by Amused/Offended actual native who knows that it is sweetgrass and tobacco (completely legal).