Attorney: We ought to be able to get him for mental defect based on the fact that he willingly moved from Arizona to here alone.

Anoka County Courthouse
Overheard by Can We Get a Hell, Ya.

Woman reading (boastful?) menu description: It says this is the official sweet-and-sour dish of the St. Paul Schools hot lunch program.
Companion: Hot lunch? What is that? Some kind of welfare?

True Thai, Minneapolis
Overheard by Made of Hot Lunch.

Nice looking guy out with friends: I want my friends to get used to me breaking promises. I like to ease them into the disappointment that is friendship with Matt.

Cedar Cultural Center
Overheard by Too bad for them.

Man talking loudly on cell phone in Target: Yeah, she went out and bought some new underwear, ’cause the stuff she got’s too small.

Midway SuperTarget, St. Paul
Overheard by I’m sure she’d be pleased to know Target shoppers have been informed.

Little Kid: Mom, I sure am short. Am I a midget?
Annoyed Mom: No hun, you are not a midget.
Little Kid: The guy from “Austin Powers”… is he a midget?
Annoyed Mom: Yes, he is.
Little Kid: (thinking really hard for a minute) Mommy, where can I find more midgets?

Burnsville Center
Overheard by Trying not to die while laughing.

Little girl running and yelling: Daddy, you’re OLD!

Skyway by IDS

Minnesota fan: Goldy must be a woman today, he’s very slender. Goldy’s a lesbian today!

Minnesota/Iowa basketball game
Overheard by Proud that I am an Iowa fan.

Twentysomething chick #1: If I could rearrange the alphabet I’d put ‘u’…
Twentysomething chick #2: …and ‘me’ together!

California Pizza Kitchen
Overheard by Do I know you?

Middle age hipstress (to her three year old): When you where younger you slept when we did this. (to herself) That was so much better.

the wedge
Overheard by aj.

Middle-aged woman is looking concerned and staring off into space…
Middle-aged woman’s friend: What’s wrong, Jane?
Middle-aged woman staring off into space: Oh, nothing. I was just thinking about the Amish…

Mortimer’s Bar
Overheard by yeah, the amish…

Girl: I won fifty bucks in the Hot Buns Contest last night.
Guy: So, does that mean you had the hottest buns?
Girl: Not really, I think I just looked the sluttiest.

Snap Fitness
Overheard by at least she’s honest with herself.