Twenty-something Girl #1 (looking at dinner bill): What!? They charged me for my pop refill!
Twenty-something Girl #2 (appalled): They did? That’s not right. America is, like, the land of free refills.

California Pizza Kitchen, Rosedale
Overheard by Second only to the land of the free.

Kid emerging from bathroom stall at language camp: Hey, guys, I found out my flashlight’s waterproof!

Concordia Language Village, Bemidji
Overheard by Remind me not to borrow that.

Block E-loiterer #1: Lookit this mufugga. Nigga got on a Matrix coat.
Block E-loiterer #12: Yeah, mufugga probly got a sawed-off under that shit.

5th and Hennepin
Overheard by and I thought I looked like just another white guy leaving the office wearing a black topcoat.

18-year old girl, loudly on phone: Fuck this! I’m done screwing random strangers!

MSU
Overheard by laurel.

Too drunk for her own good, shoes left two stalls over, girl on bathroom floor: I wanna go home.
(5 mins later I return to bathroom)
Girls’ friend trying to pick her up from the stall floor: Honey, where’d your pants go?

Billy’s on Grand
Overheard by hoping to never lose my pants in public.

Tiny 8-year-old swimmer to an experienced older swimmer: Are you doing butterfly in the relay?
Experienced swimmer: Yes.
8-year-old: Are you good at it?
Experienced swimmer, pausing: No, not really.
8-year-old: Oh. That’s ok, I started out like that too.

St. Michael swim meet
Overheard by older swimmer’s friend.