Bearded Dude: Yeah… I care a lot more about my penis than I do my friends.
Not Quite as Bearded: Oh, totally.

Bloomington Bike Shop
Overheard by wondering if that is selfish, or self preservation…

Little girl: Mommy! I found a dog that’s my favorite and it made a poopy and another dog was sniffing it!
Mom: Well that’s okay, sweetie. Some times other dogs eat other dogs’ poopies, so I guess sniffing is OK.
Little girl: That’s gross.

Lake of the Isles Dog Park
Overheard by true dat.

Chirpy 20-something woman: So she asked me if I had a livejournal, and I was like, “I have friends IRL, you know!”

Bullwinkle’s Saloon
Overheard by IRL no-one uses IRL.

Thoughtful Twin Cities Writer: Most songs — almost all songs — are about things that happened.

Publishing office in south Minneapolis
Overheard by Max.

RG Fan #1: You want a balloon animal?
RG Fan #2: I don’t like balloon people. They are half clown.

Roller GIrls Championships 1/2 Time
Overheard by What’s the other half?

Woman:  I shouldn’t have had beans for lunch.

Walking into the Science Museum
Overheard by I was thinking the same thing.

Emo girl: So what’s so great about cigarettes without tobacco?
Mullet:  I find them interesting.  I’m a connoisseur of smokables.
Emo girl: So you smell bad, then.
Mullet: Uhh… [looks around awkwardly]

Library, Gustavus
Overheard by i can smell him from here.

Little Boy: Ewww… what’s that smell?
Slightly Tipsy Dad: Prolly barf.
Little Boy: Yuck! You’re gross!
Slightly Tipsy Dad: What? It’s a Twins game. People come to get drunk, then they barf, and you smell it. That’s how it goes.

Walking out of the Metrodome after a Twins game
Overheard by That’s not why I go to Twins games.

Jogger trying on shoes: I think I’m, like, a size nine and seven-fifths.

REI
Overheard by sxoidmal.

40 year old polite woman: So, what kind of things do you like to do?
40 year old man: Oh, I mean I’m way spontaneous.  Mostly I like to hang out around the house but if my friend calls me with tickets to a monster truck rally no way would I turn those down, even if its last minute!

Borders in Woodbury
Overheard by grateful to be in a relationship..