Summer intern/Soon-to-be College Senior on the phone with the IT helpdesk: I just unmounted my computer and it isn’t behaving.

Fortune 500 highrise in downtown Minneapolis
Overheard by 35 and afraid for our future.

Woman to man: You got your knife on you?
Man: Yeah.
Womand to man: Because I swear to God, I will slash your throat right now, you talk about my baby like that again. I will cut you.

Bus stop near Hennepin and 5th
Overheard by Just trying to get to the train station.

Drunk girl walking by on cell phone: Nah, I fled the scene.  I wasn’t sticking around for that shit.  I hopped a couple fences and now I’m going to the CC club. They can kiss my white Irish ass.

22nd and Aldrich
Overheard by you just can’t make this shit up.

Mother of 3, scrambling through the toy isle trying to calm down 2 of them: Yes, he’s 6 and you’re 3. He’s older than you, so put your clothes back on.

Toy isle of Target in St Paul
Overheard by Totovader.