Shaggy-haired drunk guy: …So i asked him, “Do you wanna be a rocker, or do you wanna go to college!?

Burrito Loco - Dinkytown
Overheard by …both?

Man #1, huddled under a tent during storm: Should we go stand under the 394 bridge instead? (points to mass of people under the bridge)
Man #2: It’s sort of a toss up. Either stand under a tent in a tornado or stand under a Minnesota bridge.
Man #1: Good point. Let’s stay here.

Basilica Block Party
Overheard by Why won’t they serve beer during the rainstorm?

Prada-carrying,rich suburban mom on crowded bus of mainly black people: We should go to Baton Rouge. I just love plantations. They’re so beautiful.
Rich suburban daughter with Chanel glasses: I want to get married there!

16 into Minneapolis
Overheard by LB.

A woman buying junk food and eyelashes (angrily): Well, you know what, Shannon, I’m getting your eyelashes.

CVS on Grand
Overheard by a fellow customer.

50-something Man With Arms Raised Drunkenly Scream-Slurring to Friends: I’M GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH MY WIFE TONIGHT!

Basilica Block Party
Overheard by Glad I’m Not His Wife…

Mother: Stop calling him that, it’s not a very nice name!
4-year old boy: What’s not a very nice name?
Mother: Chunky.
4-year old boy: But his name is Chunky.
Mother: No it’s not, it’s Thomas.

Isles Bun & Coffee, Uptown
Overheard by thankfully, not Thomas’ mother.

Crazy old woman talking to a young child that doesn’t belong to her: You’d better stay away from those sting rays, that’s what killed The Crocodile Hunter! (child continues to touch the sting rays)

Underwater World, Mall of America
Overheard by well…she’s right.

Self-Important Waiting Man: This is independent rap music. That means it’s rap music, but it’s also independent.

Al’s Breakfast
Overheard by mike_s, trying to enjoy his eggs (and hip-hop) in peace.

Angry 20something walking out of bathroom with friend: You’ve never made HOLLANDAISE?!

Bathroom, Calhoun Square
Overheard by aeh.

Trashy blonde interrupts conversation between two Indian girls talking about Bollywood movies: Indian Movies? What? The only Indian movie I know is Aladdin.

Prairie Pub
Overheard by Oh My God.

Pissy gay man: I don’t like The Onion. They just make up all their stories. It’s not the REAL news.

Number 4 bus to uptown
Overheard by that’s sort of the point.