Everyone Makes That Wish
Guy who brought back shots to the table at friend’s birthday party: Saddle up and take this shot!
Birthday Boy: Red-headed sluts! My wish did come true!
Lakeville, MN
Overheard by Birthday Boy’s girlfriend.
Guy who brought back shots to the table at friend’s birthday party: Saddle up and take this shot!
Birthday Boy: Red-headed sluts! My wish did come true!
Lakeville, MN
Overheard by Birthday Boy’s girlfriend.
Older woman on phone: Stacy is in jail right now, but she’ll be into work a little later.
Duluth
Overheard by O_o.
21 year old girl: To talk to girls, you just have to compliment them on something that couldn’t be construed as offensive, like an accessory.
Stringy haired disgruntled looking boy: Like hey, nice Barrett, huh huh, nice eyes, I like your eyes. Uh yeah.
21 year old girl: You don’t want a girlfriend; you just wanna get laid.
On the 2 bus
Woman to friend: What’s a gold medal flour?
Near Stone Arch Bridge, after Aquatennial fireworks
Overheard by T-Lo.
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20-something guy #1: And somehow they found out we were living together!
20-something guy #2: OOOOOhhh.
Corporate office, Eagan
Overheard by ashley.
Middle aged construction worker: It’s fuckin’ hot. It’s fuckin’ hot everywhere. Hot wind, hot sun… it’s even hot in the shade! FUCK!
Xcel Energy power plant construction site
Overheard by The guy with the clipboard.
Tour guide to impressionable freshmen: And this is Morrill Hall. You probably won’t ever go in there unless you need to use the bathroom.
Church St., U of M Westbank
Woman on cell phone: Well, I’ve always had a little discharge its normal, but now I got even more coming out!
Hennepin County Public Health Clinic
Overheard by getyoselfchecked.
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Hickman talking to his girlfriend at the ValleyFair entrance: I should have kept my 9 mil in the car.
ValleyFair entrance
Overheard by ya think creeper?
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Hipster 20 something girl talking to two other hipster 20 somethings: Yeah, I’ve had four abortions.
Other hipsters: Wow.
Hipster 20 something girl: Yeah, I get pregnant a lot. It just runs in the family!
Uptown, Minneapolis
Overheard by pro….choice?
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5 year old boy: What do people eat in Egypt?
5 year old girl: Nothing! They don’t eat anything in Egypt!
Southwest Super Summer Program
Overheard by clarodactyl.
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Young child to mother while entering Gooseberry Falls National Park: Ooh! I smell the gooseberries!
Mother: No, honey. You’re just smelling nature.
Gooseberry Falls National Park, Two Harbors
Overheard by I thought they were *part* of nature…
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50ish Woman looking at a MAC computers: So, I want to be able to read my email and listen to music at the same time.
Sales Guy: Oh yeah, it has all that compatibility.
Best Buy Richfield
Overheard by It even has a color screen…
Middle aged Co-worker#1 after touring the 35w bridge construction site, enthusiastically: Wasn’t that cool to see the bridge up close and get the private tour?
Middle aged Co-Worker#2, sniffs: Well, I suppose so for someone who hasn’t seen it before. I’ve seen it lots of times.
Capitol city cubicle farm
Overheard by so have I, but I guess nobody’s cooler than thou.