Way too loud guy: HEY, JOHN*! WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY?!

Robbinsdale, Cooper High Hallway
Overheard by Yes, please inform the public.

Male student on phone: Yeah, I got my nipples pierced.  I’m so excited to show you.

Saint Paul, Hamline University
Overheard by That’s hot.

Middle-aged woman yelling on phone: So, he trusts in God, and God trusts in him, and then he’s able to save his marriage!

Plan B, Uptown
Overheard by a.lil.

Teenage girl looking at Nickeloden Theme Park poster: God, I hate that place. Look at Dora the Explorer with her stuck up smile.
Teenage boyfriend: I think you’re reading too much into it.
Teenage girl: What do you think they’d think if I punched her in the face?
Teenage boyfriend: Dora? Probably that you’re racist.
Teenage girl: Crap, that’s right, she’s Hispanic. (thinks a bit) Hmm… I could punch Jimmy Neutron, too. No way can that be racist.
Teenage boyfriend: I suppose that might redeem you.

White Bear Lake, Taco Bell
Overheard by I guess you’re right?

Obnoxious girl, 3/4 through “Burn After Reading” during scene with Washington Monument in background: Is this movie, like, set in Washington DC?

Minneapolis, Block E
Overheard by Are you, like, most smartest?

Mom: …then I’d have to kill you.
Daughter: Why?
Mom: Because that’s my job as a mother.

Burnsville, Macy’s
Overheard by Glad I’m not her daughter.

Hip 20-something to friend: …the girl behind me doesn’t draw the shades, and it’s quite the show.

Minneapolis, Lagoon Theatre
Overheard by aeh.

Man at Dairy Queen to lady: Get the cone, otherwise there will be too many sub-questions. Oooo! Get the thin thing, yeah, get the mint thing!

St Paul, Dairy Queen
Overheard by The thin thing?

Guy #1:…and America would be the best planet in the universe!
Guy #2: What about bratwurst?
Guy #1: We have bratwurst.
Guy #2: We don’t have enough!

Woodbury, School
Overheard by that wouldn’t be my concern…

College girl: Oh my god, you guys… my tampon seriously just fell out! Like, I went to wipe and it just fell out!

Saint Paul, Bethel University
Overheard by m.jo.

Child leaving school, to her mother: Ah, I’ve been waiting all day to pick my toe jam.

 St. Paul, An elementary school
Overheard by amused parent.

Ghetto teenage girl: Ain’t Hillary running no more?  I never see her on the paper!
Random Asian guy: What?! Barack got it.
Ghetto teenage girl: Oh. Well, I don’t like that McCain fella.

LRT Northbound
Overheard by Just shaking my head.

Drunk guy to friend: I’m just sticking with beer since I’m driving.

Minneapolis, Hexagon Bar
Overheard by tell that to the officer.

20-something, while at his friend’s house in St. Paul: Oh yeah, sorry.  Sometimes I forget St. Paul exists.
St. Paulite: Oh, so you’re one of THOSE.
Other friend: Yeah, sometimes I forget it exists, too.
St. Paulite: But you live in St. Paul!

St. Paul,  Houswarming
Overheard by Sometimes I forget you exist.