Girl #1 (typing): How do you spell sophomore?
Girl #2 (loudly): C-O… Oh.  Nope.

Plymouth, Wayzata High School
Overheard by glad to see you’ve had a quality education.

Short-haired college girl (to guy friend): So, is it okay if I fart in front of you?
Guy friend: (pause) Well, you’re gay right?  Then I guess it’s okay.

St Paul, House off of E2
Overheard by a.lil.

Woman: Sarah Palin should remember that Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor.

Minneapolis, IDS Skyway
Overheard by Love conservative women bashing one of their own!

Dude to girl: Haven’t you noticed all the chemical burns all over his arms?
Girl, in a shocked, but yet oddley excited voice: NOOOooooOOOO!

St. Paul, Izzy’s Ice Cream
Overheard by Just trying to enjoy my delicious summertime treat.

Happy Hour drinker: My menstruation looks like meat? Is that normal?

Minneapolis, Imperial Room
Overheard by No, good heavens no!

Boy: I can just imagine what it’s like to be high. (pause) And it’s funny. Don’t you ever do that?
Girl: No.

St. Louis Park, Near the high school

Loud ghetto woman #1: Then he was all, “I took this nigga’s truck, I took this nigga’s crack,” and the nigga he was talkin’ to fuckin punched him in the face and was all, “Nigga that was my truck!  Pow!  Nigga that was my crack!  Pow!”
Ghetto woman #2: Nigga got a loud mouth.
Child: Mama, why people always stealin’ crack?  I don’t even like cracks.

Minneapolis, Penn & Golden Valley Road
Overheard by white girl from south minneapolis.

College Girl, looking in freezer aisle: Toaster Strudels!!!!
Mom and Brother (In Unison): You don’t have a toaster!
College Girl: FUCK!
Mom: (gasp)
College Girl: Sorry!

Roseville, SuperTarget
Overheard by Cary.

College girl on cell phone:  So, it’s all good ’cause I am just re-using the same guys over and over!  My number doesn’t go up!

Minneapolis, Dinkytown in front of The Steak Knife
Overheard by just eating my pizza.

Older guy who just became a grandparent for the first time, to other older guy:  I don’t mind being a grandpa, but I don’t like going to bed with a grandma every night.

Roseville, Work
Overheard by Potential Grandma.

Guy reacting to an error message on his computer: “The necessary data was deleted”?!? But it was NECESSARY!

Lakeville, The office
Overheard by Jeremy Q. Afterglide.

20 year old white guy: Ugh. Now you’re all high, and I’m all drunk, and… I need to get some new friends.
20 year old friend: Just smoke some weed, instead.

Minneapolis, Amazing Thailand
Overheard by i love the waitresses here.