Bus driver: We are now approaching the Franklin/Cedar/Minnehaha nexus.
Someone in the back of the bus: NEXUS?!?

Minneapolis, #2 bus
Overheard by i think nexus is an interesting way to say it…

Older man to blonde 20 something with large Nordstrom shopping bag: Oh, you’ve been out buying shoes, huh?
Blonde: Yeah.
Older man: Big old bag! What kind of shoes?
Blonde: Boots.
Older man: Oh, getting ready for winter?
Blonde: No.
Older man: Oh, you ride motorcycles then?
Blonde: No.
Older man: Oh you just like sitting on the back. They must be for winter.
Blonde: No, I live in California.
Older man: Oh, you’re a cowboy, then! How many horses you got?

Lake Street, 21 Bus
Overheard by Wearing boots that aren’t for winter, motorcylcles or horses.

Guy: Hey, I’m gonna go grab something from concessions. Want anything?
Girl: Yeah, um, do they have any candy that’s, like, fruity?
Guy: No, they don’t sell any gay candy here.

AMC Theater at Rosedale Mall
Overheard by guess i’m leaving then.

20-something man: Oh, man, we’ve got a really full day tomorrow. We have to freeze all that tomato sauce we made.

Minneapolis, Nye’s

Man at bar: …except it wasn’t gin and tonic, it was gin and SEX.

Minneapolis, Nye’s

Guy walking with his friend: So, this weekend I was going to go down to Chicago, to riot, beat people up, and break shit, but I realized I would have missed my Dutch class on Monday so I thought it would be a bad idea.

University of Minnesota
Overheard by Shiggity Shaf.

Daughter: I hate it when things don’t have a price on them.
Mother: Oh, how much is it?

Stillwater, Walmart
Overheard by Another tired mother.

Teacher: Huh, nice shirt, know who that is?
Kid wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt: Uh, the drummer of Foo Fighters?
Teacher: No, it’s Che Guevara. Do you know who he is?
Kid in shirt: Oh, didn’t he, like, fight Communism and Castro?
Teacher (under his breath): (sigh) Fucking public education.

St. Paul, One of the high schools
Overheard by Ironic, who wondered if this kid will be in his class later.

Large young woman on cellphone: Ah gots ta splash him whenever Ah see him, Ah cain’ he’p it.  AH GOTS ta SPLASH him… whenever Ah SEE him… Ah cain’ HE’P it.

4 bus, southbound on Lyndale
Overheard by sxoidmal.