Man to wife and college-aged daughter: Someone that pretty with a drinking problem is a serious problem.

Roseville, Target
Overheard by there’s no problem if she’s ugly.

Drunk Dude: Do you ever want to have Tourette’s and be like ‘fuck it, fuck it, fuck it’?

Minneapolis, Front porch of house
Overheard by Blackbberry ‘n’ me.

Man in group of showgoers: So where are we going?
Woman in group: Olive Garden?
Man: Okay.
Woman: Weeee! Oh, I love Olive Garden!

Minneapolis, Theater Lobby
Overheard by Coco.

Preppy college girl, to friend:  She was the girl who would go down on him while lighting his bowl.  She was the perfect girl for him. It’s too bad she went crazy, they would have been so happy together!

Bus #2
Overheard by Burrhead.

Dude sitting by register: That doesn’t make it a good Pauly Shore movie, it makes it a good movie that Pauly Shore is in.

Minneapolis, Beat Coffeeshop - 28th & Hennepin
Overheard by genuinely interested in the distinction.

Guy #1: Dude, it’s like Hinduism or something.
Guy #2: No, that’s from Terminator.

St. Paul, Das Hus
Overheard by rjc.

Barista #1: What does menagerie mean?
Barista #2: I don’t know, man. I’m no good with the French language.
Barista #1: French? Is that what that is?
Barista #2: Sure. It’s like menage a trois.

Minneapolis, Downtown Dunn Brothers
Overheard by Bonne chance, mas freres.

Social Sciences Teacher talking about the economic bailout: So, now they’re wanting to give a bunch of money to bail out Bernie Mac and Franny Mae and some people aren’t happy about that.

Plymouth, Wayzata High School, MoPro class
Overheard by Bernie Mac? Bernie Mac. ok.

Teacher (talking about what she did during lunch): It turned into this big litigation about mushrooms, then Ms. Lauren* said some rather unusal things, and then we talked about our alien.

Plymouth, Wayzata High School

Woman behind me, seeing homecoming queen: There she is!!  Skinny, blond hair and tan.  Just the same thing every year.

Edina High School Homecoming Parade
Overheard by Edina Mom.

Teen girl (walking up to another girl holding pizza boxes): Does anyone else like to stroke pizza boxes?

Plymouth,  Wayzata High School
Overheard by actually…

Slightly effiminate black man on his cell phone: Uh-uh child. If you’re pregnant, that ain’t my child. You gots to talk to my brother.

Minneapolis, Zipp’s Liquors

Co-worker on phone with customer, trying to determine what he needs: What will it be rubbing against? Yes, but what will it be rubbing against?

Minneapolis, The next cube over
Overheard by I’m kind of at a loss…