Young Child Whining to Mother: Hey! This isn’t the moon!

Minneapolis, Downtown Target
Overheard by You’re going to want to take the first left.

Girl #1: So, I wore your underwear the other day.
Girl #2: Well, at least they were clean. I just washed them.

Minneapolis, Washington Ave Bridge
Overheard by mitch.

Teen Boy: Hey bud! Is it just me or did you grow some balls? Like, did your voice drop?
Younger Teen Boy: Ummm…
Teen Boy: I guess not.

Plymouth, Wayzata High School
Overheard by poor freshmen…

Big black guy sitting in the row behind me right after the preview for The Soloist: I didn’t know black guys could play the cello!

Minneapolis, Block E Movie theater
Overheard by give it a try sometime.

Guy #1: Yeah, I’m a bit busy this weekend though, so I wouldn’t put all my eggs in a basket. I don’t think I used that correctly. (laughs)
Guy #2: Did you mean two birds and a stone?
Guy #1: What? Oh yeah. I wouldn’t want to try to put all my eggs and two birds and a stone in my basket. I don’t think it’s big enough.

Minneapolis, Washington Ave. Bridge

Fashionable, ditzy young woman at cheese counter: A lot of girls cheat on their taxes because they just don’t know how to do them.

St. Paul, Whole Foods
Overheard by Dismayed feminist.

Girl #1: So, like, he lives in Cedar-Riverside.
Girl #2: (laughs) Oh my god! We’re going to go to his place? We’re so totally going to get shot and mugged!
Girl #1: (laughs louder) I know, right? We’re totally going to get mugged!

U of M
Overheard by getting mugged is totally the best?

College girl walking through student union: You would be amazed by what I can do with the English language.

St. Peter, Gustavus Student Union
Overheard by and what else can you do?