20 something blonde girl: I love the beach, but I hate sand. It’s like, I like being dirty, but I hate being dirty.

Minneapolis, Hidden Beach, Cedar Lake
Overheard by elle f.

College boy #1, playing football with College boy #2: I think I want to go into marine biology.
College boy #2: Oh?
College boy #1: Yeah, I want to work somewhere warm, like the ocean. But I can’t get that at UMD.
College boy #2: Why not?
College Boy #1: Because they don’t have marine biology classes.
College Boy #2: Do they have, like, regular biology classes?

Eagan, beach
Overheard by Oh the kids these days…

Woman in unnecessarily bright pink bikini: Everybody LOVE ME!

Minneapolis, Hidden Beach
Overheard by Umm, no.

Homeless man to another homeless man: You’ve been wearing those pants for two weeks; go change your fucking pants.

Minneapolis, Hidden Beach

Kid after going swimming in Lake Superior: Man, that water was cold. I mean, my balls looked like raisins. They were the right color and everything.

Duluth, the beach
Overheard by That’s why I don’t swim here.

Girl: I wonder how the humans had sex in Wall-E. I mean, they were in those chairs and couldn’t move, it was a big deal when the captain stood up!

Shady Oak Beach
Overheard by Robots.

Girl #1: Let’s play guess the color!
Girl #2: Ok, yellow, red, orange, um, blue, six? (pause) Oh wait, damn.

Shady Oak Beach
Overheard by Jane’s lover.

Girl: Good luck with that. You’ll end up with barbed wire embedded in your genitals if you go there on foot. And I’ll say I told you so.

Hidden Beach

Guy #1: I’m over this. Let’s go to my place, pop some pills and watch infomercials.
Guy #2: Do you have A/C?
Guy #1: Huh?
Guy #2: A/C?
Guy #1: What’s that?
Guy #2: Air conditioning, dude!
Guy #1: Why the hell didn’t you just say air conditioning? You’re so lazy you gotta abbreviate it?

Hidden Beach

Little Boy #1: You *have* to get out of the water, we’re on a safety break!
Little Boy #2: Why are we on a safety break?
Little Boy #1: Because they are looking for a body underwater.

Lake Nokomis beach
Overheard by Playing Scrabble on the beach.

Hippy-ish guy in his 30’s: I got my floaty thing for free at the liquor store. They called me up and were like, “Duuuude” and I was like, “Whaaat?” ‘You won.” “What’d I win?” “You won the floaty thing.” But it didn’t last before it popped, you know. Where’d you girls get your floaty things?
One of two girls on the shore: K-mart.
Hippy-ish guy in his 30’s: Tiiiight!

a particular beach
Overheard by a little bird, a laughing little bird.