Attorney: We ought to be able to get him for mental defect based on the fact that he willingly moved from Arizona to here alone.

Anoka County Courthouse
Overheard by Can We Get a Hell, Ya.

Cashier of Parking Violation Dept: I’ll need to see some ID.
Woman: I don’t have an ID. I only have a driver’s license.

Courthouse in St. Paul
Overheard by I sure hope you do?

Blah Office/Bureaucrat type: It’s really cold out there.
Mail Guy: It’s cold enough to freeze a monkey.

Anoka County Courthouse
Overheard by Exactly what are your job responsibilities?

Elderly woman to elderly man, perhaps her husband: You know what? I can’t be thinkin’ all the time…

entering the Ramsey County Courthouse
Overheard by periodista.

Hopeful woman: There’s a waiting line for getting into prison, right?
Lawyer-looking guy: No, not really.

Elevator in the Ramsey County Courthouse, St. Paul
Overheard by periodista.

Girl on phone: Yeah, I just left the courthouse. Well, the lawyer told him to just move up to Minnesota and start a new life. It seems to me he’s been on the run for… 8 months or so. The lawyer said he can’t have been trying too hard to turn himself in. Yeah, his bail was just for $7500 or so. There were two other guys there who were indicted, and their bail was for $1 million. I heard that and I was like, DAMN!

Light Rail / Warehouse District Stop