4-year-old girl eating yogurt: Wow, it’s really quiet in here.
Dad: That’s because you’re eating.

Starbucks
Overheard by muzzle your children please.

4 year old girl to Daddy (pointing to image of Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi): Look Daddy, it’s C-3PO!
Daddy (scoffing meanly, annoyed): That is *not* C-3PO, that is Obi-Wan Kenobi!

AMC Theater - Eden Prairie
Overheard by Daughter deserves an A for effort, ya douche-bag.

Dad:  Who’s up?
10-year-old girl:  Joe Mauer.  That is SO last year.

Metrodome
Overheard by Really?

Dad: Let’s get some Gatorade.
Son, six or seven years old: YAY, GATORADE! I call pink!
Dad: Pink? What do you mean pink, you pansy?

Washington Avenue, close to Metrodome
Overheard by Not cool, Dad.

Father talking about his daughter’s softball game: …And then she was just JACKED up with testosterone. Like someone gave her a shot.
Girl: But they didn’t, cause I don’t do steroids.

The Bungalow Inn

Dad o’ College Grad girl: Have you ever been to Al’s Breakfast?
College Grad girl: No. I can’t. It’s too dirty, but my fried Jenny goes there all the time and she’s a total germaphobe, so maybe.

Dining outdoors at Sea Salt at Minnehaha Falls
Overheard by Ed.

Father to his three year old daughter after she took her shirt off: Just like your mother.

Cereal Aisle, Cub Foods
Overheard by is that how you met her?

Father to 4-year-old-son walking away from him down aisle: No Jimmy*, you don’t need that. That’s a dog treat, and you don’t have a dog.
Jimmy: *stomps feet* GAHHHH!

Richfield Target
Overheard by parents just don’t understand.

Young Boy: I want a Bud Light!
Dad: No. No No No.
Young Boy’s older brother: It’s not Bud Light, it’s Budweiser!

Metrodome
Overheard by they sure start young.

Dad to eight-year-old daughter: When we get to the Dome, do you want nachos?
Girl: Yeah!
Dad: I want some nachos and some BEERS.
Girl: I think I’ll just have soda.

Northbound light rail
Overheard by Twins fan.

Exasperated Dad to child, who is repeatedly using a toy to make horrific screeching noises: If you do that one more time, I am going to take that thing and throw it across the UNIVERSE!

Target off Suburban in St Paul
Overheard by Jeremy Q. Afterglide.

Father (to his wife): I’m the man of the family, I can take care of this. Who wears the pants in this family?
Young Son: (excited gasp) I wear pants!
Father: But I wear the Big Boy pants.

MOA
Overheard by And I don’t wear diapers, either.

Dad scolding daughter when she shows him her finished homework: If you do extra credit I’m proud of you, but if you just get your regular stuff done, nothing. That’s like being complimented for getting out of bed everyday. No. That’s just what you’re supposed to do.

Minneapolis Theater Box Office
Overheard by Coco.

Preschool boy: Why is today St. Patrick’s day?
Daddy: Because God doesn’t like us getting drunk on Sundays.

Downtown St. Paul
Overheard by …but he’s okay with it any other day of the week.