Skinny white chick during a “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” preview before Batman: We don’t care about the Sisterhood!  We’re here for the… the PENISHOOD!

Eden Prairie AMC
Overheard by just here for Batman, thanks…

Boss to employee: What was I thinking of in the shower this morning?

Office in Eden Prairie
Overheard by It may have been a great idea, but right now it’s just scandalous.

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.

Co-worker #1: Our courageous leader tells me our people have fallen on hard times and though the metaphorical rain may fall, our perseverance will prevail and triumph will soon be ours.
Co-worker #2: Weird, dude.  Hey, wanna order Jimmy Johns with me?

Eden Prairie cube farm
Overheard by co-worker 3.

Coworker: Yeah, ’cause I just LOVE watching American movies in Chinese. (laughs in enjoyment) Yeah, its awesome.

Cube neighbor Eden Prairie
Overheard by Giggling.

Lady to Co-worker: Black Friday just isn’t the same anymore, now it’s like the first day of hunting; you just got for the fun and don’t kill anything. Just not the same.

Eden Prairie Center Mall
Overheard by Smoker.

Blonde Woman to Brunette Woman: I looked in the goodie bag and she gave me a package of Hello Kitty Band-Aids with a note that said ‘These are for your drunk owies.’

Kohls, Eden Prairie Center
Overheard by D.R.B.

Woman on cell phone: Not to be Captain Obvious on this one, but maybe the first sign that you should not have gone home with the guy was that he pretty much thought your name was “hot girl”. And of course the second sign could have been that he was wearing a fuzzy hat in the shape of a cooked turkey.

Caribou Coffee in Eden Prairie

Girl: How do you spell Buchanan?
Boy: B-u-c-h-a-n-a-n.  It’s like banana but with a “ch”.

Dunn Brothers Eden Prairie West
Overheard by Politically incorrect?

Barista: Would you like room for cream in your coffee?
Yuppie business man: No! I’m not a nazi.

Dunn Brothers Eden Prairie West
Overheard by Because Nazis clearly have a monopoly on cream.

Teenage girl to mom (sarcastic tone): Guess who just got their period three days before prom!!!!
Her mom: (puts hand over heart and exhales in relief) Oh, thank GOD.

Bathroom in Target in EP

Teenage girl coming out of world history: Marie Antoinette was so cool! I love her quote “then I will eat cake.”

Eden Prairie High School
Overheard by oh how wrong she is.

Woman in 20s: That’s why I don’t believe in religion! Because God shits on us all the time.

The office in Eden Prairie
Overheard by ldg.

Older woman (to cashier at Kohl’s): I got the runs.
Cashier looks confused.
Older woman: I got the runs, you know, diarrhea!

Kohl’s Eden Prairie
Overheard by TMI.

One teenage girl is telling her friends about her grandfather’s motorcycle trip to Alaska
Friend: How did he get there? Is there a bridge to Alaska?
Teenage Girl: Yeah, its called Canada.

Eden Prairie High School English classroom
Overheard by our tax dollars hard at work.

Woman talking to herself: I think I’m okay, actually.

Costco in Eden Prairie
Overheard by sure you are.

Young professional: There’s a lot of things I would do if there was no risk involved!

Eden Prairie Office
Overheard by …like what?

Male Coworker #1 (reading the StarTrib): Ha! Look! Sven Sundgaard is going to tell us what he thinks makes a romantic date.
Male Coworker #2: What, is it showing people where he hides his pot of gold?

Eden Prairie Office Building

Sleazy Officeworker: Dude, I went to Barnes and Noble last night.
Sleazy Officeworker’s Friend: What’s that?
Sleazy Officeworker: What’s what?
Sleazy Officeworker’s Friend: Barns or whatever?
Sleazy Officeworker: It’s a bookstore. Tight as hell…
Sleazy Officeworker’s Friend: YOU? Why?!
Sleazy Officeworker: You know, like, to expand my mind ‘n’ shit.
Sleazy Officeworker’s Friend: Oh, to learn shit?
Sleazy Officeworker: Yeah, man. I walked through the whole store, man… (awkward pause) …never found anything I liked.
Sleazy Officeworker’s Friend: You’re a real champion.
Sleazy Officeworker: Yeah.

Grimy Call Center, Eden Prairie
Overheard by Me.

Some Idiot: …I don’t know, dude. It probably runs in his genes.
Some Idiot’s Buddy: (shocked) Dude! What?
Some Idiot: What? It runs in his genes!
Some Idiot’s Buddy: What’s THAT supposed to mean?
Some Idiot: It. Runs. In. His. Genes. You know, like, his genes?
Some Idiot’s Buddy: (relieved) OOHH, you mean like, it’s… hereditary or some shit.

Drab, Nameless Call Center, Eden Prairie
Overheard by Me.