Posts Tagged ‘hennepin’

  • That’s Why I Always Carry My Jet Pack

    Date: 2008.07.24 | Category: all | Response: 0

    (People are already sitting on Hennepin waiting for the parade to start)
    Man to cop: What’s the best way to cross the street?
    Cop: Uhh, you can cross it.
    Man: Oh ok, thanks.
    (Man crosses)
    Cop, under his breath: Or, you can levitate across…

    Aquatennial Parade, Hennepin and 9th
    Overheard by Anna.

  • She Probably Has Huge Boobs

    Date: 2008.06.29 | Category: all | Response: 0

    40-something guy: Man, does she have huge boobs or what?!

    Hennepin Ave
    Overheard by you know you all were thinking it.

  • Things To Avoid: Threatening An Armed Man

    Date: 2008.06.13 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Woman to man: You got your knife on you?
    Man: Yeah.
    Womand to man: Because I swear to God, I will slash your throat right now, you talk about my baby like that again. I will cut you.

    Bus stop near Hennepin and 5th
    Overheard by Just trying to get to the train station.

  • Too Late

    Date: 2008.06.03 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Early 20′s pregnant girl to baby daddy: I don’t think we can handle a pet.

    Hennepin Ave
    Overheard by Babies are way easier.

  • Will Power In Action

    Date: 2008.05.21 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Cute brunette #1: I really think you should wait awhile before you go all the way with this guy.
    Cute brunette #2: Dude, for sure! I’m going to wait a decent amount of time before I sleep with him.
    Cute brunette #1 (smirking): What, like a week?
    Cute brunette #2 (in a serious tone): No! Like two weeks.

    Hennepin and 4th St.
    Overheard by Good for you!

  • Are They Shooting A Teen Movie Over There?

    Date: 2008.05.16 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Teen girl screaming as she leans out the window of a school bus: STEVE!! (sits down giggling for 10 seconds then pops her head back out) I like it when you smile!!!!!

    Traffic Jam on Hennepin Avenue by The Walker
    Overheard by that’s… sweet?

  • Forget Facebook, Then!

    Date: 2008.05.05 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Baristo: I dunno what was up with this guy…  He didn’t know how to set up a MySpace account!

    Dunn Brothers, 34th and Hennepin
    Overheard by ORLY.

  • You Will Not Take Me Alive, Fancy Windbreaker!

    Date: 2008.04.15 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Girl walking toward the parking ramp at bar time: Windbreaker, fancy windbreaker goddammit, fancy windbreaker, fancy windbreaker.

    Hennepin Ave. and Lake Street, Uptown Minneapolis
    Overheard by I know exactly what you mean.

  • Soon I’ll Be On Fries; Then The Grill

    Date: 2008.04.08 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Older, apparently wiser Valet, to younger Valet who is sitting on the curb, nodding and listening intently: This is a process, with many steps. See me now? I was once where you are.

    Hennepin and 6th underground parking ramp
    Overheard by I was once sitting on a curb myself.

  • Um, Doesn’t Everyone?

    Date: 2008.03.27 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Local stand-up comedian to Fancy Ray, while discussing his Lickety Split commercials: Screw the porn, I jerk off to Fancy Ray.
    Second stand-up comedian: Yeah, but do you draw eyebrows on your nads first?

    Outside of Brave New Workshop
    Overheard by Did Fancy Ray ask YOU to hold his weenie, or am I just lucky?

  • But It Sounds Good, Right?

    Date: 2008.03.23 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Bus Driver: An autistic kid got lost in the forest. His parents just didn’t watch him for a second, and bam, he disappeared. It took them three days to find him, and he was still alive! A happy ending. I think that happened.
    Woman: When?
    Bus Driver: I dont know, sometime. I think it happened.

    6 Line going south on Hennepin
    Overheard by Shaheen.

  • That’ll Be An Extensive Study

    Date: 2008.03.03 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    (A bum gets off the bus after a girl gives him cash for fare)
    College Guy: I think it’d be fun to study the money-scrounging ways of bums.
    College Girl: *thoughtfully* Yeah, they’re good at it.
    College Guy: Yeah.

    9th and Hennepin on southbound 6 bus
    Overheard by awe.

  • He’s Going To Be Pissed

    Date: 2008.03.02 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Scruffy white man: That motherfucker’s a liar!
    Scruffy black lady: Hey! Don’t take the lord’s name in vain.

    Southbound bus stop at Hennepin & 5th
    Overheard by WWMFJD?

  • No, Halle Berry Can’t Land Her Triple Salchows

    Date: 2008.02.29 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Older guy (pointing at Orpheum Theatre): They had that ice-skating chick there once!
    Slightly younger guy: Halle Berry?
    Older guy: Naw, it wasn’t her… the white chick!
    Slightly younger guy: Jennifer Lopez?
    Older guy: Naw… Dorothy Hamill! That’s who it was!

    The #6 bus on Hennepin
    Overheard by No wait, I think it’s Yao Ming!

  • Yeah, Warm Sissies

    Date: 2008.02.20 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Man on bus with no coat on a -30degree day: Wow, it’s cold.
    Bus Driver: Where’s your coat man?
    No coat guy: Coats are for sissies.
    Bus Driver: Wow. Looks like you just got on the sissy bus.

    6 bus going down Hennepin at 7:36am 02/20/08
    Overheard by Anna.

  • It’s His Bus Pass

    Date: 2008.02.12 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Block E-loiterer #1: Lookit this mufugga. Nigga got on a Matrix coat.
    Block E-loiterer #12: Yeah, mufugga probly got a sawed-off under that shit.

    5th and Hennepin
    Overheard by and I thought I looked like just another white guy leaving the office wearing a black topcoat.

  • It Didn’t Look Like Hawaii At All

    Date: 2008.01.31 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Woman walking down the street: Well, we’re thinking of going to Mexico.
    Woman #2: (in bored voice) Oh, Mexico. I went there once.

    e hennepin ave
    Overheard by you know you’re rich when…

  • There’s More?

    Date: 2008.01.28 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Woman: Wow! You can see the whole city from here.

    The Skyway over Hennepin Ave
    Overheard by … If by city you mean part of Hennepin Ave, then yes.

  • BFF!

    Date: 2008.01.21 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Blond girl: Oh my god. I’m going to kill that bitch. And then I’m going to skin her alive.

    Hennepin and Lake
    Overheard by Amusée.

  • Ahhh… Youth

    Date: 2008.01.07 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    One hipster girl to another: And then you realized it was vomit everywhere.

    Hennepin Ave
    Overheard by oh goodness.