Posts Tagged ‘july 4th’

  • And It’s Not Easy

    Date: 2010.07.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

    20-something guy: I’m losing my beer belly and getting back my whiskey belly.

    Rochester, 4th of July house party
    Overheard by The wife.

  • She’s Busy

    Date: 2010.07.05 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Drunk boy who wouldn’t stop talking: Where’s that Martha Washington when you need her?

    Richfield, Fireworks
    Overheard by DK.

  • FUCK YEAH

    Date: 2010.07.05 | Category: all | Response: 0

    40-something man: AMERICA!

    Minneapolis, Stone Arch Bridge during 4th of July Fireworks
    Overheard by vennic.

  • Physics, Magic And Unicorns

    Date: 2009.07.12 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Confused teen: How are they going to have a fireworks show when it’s so cloudy outside?

    Plymouth, Music in Plymouth
    Overheard by …let me explain a couple things to you.

  • It’s The Most Fun Way

    Date: 2009.07.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

    8 year old boy to his father: Now this is how to pollute the earth the right way!

    Roseville, Central Park, 4th of July fireworks
    Overheard by a concerned citizen.

  • The Other Stuff Is Called “Parenting”

    Date: 2008.07.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Really loud girl: I forgot to take it for, like, four days.
    Equally loud gay friend: Oh, just take four tonight.
    Really loud girl: Maybe I’ll just wait a week and then start it over.
    Friend (suggestively): Oh yeah, you can always do other stuff.

    Excelsior fireworks
    Overheard by and then they discussed the “other stuff”.

  • That’s Probably Why It Looked So Weird

    Date: 2008.07.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

    White suburban boy trying to be gangsta: Did you see that cat?!
    Suburban gangsta friend: That was a DOG, dumbass!!!

    Excelsior fireworks
    Overheard by you can’t be gangsta in downtown excelsior.

  • We All Know What That Means

    Date: 2008.07.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Teen, emphatically desperate to convince her friends: He wasn’t lying!! It was on Facebook!!

    Excelsior 4th of July fireworks
    Overheard by The Usher.

  • There’s A Name For That

    Date: 2008.07.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

    20-something girl, to teenage sister who put car key in her mouth: What’s with you eating the key?
    Teenage girl: It tastes good, like iron.  I like licking blood because it tastes the same way.

    post-fireworks, downtown Stillwater
    Overheard by: Stroller Dad

  • My Mind Is Blown

    Date: 2008.07.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Kid (as fireworks started, ON JULY 4TH):  Wow, kind of reminds me of July 4th.  Like deja vu.  Weird.

    Eagan fireworks
    Overheard by What day is it again?

  • I Think I — Oh! Pretty!

    Date: 2008.07.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Jittery teen after 20 minutes of fireworks: Alright, that’s it. My ADHD is setting in.
    Friend: Uhh… you can’t have ADHD during fireworks!!

    Delano fireworks
    Overheard by I know a doctor who would disagree.

  • Remembering A Special Moment

    Date: 2008.07.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Belligerent farmer during fireworks: This is what it sounded like when Junior shot his first deer. BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

    Annandale fireworks
    Overheard by not BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!