Late night Lake Street teen girls to punks: Damn you smell.  You guys protesting showers or something?

Lake street and 2nd Avenue
Overheard by: 612666

Ditsy girl on cell phone really loudly: I’m in line. This is ridiculous, there are, like, 2 cashiers and 1 person in line in front
of me. OMG, did you know they make pineapple poptarts?

Minnehaha/Lake Rainbow
Overheard by The one guy in line.

Guy talking on cell phone: So yeah, about that blind date you set me up on last night. Yeah man, I know, but, uh, I’m not Richard Gere and this isn’t Pretty Woman.”

Thrift store on lake street in Minneapolis
Overheard by bemused cashier.

Woman who looks like she’s seen better days #1: Have you ever tried donating plasma before?
Woman who looks like she’s seen better days #2: No.
Woman who looks like she’s seen better days #1: No? I’ve tried before, but I was crazy then, and my iron was low.

Eastbound 21, Lake Street
Overheard by Plasma-donor’s double whammy.

4-year-old boy: Mommy, how come they don’t recycle?
Mommy: Because they’re not being considerate of Mother Earth.
(Mommy and sons climb into their large SUV.)

Leaving the Minnesota WorkForce Center at Lake Street and Chicago Avenue
Overheard by Teach Your Children Well