Girl #1: That totally rocks the casbah!
Girl #2: The what? That’s not a word.
Girl #1: Yes it is! You know, from that song.
Girl #2: No, you’re thinking of a different word. That’s not the right word. You made that up.
Guy: Isn’t that a Paula Abdul song?

Minneapolis, Downtown Lightrail station
Overheard by Not sure about that one.

Guy who seems to be selling pirated movies, on his cellphone: I didn’t like that title. They shouldn’t have called the second one “Fast and Furious.” It’s too much like “The Fast and The Furious”, the first one. They should’ve called it Faster and More Furious; I think that would’ve worked better.

Light Rail
Overheard by Wow just Wow.

Woman on cell phone: Yeah, during the hurricane they evacuated everyone so nobody was home and he was breaking into their homes, so they put a warrant out on him.

Minneapolis, Downtown LRT
Overheard by Hopes its just a naughty relative of yours.

High school girl on cell phone: Girl, I can’t be gettin’ on the Lake Street stop ’cause that punk ass bitch pressed charges! (pause) I know, all I did was stab her; what the hell she gettin’ the cops involved for? (pause) Yeah, and the train be real crowded. I’ma snap again.

Lightrail
Overheard by unfortante person standing next to you.

Ghetto Lady: I need a job at the airport! They hire felons?
Ghetto Man (knowingly and disappointedly): No.

Minneapolis, LRT Station – Hennepin
Overheard by Probably not your only disqualification.

20-something guy on his cellphone: It’s sweet, man. I’m on, like, a public transit bus. But a train. It moves really fast, yo.

Lightrail
Overheard by Did You Just Get Here?

Loud upset woman to other loud upset woman: How dare he call me motherfuckin’ spaghetti!!

Lightrail
Overheard by Entertained on the way home from the airport.

Drunk 18 yr old or so girl to her drunk friends: Hey guys! My dad’s home, and he’s got weed!

Lightrail train
Overheard by Hell in a handbasket.

Guy on light rail departing from Mall of America: This is the train that goes downtown, right?

Mall of America light rail station
Overheard by jessikate.

Very drunk 20-something girl: Do you have any tattoos?
Sober male friend: No. Do you?
Very drunk girl: Yeah.
Sober male friend: That’s cool.
Very drunk girl: No, it’s not. I have a 2-year old.

Minneapolis, Light Rail
Overheard by I didn’t realize there was a correlation…

Mid-30’s guy on cell phone: Yeah, I’m on some sort of subway thing. But it’s above ground.

Minneapolis, Light Rail
Overheard by You’re clearly not from here.

Sassy young lady talking on the phone: No, I ain’t pregnant, I’m just big like that. You can punch me in the stomach if ya want.

Minneapolis, Northbound Lightrail
Overheard by Tired young lady.

Enthusiastic fan: You can’t travel through time in a singularity, in a black hole. It’s just not possible.
His girlfriend: How would YOU know? Have YOU ever been in a black hole?

Minneapolis, Southbound light rail train after Star Trek preview at Block E
Overheard by:wouldn’t go near a black hole but would like to see one.

Light Rail Conductor: This train is only going as far as the Metrodome.  Everyone needs to get off at the Metrodome.
Woman, spotting a pair of African women in shawls: Somehow I doubt they’re going to the Twins game.
Woman’s friend: Are you sure?  Those might be Twins shawls.  Do they have a TC on them?

Minneapolis, LRT, Warehouse District
Overheard by Rhadames Vazquez.

Girl on cell phone, leaving voicemail for somebody:  I figured out what I’m going to do after I graduate.  I’m going to live in Italy for a year.  I’ll move over there, get a job and just chill.  And I’ll probably fall in love with and marry some gorgeous Italian guy.  We’ll have beautiful babies, and I’ll never come back to the US.  So yeah, that’s what I’m going to do.  So, call me back if you want.

Minneapolis, Southbound LRT
Overheard by velocipete.

Boy #1, talking about sparklers they just set off: That shit is tight.
(brief pause)
Boy #2, contemplative: That shit IS tight.

Minneapolis, Light Rail
Overheard by lonerangerdanger.

50-something woman, about the loud noise during a turn: Uh-oh! Sounds like we’ve got a loose wheel!

Bloomington, Lightrail
Overheard by Sounds like you’ve got a loose wheel.

Guy sitting behind me: You know, in Europe they have this train that, like, you can take it from one end of Europe to the other end.  And it, like, runs on AIR, like, gravity.  Not like this cheap sh*t here on rails.  Whatever.

Lightrail bound to Minneapolis
Overheard by idiotmagnet.

Woman #1: Have you ever seen Saved by The Bell?
Woman #2: Was that one stupid idiot kid in that?
Woman #1: Yeah.
Woman #2: Yep, I saw that.

Light rail, MOA
Overheard by Samuel Screech Powers.

Guy #1, semi-fluent in English: (explaining aliens) What is the word for that?
Guy #2: Extra testicles.
Guy #1: Extra testicles?
Guy #2: (laughs) Wait, no. Extraterrestrials. Not extra testicles.
Guy #1: Extraterrestrials?
Guy #2: Yeah. Do you understand the difference?
Guy #1: No. (seeming confused)
Guy #2: (looks around realizing others are now listening) Um, maybe I’ll explain it later.

Light Rail
Overheard by MsJeshka.