College student home from out of town, to the boyfriend who was sucking on her neck the entire time: The girl next to me on the plane was, like, a Born-Again Christian, but she was, like, really sweet - like, REALLY sweet, and she was, like, really, like interested, like, in what I was, like, studying.

On the train at the 46th Street Station
Overheard by PTW.

Girl on phone: Yeah, I just left the courthouse. Well, the lawyer told him to just move up to Minnesota and start a new life. It seems to me he’s been on the run for… 8 months or so. The lawyer said he can’t have been trying too hard to turn himself in. Yeah, his bail was just for $7500 or so. There were two other guys there who were indicted, and their bail was for $1 million. I heard that and I was like, DAMN!

Light Rail / Warehouse District Stop

Minnesota guy: We’re going to the Metrodome.
Nebraska girl: What’s that? The marshmallow thing?

Light Rail train

15 year old girl with pink hair: Which would you rather wear, the same pair of socks for the rest of your life, or a fanny pack that matches your shirt color?
16 year old girl with pink hair: Oh, I don’t know. I’m just so against socks these days.

On the train heading to the MOA

Longwinded retiree: Now, some people think I’m crazy for going all the way to the airport to get a cup of coffee, but it’s the best darn coffee you can get. I even got them to give me this badge so I can come down whenever I want.
Exhausted man sitting across the aisle: Yeah, they gave me a badge, too.
Longwinded retiree: Sir, I believe that’s an M&M’s wrapper.

Hiawatha Line Southbound
Overheard by Kind of wishes she’d have gotten some M&M’s for the ride.

Young woman to boyfriend: That’s why I want to have a little boy. I wanna see what I’d look like if I was a guy.
Boyfriend points to her reflection in the window: Just put on a baseball cap and look in the mirror. You’d be one fine-ass lookin’ guy.

Light Rail
Overheard by pleasedon’tbreed.

Guy on cell phone: I’m on the train. It’s like a monorail from the Mall to the Dome.

Southbound LRT
Overheard by somebody who knows the train has two rails.

Mom to young daughter: Don’t lick the window!
Mom’s other child: It’s OK, she thinks she’s licking the TV.

Southbound LRT
Overheard by velocipete.