Posts Tagged ‘minneapolis’

  • Maybe Next Time We’ll Bring Our Dates

    Date: 2010.11.12 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Metro frat boy as him and three others were leaving: We’re getting really good at sexy time!

    Minneapolis, U of M Tea Garden
    Overheard by a guy with a hat.

  • This Will Not Be Another Kohl’s Incident!

    Date: 2010.11.12 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Mom: Diego, take your little brother to the bathroom. (they start to walk away) And bring him BACK, too!

    Minneapolis, Lake Street Target
    Overheard by Specificity is Greatly Appreciated.

  • Nothing Stings Like Disappointment From A Child

    Date: 2010.10.24 | Category: all | Response: 0

    5 year old boy holding a pair of red, sequin shoes up to his Mom: I found some shoes that are perfect for you.
    Mom, laughing: Well, the thing is…
    5 year old boy, disappointed: Oh, you’re not that into fashion.

    Minneapolis, Target
    Overheard by sunidae.

  • They’ll Be Too Weak To Fight For Long

    Date: 2010.10.19 | Category: all | Response: 1

    Library employee, while standing outside during a fire drill: There’s going to be a riot. We’re disrupting their porn intake for the day.

    Minneapolis, Central Library
    Overheard by a patron.

  • They Already Got To Her

    Date: 2010.10.16 | Category: all | Response: 0

    20-Something Woman: Waldo can’t be a zombie! He’s fictional!

    Minneapolis, Zombie Pub Crawl
    Overheard by So is your braaaaain.

  • Good Thing They’re Cute

    Date: 2010.10.11 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Young woman to a young man (they appear to be on a date): Aren’t Grandparents racist? Grandparents are so racist.

    Minneapolis, Bulldog N.E.
    Overheard by Tara Zeigler.

  • You Can’t Tame Wild Oats

    Date: 2010.10.11 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Younger man, after seeing older man’s wedding ring: Man, you got a girl, you’re in it forever?
    Older man: Yep.
    Younger man: Yeah, I got a girlfriend, been together six months, she’s real smart. She’s real smart. But sticking with one your whole LIFE? SHIT, man. Fuck that shit!

    Minneapolis, Bus #4
    Overheard by Burrhead.

  • Then Let Me Take This Dress Off

    Date: 2010.10.01 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Woman, to her toddler son: You ain’t a girl! Stop cryin’!

    Minneapolis, Hennepin County Human Services
    Overheard by Somebody’s never seen “Free to Be You and Me.”

  • She Passionately Told Me To Suck It

    Date: 2010.09.30 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Mom to friends: With a kind heart, in a nonjudgemental fashion I passionately told Jane’s mom how ill behaved her child was.

    Minneapolis, Anodyne
    Overheard by biting my tongue.

  • And Planning My Fake Kidnapping

    Date: 2010.09.29 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Woman #1: Do you guys cook Thai food at home?
    Woman #2: Uh, yeah! It’s the only exciting thing I do any more. Besides bra shopping.

    Seward, True Thai
    Overheard by Someone who leads a less exciting life, apparently.

  • It Was A Special Occasion

    Date: 2010.09.28 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Girl at party: Me and my sister were the only two white people there. It freaked me out. I’m not racist or anything, but we don’t have black people in Wisconsin.

    Minneapolis, Hotel post-wedding party

  • And The World To Know

    Date: 2010.09.26 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Woman yelling: The only thing that I want when I am high is a spicy chicken sandwich.

    Minneapolis, KFC at Lake & Chicago
    Overheard by Who needs a double-down?

  • I Missed That After School Special

    Date: 2010.09.18 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Ice-cream Jockey: C is for CRUNK, bitches! Fuck that cookie monster, man!

    Minneapolis, Dairy Queen/Orange Julius
    Overheard by virtuistic.

  • Maybe He’ll Grow Into It

    Date: 2010.09.18 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Woman on cell phone: Didn’t you say you ran into her at the fair and her kid was, like, totally jacked? (pause) You’re going to hell! Don’t lie! (pause) Mmhmm, JACKED. (chuckles)

    Minneapolis, Bus #2
    Overheard by Burrhead.

  • If You Know What I Mean WINK WINK

    Date: 2010.09.18 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Young tough: We can go back to my dad’s place and roll ’cause he’s got joint papers.

    Minneapolis, bus stop
    Overheard by not acknowledging whatever it is the two of you are doing.

  • That Rhymes With A Word She Doesn’t Know

    Date: 2010.09.12 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Poofy-haired girl in sweats to crazy old guy in patriotic hat: Uncle Sam, is he real or is he fictionary?

    Minneapolis, Northbound Rt 14 bus
    Overheard by egg.

  • Now They Remember Why They Haven’t Left Iowa In 25 Years

    Date: 2010.09.09 | Category: all | Response: 1

    Middle-aged mom complaining to the server about the veggie burger she ordered: In IOWA, we call hamburgers with vegetables on top ‘veggie burgers’.

    Minneapolis, The Depot Tavern
    Overheard by the look of disgust at having eaten LENTILS was priceless.

  • His Mom Really Needs To Lighten Up

    Date: 2010.09.06 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Man biking to friend: I don’t see how they could get so mad, when you only gave them the finger.

    Minneapolis, On the Midtown Greenway near the Midtown Market
    Overheard by A. Johnson.

  • That’s Also How They Get Diamonds From Coal

    Date: 2010.09.05 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Target Employee Woman: I love almond milk. It’s so sweet and tasty.
    Target Employee Man: How do they make almond milk?
    Target Employee Woman: Not sure. They probably squeeze the almond, milk it or something.

    Minneapolis, Target HQ
    Overheard by Seriously? Who the hell milks an almond?

  • Not Something I Can Help With

    Date: 2010.09.02 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Early 20′s Male: I’d like to do something awesome. And classy. But I don’t know what that would be.

    Minneapolis, Lyndale Avenue
    Overheard by Curbin’ It.