24th August 2008

Why Do People Think This Is Okay?

Drunk 40 year old dude #1, standing in line for the bathroom: Well, there are 4 sinks. We only need 2 with the number of people I’ve seen wash their hands.
Drunk 40 year old dude #2: Yeah. There was this one time I was peeing in the sink at home, and my wife walked in. She was pissed. Good times.

Minnesota Zoo - Music In the Zoo
Overheard by slight overshare.

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13th August 2008

We Brought Them All Back!

20 something woman with baby in stroller, at exhibit with animal cutouts that say EXTINCT: So… are the animals in there or what?

Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by edumacation at its best.

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8th July 2008

Well, Now It Won’t Come True!

5 year old kid to his little friend, after throwing a coin in the wishing fountain: I wished for JESUS to come alive!

Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by Yvette.

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19th June 2008

The Smells Are Probably Similar, Too

Guy, while looking at a very shaggy camel shedding its winter coat in clumps: That looks like the upholstery in my Corsica!

The Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by mplsape.

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15th June 2008

And Now They’re Lovely

Ditsy Blonde Girl: Oh, look that baby camel doesn’t have its humps.
Meat Head Boyfriend: It took you a while to get yours.

Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by Well thats nice.

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31st March 2008

Agreed!

12 year old boy: It’d be much cooler if the dolphin would jump through a ring of fire.

MN Zoo
Overheard by It’s  the zoo, not the circus.

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31st March 2008

Jason, Is That You?

Little Kid: Where’s daddy?
Frustrated Mom: He’s sitting down in front because he doesn’t know how to listen or follow the rules.

MN Zoo
Overheard by HA! Awesome.

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11th September 2007

Why Not Make It Two?

Morbidly obese woman to her equally morbidly obese teenage daughter: I’m not buying you dippin’ dots here, I’ll buy you a whole gallon of them on the way home. They sell them at the grocery store now.

Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by philsy.

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4th September 2007

Yeah, Stupid.

Crying child: But I want to see the monkeys again!
Mother: Maybe you should have thought of that before you peed your pants!

Parking lot of Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by MT.

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16th July 2007

Technically.

Child whining loudly: I wanna sit doooowwwnnn!!!
Mom: You ARE sitting down.

Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by The children definately outnumber us here.

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17th April 2007

Hey! Shut Your Pie Hole And Enjoy Nature!

Man walking out of the dolphin show: That show sucked! Half way through I wanted to stand up and yell ‘Hey! Shut your pie hole, and show us some tricks!’

Discovery Bay at the Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by Your Mom.

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14th April 2007

Every Moose Downwind Hopes He’s Not.

Mother to young girl as they look at a moose chewing its cud: Do you think he’s eating an Easter egg?

Minnesota Zoo, by the Mooses
Overheard by Your Mom.

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4th September 2006

When This Is On Your ‘To Do’ List, You Might As Well Stay Home.

Early 30s woman to husband: I want to see a prairie dog poop. I want to see if it gets into the arch.

Northern Trail, MN Zoo
Overheard by your mom.

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4th September 2006

That’s Not A Fish, And Those Aren’t Poodles.

Mom to young daughter: Look at the big fish.

Dolphin tank at MN Zoo
Overheard by C & J.

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