Out-of-towner: So, is T-Paw better than that wrestler?
Minnesotan: No. Not at all.

Apple Valley, MN Zoo

Son: Beat it, Michael Jackson!
Father: If you ever say that to me again you’re going to an orphanage.

Apple Valley, MN Zoo

Angry 20-something woman: Grandma needs to shut the hell up!

Apple Valley, MN Zoo, walking out to see the farm babies
Overheard by your mom.

Exasperated 3-year old girl: Come ON mom, you’re wasting my time!

Apple Valley, Minnesota Zoo, bird exhibit
Overheard by Time is valuable when you’re three.

Little 6-yr-old blond boy, walking away from tiger exhibit: Boy, I sure am hungry.
Dad:  We brought snacks.
Boy:  Well, what kind of snacks do you got in that backpack?
Dad:  Lots of snacks.
Boy:  What kind of snacks?
Dad:  What kind of snacks would you like?
Boy:  I want ice cream.  You got any ice cream in that backpack?
Dad:  No.
Boy:  Well, why not?  How come you didn’t bring any ice cream in your backpack?
Dad, under his breath:  Because I knew you’d want some.

Apple Valley, Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by Amber.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Minnesota Zoo
Overheard by The children definately outnumber us here.

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.

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.

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.

Mom to young daughter: Look at the big fish.

Dolphin tank at MN Zoo
Overheard by C & J.