Posts Tagged ‘minnesota zoo’

  • Or Any Other Balls

    Date: 2011.04.26 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Father to child at the goat pen at the farm: You can pet him, but don’t touch his eyeballs.

    Apple Valley, Minnesota Zoo
    Overheard by iwastoldtherewouldbebacon.

  • Available In Bulls! Order Now! Supplies Are Limited!

    Date: 2010.07.13 | Category: all | Response: 0

    20-something male to his 20-something male friend: WOW!! He’s huge! I didn’t know these came in bulls! I thought they were just the milkers.

    Apple Valley, At the Minnesota Zoo Farm while looking at the Holstein Bull
    Overheard by hdj_76.

  • In A Nutshell

    Date: 2009.09.29 | Category: all | Response: 0

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

    Apple Valley, MN Zoo

  • He’s Just Grieving

    Date: 2009.09.05 | Category: all | Response: 0

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

    Apple Valley, MN Zoo

  • Grandma Can Say What She Wants

    Date: 2009.04.13 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • There Are Animals Out There I Could Be Yelling At

    Date: 2008.12.15 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • And My Backpack Isn’t Magic

    Date: 2008.09.01 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • Why Do People Think This Is Okay?

    Date: 2008.08.24 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • We Brought Them All Back!

    Date: 2008.08.13 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • Well, Now It Won’t Come True!

    Date: 2008.07.08 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • The Smells Are Probably Similar, Too

    Date: 2008.06.19 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • And Now They’re Lovely

    Date: 2008.06.15 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • Agreed!

    Date: 2008.03.31 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • Jason, Is That You?

    Date: 2008.03.31 | Category: all | Response: 0

    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.

  • Why Not Make It Two?

    Date: 2007.09.11 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    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.

  • Yeah, Stupid.

    Date: 2007.09.04 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    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.

  • Technically.

    Date: 2007.07.16 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

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

    Minnesota Zoo
    Overheard by The children definately outnumber us here.

  • Hey! Shut Your Pie Hole And Enjoy Nature!

    Date: 2007.04.17 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    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.

  • Every Moose Downwind Hopes He’s Not.

    Date: 2007.04.14 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    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.

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

    Date: 2006.09.04 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    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.