Young child to mother while entering Gooseberry Falls National Park: Ooh! I smell the gooseberries!
Mother: No, honey.  You’re just smelling nature.

Gooseberry Falls National Park, Two Harbors
Overheard by I thought they were *part* of nature…

Little girl to popsicle: And then I’m going to lick you and suck on you until you melt all over me.
Her concerned mother: KELLY! I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK TO POPSICLES!

French Regional Park

Young man to apparent family members: I got my arm bitten off by an alligator.  Look at my t-shirt.

A park in Minneapolis
Overheard by WTF???  There might be an easier way to tell.

Girl riding her bike: What movie is it tonight?
Friend: I think it’s called The Misfits, with Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.
Girl: Oh, is that the one with Angelina Jolie?

Stevens Square Park
Overheard by Ava.

Young adolescent boy #1: Hey, remember the days when we didn’t wanna get with girls and thought they had cooties?
Young adolescent boy #2: Yeah. I mean, I never thought that myself but a lot of people our age did.
Much younger boy, probably about 9: Yeah, I totally remember those days.

Hiawatha Park, Minneapolis
Overheard by those were the days.

Older woman: Now that the fireworks have started, they’re probably having crazy sex in the port-a-potties!!

Bloomington Summer Fete
Overheard by pocavontas.

Shirtless guy #1: So, what I hate is when you wake up and you’re, like, still drunk.
(Rest of shirtless dudes chuckle)
Shirtless guy #2: No, what I really hate is, you know, when you wake up after getting trashed and there’s someone in your bed.

New Brighton Park
Overheard by just wanted to go for a walk…

5 year old little boy to grandmother: If I ever meet George Bush, I’m going to kick him in the balls.

Walk to the Pershing park
Overheard by Trying not to laugh parent.

Girl(near some geese): Look! It’s a turkey.

Wolfe Park
Overheard by From a bench nearby.

Man whose male dog is being humped by another male dog: Hey! Knock that off! What?! What kind of dog park IS this?! *pause* I thought I was in Uptown for a second.

Egan Dog Park in Plymouth
Overheard by I think his dog liked it.

Young gent to little gal: If you fart and burp at the same time, you’ll explode.

warming house at matthews park in Seward

Man #1: So, do you like small nipples or large ones?
Man #2: Depends…

Lake Calhoun southside
Overheard by tina.

Woman stopping to light a cigarette while admiring the falls: You guys, it looks like one of those moving pictures you can get at, like, those mall kiosks.
Rest of group, also lighting their cigs, in unison: Yeeaaaaah!

Gooseberry Falls State Park
Overheard by Ahhhh, nature.

20-something male, who just slammed alcoholic energy drink and crushed it on the pavement: Finished!
20-something female: Wow, you’re the winner of drinking under bridges.

Under Bridge by Lake Calhoun
Overheard by does that make me the loser.

5 year old boy looking devastated at 20 something’s tongue ring while drinking his 3rd root beer: Where did you get that?
20 something guy: That’s what happens when you have too much sugar; the dentist pierces your tongue.

family gathering in uptown park
Overheard by satisfied passerby.

6-7 year old boy riding a bike ahead of his father: Dad, am I winning the race?
Middle aged father: Well, bud, you are winning the race of life.

lake harriet
Overheard by I wonder if I can find his motivational book on Amazon.

80-year-old man, waving hands in the air: Wow, all these pretty girls running by could get an 80-year-old man excited.

Pheasant Woods Park
Overheard by pretty girl running by.

Kid #1: You’re too scared to go in the water!
Kid #2: You’re a Christian! You’re a scaredy-cat!
Kid #1: You a Moos-za-lim! Moos-za-lim.
Kid #2: You’re so scared! Scaredy-cat!

Lake Nokomis
Overheard by girl in scrubs.

Middle Aged Man walking dog: Come on, Queenie. Everyone’s passing us and it’s because of you.

Lake Calhoun, 6:30 am
Overheard by I think it’s because I’m running and you’re walking.

Man #1 looking at pictures: You had a bike with you in the boundary waters?
Man #2 showing pictures: No, that’s a canoe.
Man #1: Really? It kind of looked like a bike for a second.

Hidden Beach