Posts Tagged ‘recreation’

  • And Because They All Heard Me Call Them Chicks

    Date: 2009.11.18 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Unshaved dude: I never bother hitting on chicks here.
    Clean-shaven friend: Why not?
    Unshaved dude: Because they’re only here because of their boyfriends.

    Minneapolis Convention Center, Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix
    Overheard by The girl in the red jacket.

  • You Can’t, Like, Fight Destiny And Stuff

    Date: 2009.10.15 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Twenty something “arty” girl to other “arty” twenty something: I just knew, okay, that three years ago, like, I was an artist!

    Minneapolis, Northrup King Building, First Thursday
    Overheard by Like, Um. No you’re not.

  • Guess What Tingles Just Before Someone Calls Me?

    Date: 2009.06.23 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Mom in line for the water slide: Is that Claire? I knew it! Every time my knee tingles someone I know shows up!

    St Louis Park, Rec Center
    Overheard by lifeguard who made immedeste eye contact.

  • The Flaws Of The Buddy System

    Date: 2009.06.11 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Little Girl #1 to Little Girl #2: You didn’t wash your hands!
    Little Girl #2: I know! But Jane already left and I HAVE to follow her everywhere she goes!

    Minneapolis, The Depot
    Overheard by No truer words have been spoken.

  • And The Reason We Don’t Take Checks

    Date: 2009.05.26 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Pro-shop girl: So, it will be $22 for the round and the cart.
    Dude who looks drunk: Can I write you a check?
    Pro-shop girl: No, sorry, we can’t take checks.
    Dude who looks drunk: But I’m financially unstable.
    Pro-shop girl: Sorry.
    Dude who looks drunk: But I’m a compulsive gambler.

    Minneapolis, Golf Course
    Overheard by Then maybe you shouldn’t be drunk or golfing…

  • Isn’t Nature Crazy?

    Date: 2009.03.16 | Category: all | Response: 0

    9 year old, in response to the question ”Do you know when puberty normally begins for young women?”: In the spring I think, normally in the morning!

    Hopkins, A community center
    Overheard by Most adorable quote of the weekend!

  • What Does This Kid Know?

    Date: 2009.01.01 | Category: all | Response: 0

    10 year old boy: Look at that snow! You don’t even know if there are humans down there!

    Burnsville, MN, Top of Tubing Hill at Buck Hill
    Overheard by Amused.

  • I Grew Up In Bourbon America

    Date: 2008.12.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

    20-something girl in group: I didn’t know about that stuff. I grew up in suburban America not burban America.

    Minneapolis, Gameworks
    Overheard by w…..o……w.

  • I’m So Proud Of Him!

    Date: 2008.10.14 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Drunk, white trash guy: No, girl! That was my step-daddy! My real daddy’s a gang banger. Shiiiiiiiit, girl.

    Shakopee, Trail of Terror, Hayride

  • A Lifetime Of Work Pays Off

    Date: 2008.10.13 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Boy on hay ride who has arranged a small pumpkin and a bag of apples to rest beside him: Hey mom, check it out! I got a little pumpkin and apple garden! Oh, yeah.

    Hastings, Afton Apple Orchard
    Overheard by sxoidmal.

  • Someone Will Try That Next Year

    Date: 2008.09.02 | Category: all | Response: 0

    6-year-old boy: MOM!  I WANT A COOKIE.
    Mom: If you don’t start behaving you’re going to turn into a deep-fried boy on a stick at the state fair.

    Wayzata, Yacht Club

  • You Simply Mustn’t

    Date: 2008.08.11 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Sam:  Fred, come frolic with me.
    Fred stuffing himself:  Sam, I can’t frolic while eating.

    Virginia, MN, Loading Bikes for Great River Energy Bike Tour
    Overheard by That would be an impediment.

  • This Game Is Not A Challenge In Minnesota

    Date: 2008.08.04 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Teenage girl sitting on curb: 37!
    Her dad sitting next to her: Where? I need to see it to validate it.
    Teenage girl: Over there, see the woman is holding it. Sort of like, “I didn’t want to get sweat marks from my fanny pack but it’s so cute I have to carry it with me anyway”.
    Dad: Oooh I see it! 38!

    Uptown art fair
    Overheard by fanny pack #45.

  • And Soon To Be A Lobster

    Date: 2008.08.04 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Tan 8-year old boy: I don’t need sunblock, I’M A MAN!

    Hidden Valley Campground
    Overheard by That’s my kind of man.

  • Yes. All Of Them!

    Date: 2008.08.04 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Man #1 discussing religion: The Baptists tried to drown me when I was 12.  I still haven’t forgiven them.
    Man #2 (dead serious): They tried to drown you?
    Man #1: No. That’s how they… Never mind.

    One of the Three Art Fairs
    Overheard by At least it didn’t involve a burlap sack.

  • We Only Know How They Walk In Egypt

    Date: 2008.07.29 | Category: all | Response: 0

    5 year old boy: What do people eat in Egypt?
    5 year old girl: Nothing! They don’t eat anything in Egypt!

    Southwest Super Summer Program
    Overheard by clarodactyl.

  • You And Me Both

    Date: 2008.07.27 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Child, selling refreshments: You want one?
    50-year-old man: Nah, I’m already loaded.

    Stillwater Lumberjack Days
    Overheard by The young man wearing a white tie.

  • Oh, They Were

    Date: 2008.06.21 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Octogenarian sitting behind me: Well, she had a shitty attitude, and I thought the Germans were bad!

    Padelford Riverboat Tour in St. Paul.
    Overheard by Old people are hilarious.

  • Your Cooties Aren’t So Bad

    Date: 2008.04.15 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Guy: Your hair is poofy.
    Girl: Thanks. *shakes hair*
    Guy: Now it’s even worse!
    Girl #2: John*, you should compliment girls on their hair, or their nails or shoes. They like that.
    Guy: Jane*, your nails are annoying!
    Girl #2: That’s not a compliment!
    Guy #2: Is ‘your nails grow’ a compliment?

    Chan Jam-Chan Rec center

  • I Bet That Smells Good

    Date: 2008.02.26 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Vendor in Adjacent Booth to Co-Worker While Examining Crowd: It’s as if someone detonated a redneck bomb, and we’re standing at ground zero.

    St. Paul Home and Patio Show
    Overheard by NASCAR Team Jackets are NOT Ok.