Young Professional to another: You know you can never be friends after you put it in your mouth.

Downtown Skyway System
Overheard by GreasyMittens.

Balding man in sweater: I went down to Mankato to play football. Got the shit kicked outta me. Went to join the Coast Guard…

Skyway, north of Baker bldg.
Overheard by sxoidmal.

Businesswoman: How can you not know when you’re beatboxing out loud? That’s the weirdest tic I’ve ever heard.

Skyway
Overheard by JfA.

Woman to coworker as they approach elevator: Heart attack? Well, was it a real heart attack or one of her ‘anxiety attacks’?

Skyway, US Bank Plaza
Overheard by Probably Just Seeking Attention.

Professional woman in skyway: I mean, are there any beaches in Texas?
Professional man in skyway: Are you serious?

Government Center
Overheard by Professional does not equal bright.

Crazy lady in the skyway talking to herself: The workers are working, yeah the workers are working, the welfare people are out on the street, but the workers are working paying for the welfare people out on the street who ain’t working, but they should be working for the workers. (pause) But they’re all going to hell, I hope they’re ready.

Skyway in the Target Center
Overheard by Boognish.

Pregnant chick on cell phone: …Eighteen pregnant chicks in a sober cab?

Skyway between City Center and Block E
Overheard by sxoidmal.

Man to woman: It was great having lunch. We should do it again sometime.
Woman: Yeah! Why don’t you call me in six months or something?

Macy’s 2nd Floor skyway walk

Young Woman in Business Suit to Colleague: I think the airport is just a few blocks over. Shit, our plane leaves in 30 minutes!

Skyway Downtown, Nicollet Mall, 11.7 Miles from MSP Airport

Man #1: Why didn’t she eat it?
Man #2: (with very expressive hand gestures) Because French Vanilla was too spicy for her!

Skyway between US Bank Plaza and 225 S Sixth
Overheard by Remembering when I lived in a city where salt wasn’t as spicy as it got.

Guy to friend: I took it so bad- there was a BEE in my NECK… I mean like IN my NECK. I started screaming and I pulled the car over and my buddy is like, “Whoa there’s a bee in your neck.” And it was in there stinger first, all “bzz bzz bzz.” (makes seizuresque flapping gestures)

Downtown Skyway
Overheard by Buzzword.

Guy talking on cell phone: Just because I had sex with you doesn’t mean you’re my girlfriend!

City Center skyway at 6:00 PM on Friday
Overheard by Glad you finally cleared that up with her.

Suit #1: You know how I know you’re gay?
Suit #2: How?
Suit #1: Because you say things like “that’s icky” and “tingling sensation.”
Suit #2: And because I date other men.
Suit #1: Probably.

Target skyway
Overheard by probably definitely.

Woman: How do you pronounce that? “Pho…to…shop?”

Minneapolis skyway
Overheard by It’s THREE FRICKEN SYLLABLES!!

Man (to friend): I don’t know which is worse — the fact that she wanted a present for Valentine’s Day and I didn’t get her one, or the fact that I didn’t want a present for my birthday and she got me one.

IDS Skyway
Overheard by you really don’t know?

Gay Dude: Maybe if the gay mafia in city hall wasn’t so busy putting their heads in each others butts they would have checked out the state legislation first!
Girl friend: Are you still on those damn traffic cameras?!?

Skyway outside City Utility Billing
Overheard by Photo Cop Clairee.

Singer with guitar: So we can impeach him, just like they did with Clinton. Won’t somebody please, just give George Bush some head? Won’t somebody please, just give George Bush some head?

Government Center skyway
Overheard by JfA.

One male construction worker to another: Prada shoes, Prada shoes - - I don’t know what those are, but I keep hearing about them and they sound cool.

Downtown Minneapolis Skyway
Overheard by I don’t think they come in your size.

Crazy Asian Man: OH! Oh look at you! You so pale! So white! (Grabs lady’s arm, shoves up her sleeve, and SNIFFS her arm, gustily sighing) So.. clean!
White Lady: HEY!
Lady’s Friend (also white): Bitch, what country you think you in?! Get up off her! You can’t just be sniffin’ some white lady’s arm like that! This is ‘Merica! We gots laws about that! Get your nose offa her before I call the po-lice!
Crazy Asian Man: (looks at Lady #2, confused) You… are not so white.
Lady’s Friend: OH NO YOU DON’T! Don’t you even THINK about sniffin’ my arm! I’ll smack you so hard your face fall off!

US Bank Building, Skyway
Overheard by Glad he didn’t see me.

One overly made up Targetron to another: Her boyfriend was in the military when… uh… that stuff was going on with Iraq.

Skway, downtown Minneapolis
Overheard by Still in Iraq.