Woman: So, what’s your animal position, then?

Minneapolis, Skyway level, AT&T building
Overheard by trying not to laugh.

Woman to her female friend: If I had known this was the year we were all going to get pregnant, I would have tried to coordinate better.

Minneapolis, IDS Center skyway

Very jolly woman: I can’t walk anymore! My feet hurt!
Determined friend: Bring it.
Very jolly woman: I’m wearing flipflops! They weren’t made for humans!

Minneapolis, Skyway between City Center and Block E
Overheard by sxoidmal.

Short girl: I could never live the military lifestyle. I eat far too slow.

U of M, West Bank Skyway

30 something female student: She just got out of surgery and can’t have sex for a month.
20 something male student: Who can’t?
30 something female student: My mom.

Minneapolis, MCTC Skyway
Overheard by thank god they are not in my class.

Twenty-something male, in response to the age-old ‘would you rather be blind vs. deaf’ debate: At least if I was deaf I could still enjoy porn.

Minneapolis,  Rand/6 Quebec Skyway
Overheard by dave.

Angry looking wife: You don’t even understand!
Husband: Well, what happens at Grandma’s stays at Grandma’s and what happens in the garage stays in the garage.

Minneapolis, Downtown skyways

30ish woman:  She said that she thinks you and I are having an affair.
30ish man:  Well, she’s right.  We are.
30ish woman:  Yeah, but she’s wrong about the reasons we are having an affair, so she’s wrong.

Minneapolis, Skyway
Overheard by Not quite overwhelmed by the logic.

Dorky, 30-something white construction worker to his dorky, 30-something white construction worker friends: Don’t make me unleash the swagger!

Downtown Minneapolis, AT&T skyway
Overheard by do you even know what a swagger is?

Child, about 6: There aren’t any purple tennis shoes ANYWHERE!
Mom: We’ll just have to keep looking.
Child: It must be because Barack Obama’s President now.

Minneapolis, Downtown Skyways
Overheard by what do her parents talk about at dinner?

20’s something woman on cell phone: I left my big pickle in the bag.  If you see that shit come out and that darn thing is still in there, you know what to do.  (pause) Grab the pickle.

Minneapolis, Block E Skyway
Overheard by who doesn’t love innocent “grab the pickle” moments?

Weather Conscious Young Female: My boots can’t get wet. They’re leather.
Insightful Friend: But don’t cows get wet in the rain?
Weather Conscious Young Female: Yeah, but there’s fur!

Skyway Taco Bell in Downtown Minneapolis
Overheard by Clearly, She is Not a Vegan.

Woman: Sarah Palin should remember that Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor.

Minneapolis, IDS Skyway
Overheard by Love conservative women bashing one of their own!

Middle-Age Woman: Maybe the numbers are different in Spanish.
Younger Woman: No, no. The numbers look the same. They only look different when you write out the words.
Middle-Age Woman: Oh.

Minneapolis, Skyway Level, Parking Ramp B
Overheard by Thanks again, BlackBerry.

Middle aged black man walking alone, out loud to himself:  Maaan… there are white people everywhere.

Minneapolis, IDS Building, skyway level
Overheard by Welcome to Minnesota.

One sheep in the Target corporate herd: Nowwww we’re thinking outside of the box! (followed by laughter from other Target Corporate men, wearing the same suits)

Downtown Minneapolis Skyway
Overheard by keep telling yourselves that.

Dude #1: Bobby McFahrenheit; that would be a good rapper name, right?
Dude# 2: Yeah, man. But how would you rap over that track?
Dude #1: I don’t know man, but it sounds good in my head.
Dude #2: It does?
Dude #1: Mmm-hmmm.
Dude #2: (pause) Let me hear a little of it.

Skyway by Macy’s at lunchtime
Overheard by i wanna hear it too.

Woman #1:  So, I heard you are going to be a grandma.
Woman #2:  Yep, in September and November.
Woman #1:  I didn’t know you had more than one kid.
Woman #2:  I don’t.
Woman #1:  Errrrr…

Skyway Downtown St. Paul
Overheard by Awkward!!!

Fit woman, to unfit woman: I’ve seen her, we’ve showered several times, of course.  And she has no ass. NO ass.  (wildly gesturing)

5th Street Towers Skyway, Downtown Mpls
Overheard by I bet pants shopping is difficult.

Guy #1 (discussing upcoming fishing trip): Don’t forget to bring your passport.
Guy #2: That’s right! Canada’s a foreign country now.

Minneapolis Skyway
Overheard by gerbil.