Posts Tagged ‘walker art museum’

  • Now I Just Have To Tell My Parents

    Date: 2010.01.08 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Guy: Well, I’ve come out of the closet… as a formalist. So, there’s that.

    Minneapolis, Walker Art Center
    Overheard by Taylor.

  • Flattery Is A Good Back-up Plan

    Date: 2008.12.30 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Single flirty girl in her mid-30s to the bartender (looking at an Andy Warhol painting of Mao Zedong on the wall): Is that a picture of Wolfgang Puck?
    Bartender (trying not to rudely laugh): Um, no, that’s Mao Zedong, a famous leader of the Chinese Communist party.
    Single flirty girl:  Oh. Um, can I get another one of these martinis, they’re really good!

    20.21 bar at the Walker
    Overheard by Cultural patron of the arts.

  • Isn’t It Clever?!

    Date: 2008.09.08 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Man taking picture in front of a Paul Bunyan with his face in his crotch: Hey, take it, take it.
    Republican man in a suit: Hey, you’re face is in his crotch. Oh, I guess that’s the point.

    Vanity Fair Party @ the Walker

  • That’s What They All Say

    Date: 2008.07.09 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Crazed 20 something male chasing after crazed 20 something female: Mallory! You don’t have to touch it. But if you do, nothing bad will happen!!

    Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis
    Overheard by …touch what?

  • And Then It Started Raining

    Date: 2008.06.29 | Category: all | Response: 0

    50-something sculpture looker: Joan, this is a really Zen thing for me to do, being that my anxiety level has been about 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.

    Walker Sculpture Garden
    Overheard by Feeling very Zen myself.

  • Can You IMAGINE!?

    Date: 2008.06.23 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Hipster Guy: I just don’t get. Are there like, two hillbillies somewhere in Arkansas who actually think that if you bump your fists together, you’re a terrorist?
    Hipster Girl: People believe all sorts of stupid thing. There are actually people tho think Obama’s middle name is Hussein.

    Rock the Garden, Walker Art Center
    Overheard by Max.

  • Preach It

    Date: 2008.01.06 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Walker Art Museum security guard singing operatically: You know, you know, you know this is propaganda.

    Walker Art Museum
    Overheard by Propogating.

  • Even Communists Need A Little Fun

    Date: 2007.11.09 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Fratty Dude #1: A lot of people don’t know that she was a Communist and shit. And not the good kind.
    Fratty Dude #2: She fucked Trotsky, though, and that’s props.

    Walker gift shop, near the Frida Kahlo display
    Overheard by Wow, museums are fun AND educational!

  • Outstanding.

    Date: 2007.01.30 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Man: I think all these paintings are by the same guy. They all say Circa.
    Woman: No…

    Walker Art Center
    Overheard by Zack.