Animals

Little boy holding a dog leash: OK, I’ll be the dog and you be the owner.
Little girl: OK!
Little boy: No, wait, you be the dog and I’ll be the owner.
Little girl: Don’t even *think* about it!

Beaverton, Oregon

Guy on phone: Yo, g, I'm gonna go out to the club and get me some Pad Thai chicken. Hell yeah, you know what I'm talking about. K, peace.
Paralegal: What the fuck? Why Pad Thai? Why not Kung Pao?
Guy: Cause I don't want all that attitude up in my chicken. I want my chicken to sit down and shut the fuck up!
Paralegal: Get out of my office.

Chicago, Illinois

Ditzy American girl: You're from Scotland?
Scottish girl: Yeah.
Ditzy American girl: So do they have like… Ducks over there?

Orlando, Florida

Exasperated mom to young daughter (referring to a stuffed beaver): Quit messing with that beaver! (pause) and that's the last time I ever want to say that sentence!

Ikea
Frisco, Texas

Overheard by: Becca

Guy #1: Seriously, that girl has a mouth the size of a dinosaur.
Guy #2: What kind of dinosaur?
Guy #1: A big-mouthed dinosaur.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/288357279/rawr.html

Overheard by: he could have said any noun

Girl, pointing at KFC: Don't eat there. They're mean to the chickens.

Keene, New Hampshire

Overheard by: Really?

Angry chick: Why did God create men? They’re stupid!
Friend: ‘Cause we need their sperm to procreate.
Angry chick: Well, he could’ve just had us fuck squirrels instead. I dunno…
Friend: What?!
Angry chick: Eh… It’s better than the alternative! They’re sooo damn cute!
Friend: Oh, wow.

Iowa

Overheard by: ewww

Woman to her dog, as other dogs bark at them: They’re crazy.

http://overheardinlakecounty.blogspot.com/2006/08/yep-theyre-crazy-ones.html

Guy #1: So yeah, you can get in the water with them but you can’t touch the manatees unless they swim up to you.
Guy #2: Sort of like a strip club.

Bar
Kansas City, Missouri

Overheard by: Matt

Dude: I’d let a horse rope me in the ass if the money was right.

Dearborn, Michigan

Overheard by: Stunned Brother