Kid: (burps loudly)
Mom: What was that?
Kid: I think it was a lion.
Little Leage Game
Ft. Worth, Texas
Overheard by: DeeDon
Kid: (burps loudly)
Mom: What was that?
Kid: I think it was a lion.
Little Leage Game
Ft. Worth, Texas
Overheard by: DeeDon
Mom: I don’t know what I should get for him. He likes video games and that kind of stuff. I got him a GameCube last year and he loves it.
Five-year-old child (looks away from game display, shocked): But you told me Santa got me the GameCube!
Best Buy
Seattle, Washington
Guy: So how’s it going with Tom?
Girl: Good. He’s stuck with me.
Guy: You’re like a virus.
Girl: No, I’m more like something good you can’t shake. Like a baby.
Derby, Connecticut
Bleached blonde sorority chick: If she doesn’t abort it, we’re totally throwing her a baby shower!
University
Midwest
Overheard by: GDI
Six-year-old girl: Are you doing your job?
Lifeguard: Are you drowning?
Six-year-old girl: No.
Lifeguard: Then I’m doing my job.
Kiddie Pool
Great Neck, New York
Little girl: He’s drunk, I swear!
Teenage sister: He’s not drunk, he’s a foreigner.
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Overheard by: Julia
Two-year-old boy, admiring his hands instead of the alligators: Look, Dad — look at my nails!
Grimacing father: Yes, yes… Your mother is to blame for that.
Atlanta Zoo
Georgia
Seven-year-old: You can’t be a rock star. Everyone wants to be a rock star. You have to be something else.
Six-year-old: Fine! I’ll be a fucking barber!
Indianapolis, Indiana
Frazzled mother: At Michigan State they don’t even have parties. They’re not going to want you at a party. You are not going to a party. There is no chance.
Hopeful twelve-year-old boy: Oh, there’s a chance.
East Lansing, Michigan
Overheard by: Cameron
Woman talking on phone to friend: I have a real thing for little boys. I never used to…
Train Leaving Brighton
England
Overheard by: Wishing she hadn’t tuned in at that point
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