Small child, pointing to an “eat pussy” graffiti painted on the side of a restaurant: Daddy, what does that say?
Father: It’s a menu.
Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: Chikara
Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
A Nightmare I Thought Had Ended in the Mid-90’s
Mother: Hey, you could get a job at Build-A-Bear.
Exasperated daughter: No I couldn’t, they have to wear khaki pants and denim shirts.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/324349984/its-practically-oppression.html
Overheard by: what?s wrong with that?
Okay, You Don’t Have to Show Me.
Grandson, watching grandmother hold cigar as if it was a joint: If grandma takes off her bra and burns it, I’m gonna freak out.
Grandma: Oh, Simon! I’m not wearing one.
Spencer, Iowa
No One in Paris Ever Pees on Walls or Sits on Steps
Enraged Frenchman to woman and son who is discreetly peeing on wall: What is wrong with you? Find a bathroom, this is a business! (starts walking away and then comes to a woman and her teenage daughter sitting on steps) And you two, get out! What are you, from the mountains? (to himself, walking away) Oh my god! I don’t believe this!
Fira
Santorini
Greece
Guess It’s Montessori School for You Then
Dad, changing son’s diaper: Why don’t you want to wear a diaper? You want to run around naked and piss and poop all over the floor?
Son: Yeah!
Dad: What are you, an anarchist?
New Jersey
…and Rent All the Cool Cars
Little girl: (talking over airport announcement)
Father: Quiet for a second!
Girl: (continues talking until announcement is over)
Father: Great. What if he was saying “Run! Zombies!”? We’ll be sitting here like idiots while the zombies come…
O’Hare Airport
Chicago, Illinois
Doughnuts, at Least, Are Cheaper by the Dozen
Mother to daughter: And soon you’ll be having babies…
Daughter’s friend: I want a baby.
Daughter: What?!
Friend: Actually I want a doughnut, but no one was listening to me.
Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: and i want a pony
…Bowser
Little boy to grandma: Once, when I was camping, I sat on my biscuits, then I put my biscuits on a rock and ate them like a dog.
Grandma: Oh, uh… That’s nice…
Australia
We’re Not Too Proud to Admit That We Snickered
Granddaughter: Is it wet?
Grandmother: Oh, believe me. It’s wet.
Waco, Texas
Overheard by: I need to get whatever they’re using.
Unless You Know Something About Louis Pasteur That I Don’t
Middle-aged woman, on sex offenders: Those people should just be pasteurized.
Teen daughter: Pasteurized?
Woman: Yeah, you know. Pasteurized.
Daughter: No, mom. I don’t think that’s what you mean.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/430097826/it-might-work.html
Overheard by: that might be just as effective
