I Promise Not to Look at Joan Rivers from Now On

20-something guy: Why are you so concerned about this?
20-something girl: No, seriously. It will split your corneas in half.
20-something guy: Wow, I hadn't thought about that.

St. Paul, Minnesota

Posted on January 24, 2022
Body parts, Default, Fears, Feelings, Girls, Guys, Minnesota, Questions, Weirdness

This Affair with the Other White Meat Has Gone on Long Enough

Man, pulling out salad on airplane: Now I can get back to what really matters. Chicken.

Flight over Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Overheard by: Nic

Posted on January 8, 2022
Airports & flights, Default, Feelings, Florida, Food, Guys

You'd Rather Be Cheated on with Someone Ugly?

Hot girl: So when I finally met the girl he cheated on me with, I was in shock, because she was about a thousand times hotter than she looked on the picture I found.
Guy friend: Yeah. Well, some people are just not photogenic.
Hot girl: No, you don't understand! She's like supermodel hot, he had like no choice, even I would have fucked that Moroccan bitch right then and there.
Guy friend: That's so hot.
Hot girl: Life is not fair.

Starbucks

Posted on January 4, 2022
Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Friends, Girls, Guys, Infidelity, Restaurants, Sex

Made a Great Flotation Device in the Pool

Older woman to younger one: Man, you never spend weekends with your kids! When I was raising my kid I could count the times on one hand that I used a babysitter.
Younger woman: Really?
Eavesdropping young man: Man, I was raised on a babysitter!

Louisville, Kentucky

Overheard by: I'm Adopted

Posted on January 3, 2022
Advice, Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Guys, Kentucky, Kids, Memory lane, Old folks, Women

I Like the Colors in My LSD Trip to Arrive in a Predictable Sequence

Young woman: Sometimes I feel like I’m in the seventies.
Friend: What? Why?
Young woman: Well, I mean… It’s usually just when I look at stoplights, like the yellow ones.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/276471272/where-do-yield-signs-take-her.html

Overheard by: that makes one of us

Posted on December 24, 2021
Compare and contrast, Feelings, Friends, Overheard in Melbourne's Journal, Questions, Sensory experiences, Women

At The Same Time?

Tween to friends: Imagine if Hitler gave everybody hugs!

Baltimore, MD

Posted on December 23, 2021
Default, Feelings, History, Maryland, Tweens, Weirdness

Years of Training with the Cast of The Lion King

Guy #1: When he gets excited, that kid laughs like a hyena.
Guy #2: Yeah, I know.
Guy #1, trying to mimic the laugh but failing: I don't know how he does it.

New Jersey

Posted on November 23, 2021
Animals, Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Guys, New Jersey

From The Mouths of Babes…

Little boy (pointing at large crucifix in graveyard): What is that guy doing?
Babysitter: That's Jesus.
Little boy: But why is he bloody? Is he dead?
Babysitter: Yes.
Little boy: But Jesus is still alive, isn't he? Why would somebody kill Jesus? And why would they make him go up on that thing?
Babysitter: You know what? It's a complicated story and we'll talk about it later.
Little boy: Bloody Jesus is scary.

Mission Santa Barbara, California