Food

Guy on crowded bus to friend: My undies are going to smell like Mexican food for a day and a half.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/363428193/thats-what-happens-when-you-crap-your-pants.html

Overheard by: I don't want to know

Guy: This macaroni and cheese tastes like prison.

Davenport, Iowa

Overheard by: Don

Wife to husband bagging groceries: Make sure you don't squish my bread.
Husband: You used to like it when I did that!

Waukesha, Wisconsin

Store employee: Would you like to try a free sample of hot cocoa?
Nine-year-old daughter, impatient: Come on, mom! We need to get to your appointment!
Mom: Shut up! There's always time for free cocoa. Here!
Nine-year-old daughter: I don't want any.
Mom: Then just shut up.

Minnetonka, Minnesota

20-something girl: Those deviled eggs totally messed me up… Emotionally.

Manhattan, New York

Woman to group of girls: I would rather sword fight you than make baskets and decorate cakes.

St. Louis, Missouri

American girl: Are you British?
Irish girl: No, I'm Irish.
American girl: Ew! Does that mean you eat haggis?
Irish girl, peevishly: No, haggis is Scottish.
American girl: Ohhh! Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you!
Irish girl: The implication that I'm Scottish isn't what offends me about this conversation.

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: T

Coworker #1: Our courageous leader tells me our people have fallen on hard times and though the metaphorical rain may fall, our perseverance will prevail, and triumph will soon be ours.
Coworker #2: Weird, dude. Hey, wanna order Jimmy John's with me?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/325426427/is-all-that-really-necessary.html

Overheard by: coworker #3

Fat tourist mom: Nah… I don't wanna eat there.
Fat tourist dad, wistfully: Well, it's not McDonald's.

Outside Marcy's Diner
Portland, Maine

Overheard by: townie knows best

Chick on cell: There's withholding sex, and then there's withholding French fries.

Cleveland, Ohio