Kids

Six-year-old boy holding “pillow pet”, singing: It's a pillow, it's a pet, it's a pillow pet! (then, whispering to himself) This isn't as cool as I thought it would be…

Target
White Plains, New York

Overheard by: M

Little boy to teacher: I am the ultimate unicorn!

Michigan

Little boy: How 'bout you get naked, and I get naked, and then we give naked hugs!

St. Joseph, Michigan

Girl to friend: That’s the last time I catch a falling baby.

Farmington Valley, Connecticut

Little boy to parents: Nuh-uhhh! I only got thrown up on that one time!

http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/04/youre_still_young.html

Overheard by: alexis

Grandmother, about tantrum-throwing child: I think it might be time to put her to sleep.
Mother: Yeah. Come on honey, we'll go home and have a nap!
Grandmother, under her breath: That's not what I meant.

Westfield Shopping Center
South Morang
Australia

Five-year-old boy, loudly interrupting adults: I have a wedgie!
(adults laugh)
Five-year-old boy: This wedgie train is carrying wedgies!

Green Line
Boston, Massachusetts

Cub Scout #1: Your dad has hairy arms.
Cub Scout #2: You know what else is hairy? His penis!
Cub Scout #1: Yeah. So is my mom’s.

Cub Scout Camp
Pennsylvania

Teacher: So, you have two teams. Let's make a team name. Like…the red team and the green team, or the lion team and the tiger team. What's your team name?
Ten-year-old boy: Obama team. (team members nod)
Teacher: Uh, okay. (to other team) So, are you guys the McCain team?
Ten-year-old girl: No! (whispered consultation with team members) Blue team.

English School
Gifu
Japan

Hipster kid #1: Kelsey, have you ever seen Fiddler on the Roof?
Hipster kid #2: No. I'm not a fan of Tennessee Williams.
Hipster kid #3: Um, I think you're thinking of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Hipster kid #2: Yeah, whatever. I was close.

Missouri Botanical Gardens
St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: tennessee williams' groupie