Adorable little blond girl, ecstatically: Did our car get jacked?
Port Washington, New York
Overheard by: Ladle
Adorable little blond girl, ecstatically: Did our car get jacked?
Port Washington, New York
Overheard by: Ladle
Little girl trying on boots: Mom, can I get them?
Mom: Yes, but you have to take them off.
Little girl: Will you help me?
Mom: No, if you don't know how to take your own shoes off by now, I've done something very wrong.
Little girl, in low voice, taking boots off: …you have.
Target
Bellingham, Washington
Overheard by: Rachel
Little boy running from price scanner: Mom, my hand’s not for sale!
Target, 2255 14th Avenue SE
Albany, Oregon
Overheard by: Miranda
12-year-old boy #1: I wouldn’t like to have two lesbian moms.
12-year-old boy #2: Why not?
12-year-old boy #1: Because they would be, like, overactive.
12-year-old boy #3: You’re totally right!
Mabo Secondary School
Brussels
Belgium
20-something daughter: Mom, can you hand me the scissors?
Mom: Not right now, I'm doing Kegels.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/390186840/thats-not-safe.html
Overheard by: tara
Tourist lady, as train approaches the end of the line: So how are they going to turn this train around?
Daughter: They don't have to. It can go in either direction.
Tourist lady: Well, are they at least going to turn the seats around?
Subway
Washington, DC
Six-year-old soccer player #1: It’s about having fun! It’s not all about winning.
Six-year-old soccer player #2: My mom says it is.
Lincoln City, Oregon
Ditzy woman: It would look more like Australia if it was an island, because Australia is an island… right?
Ditzy woman's daughter: I think that's the smartest thing that's ever been said in my presence.
Ditzy woman: Well, somebody in this family has to be brilliant.
Four-year-old boy: Dogs are kinda like vampires because they both have pointy teeth.
Harrisburg, Illinois
Little girl pointing to handicapped sink: Mommy, do you know what that’s for?
Mom: It’s a sink for people in wheelchairs, honey.
Little girl: No! It’s where boys pee!
Bathroom, JCPenney’s
Forest Park, Georgia
Overheard by: Kelly
Little boy, standing next to a car: Daddy, this isn’t our car! Daddy, what are you doing? This isn’t our car!
Man: Look, buddy, you’ve got to stop saying that when we’re in parking lots. [to a couple walking by] I just got a new car.
Little boy: No you didn’t!
AMC Theatres
Owings Mills, Maryland
Overheard by: they steal cars, dont they?