Kids

Two-year-old boy, admiring his hands instead of the alligators: Look, Dad — look at my nails!
Grimacing father: Yes, yes… Your mother is to blame for that.

Atlanta Zoo
Georgia

Woman talking on phone to friend: I have a real thing for little boys. I never used to…

Train Leaving Brighton
England

Overheard by: Wishing she hadn’t tuned in at that point

Four-year-old boy to group of mothers: Guess what!
Group: What?
Four-year-old boy, excited: I just peed standing up!
Boy's father: That's not something we tell people!

Children's Room, Katonah Library
Katonah, New York

Overheard by: amused librarian

Little boy to mother: Mommy, it smells like eating wieners… right?

Walgreens Parking Lot
Port Chester, New York

Overheard by: Ldawg

School counselor, trying to get kids to guess a career: This person might work in fashion, or decorate houses…
Fourth grader: A gay guy!

Raleigh, North Carolina

Little girl reaches towards a sheep as it poops.

Little boy: Nooo! Stop! Don’t touch those raisinets! You can’t eat a sheep’s raisinets!

Birmingham Zoo
Alabama

Four-year-old ballerina #1: I need to ask my mom.
Four-year-old ballerina #2: That’s good, because my house is crap.
Pre-ballerina: Well, it’s not crap — we just have a lot of crap in it.
Four-year-old ballerina #1: Can I come over to your place and play?

Dance studio
Maryland

Little girl, inside port-a-potty: Mommy! Mommy!
Mommy: Just be quiet and go potty.
Little girl: Mommy, do you know what it feels like in here? It’s like a little house where I’ll always be protected.

Renaissance Festival
Maryland

Overheard by: Nancy Whiskey

Seven-year-old girl #1: Hey! There goes Angus!
Seven-year-old girl #2: Oooh, you are falling in love with him.
Seven-year-old girl #1: I am so not falling in love with him. He's allergic to dairy!

Australia

Overheard by: hahamama

Hyperactive camper: Oh, boy, my favorite — milk and cookies and pills!

Overnight camp
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Overheard by: Counselor Lou