The Same Reason I Snort the Pretty White Dust

(mother pouring sugar in her coffee)
Little boy: Mom, why do you drink dirty water?
Mother: Because of you.

Starbucks
Chicago, Illinois

Posted on March 30, 2019
Default, Illinois, Kids, Moms, Parenting, Questions, Restaurants

A Mom Can Dream, Can’t She?

Angry mother on the bus: Come here and sit down!
Four-year-old: No, it’s okay. I’m being good.
Angry mother: This bus is going to stop suddenly and you’re going to fall down and crack your head open on one of the bars, and before the bus gets back around to the hospital you will bleed to death!

Pullman, Washington

Overheard by: jeff

Posted on March 25, 2019
Advice, Bus, Death & dying, Kids, Moms, Offers and requests, Public transportation, Threats, Violence, Washington, Weirdness

If It's Bobbing for Saviors, Count Me Out.

Sunday school teacher: We're going to play a fun game next! Does anybody want to guess what it is?
Five-year-old student: Take of our shirts and pants?
Sunday school teacher: No!

Sunday School Classroom
Fredericton
Canadia

Overheard by: Andrew

Posted on March 10, 2019
Canadia, Clothes, Default, Games, Kids, Questions, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Students, Teachers

We're Sorry– Your Imaginary Friend Didn't Make the Cut

Little girl #1: This is my imaginary friend Helen.
Little girl #2: I have a girl named Lucy!
Little boy: I have a pair of scissors. Named… Mr. Scissors.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Posted on February 19, 2019
Default, Girls, Guys, Kids, Michigan, Names, Weirdness

Why You're Not Supposed to Return to the Scene Of a Crime

Little girl to store employee: Do you remember us?
Employee: Yes, of course I do.
Little girl: Oh, no! Run away! He remembers us!

Mission Viejo Mall
Mission Viejo, California

Posted on February 17, 2019
California, Default, Employees, Girls, Kids, Malls, Memory lane, Offers and requests, Questions

Everyone Laughed at Wendy Until Her Fast-Food Franchise Took Off

Pigtailed four-year-old girl to couple behind at checkout: Do you know me? Do you?
Tired mother: Hush, honey. They don't know you.
Pigtailed four-year-old girl: Well, they should! Know me! Don't forget me.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/393659778/we-all-know-you-now.html

Overheard by: that girl is going to be famous

Posted on February 7, 2019
Default, Girls, Kids, Moms, Offers and requests, Overheard in Minneapolis, Questions, Weirdness

I Rule This Men's Room!

Impatient father to 5-year-old girl in toilet stall: Mary, hurry up, what are you doing in there?
Mary: I was just thinking about how great I am.

Men's Room, Airport
Fort Myers, Florida

Posted on January 23, 2019
Airports & flights, Compliments, Dads, Default, Florida, Girls, Guys, Kids, Questions

Or Worse, in Canadia Wearing a Spandex Unitard

Ten-year-old boy to another: Yeah, I told my sister that if she kept it up, she'd end up in Mexico with her panties off.

Charleston, South Carolina

Overheard by: i want to meet the sister

Posted on January 18, 2019
Default, Family ties, Geography, Guys, Kids, Sexuality, South Carolina, Threats

Dressed As a Boy!

12-year-old: She's such a slut. She went on a date alone with a boy!
Mother: I don't believe that.
12-year-old: It's true! I was there!

Denver, Colorado

Posted on January 15, 2019
Colorado, Compare and contrast, Default, Kids, Moms, Relationships, Women

And Don’t Get Me Started about That “District of Columbia” Nonsense

Child: Why are we landing in Baltimore?
Mom: We switch planes there on the way home to Phoenix.
Child: What state is Baltimore in?
Mom: Um, let me think [picks up airline magazine to look at route map]. ‘Baltimore/Washington.’ Well, that doesn’t make any sense.

Southwest Airlines flight from Buffalo to Baltimore

Posted on January 11, 2019
Airports & flights, Kids, Moms, Stupidity

Kids