Kids

Pale girl: Sure, I'll go tanning with you. How much is it?
Dark girl: For the baby bed, only $7.
Pale girl: The baby bed? What's the baby bed?
Dark girl: What you need to do, girl!
Pale girl: Yeah, but do they, like… Put babies in it?

Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: I wouldn't know either….

Grandma: She doesn't need those…she's getting too big for baby clothes.
Mom: I know, but I don't want her to be too big for baby clothes! I just want her to stay little and not start talking…or moving.

Shop
Buffalo, New York

Little boy, wearing high heels: I'm bigger! I'm bigger!

Southern California

Little boy, after power goes out: Are we gonna die, Dad?

Shop Rite
West Long Branch, New Jersey

Overheard by: He watches too much TV

10-year-old girl, excitedly, to 20-something woman wearing cat ears: Are you a furry?

GenCon 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana

Guy #1: The directions are on a green piece of paper.(fumbles around in car)
Guy #2: What the hell is this?
Guy #1: Oh shit. Long story. It's a Portugese kid's back hair.

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Eight-year-old kid in line for Universal Studios park ticket: I know how to get a discount ticket.
Eight-year-old friend: How?
Eight-year-old kid: You get your friend to come along with you, then you stab him in the neck and say “My friend’s dying, can we have discount tickets?”

Universal Studios
Los Angeles, California

Third grader #1, pushing empty kiddie swing: I'm practicing pushing my baby.
Third grader #2: Why? You're not going to have a baby for like 55 years.
Third grader #1: But it's good to know how, just in case.

Mount Vernon, New York

Mum to small son: Stay with mummy or someone might take you.
Son, very excitedly: And eat me?

Target
Australia

Teenage girl to friends: They don't let the kids wear makeup at my sister's school! What if you're emo and you can't wear makeup? Then what?

National Ballet
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia