Kids

Boy #1: Nobody wants to see that.
Boy #2: Yeah, that's nasty. Nobody wants to see that.
Boy #3: I want to see that.
Boy #2, after long pause: Yeah, me too.
Boy #1: Yeah, that would be pretty awesome to see.

High School
Texas

Girl, to friends: So then she e-mailed us all, and she was like, “We just ate an African baby!”

Memorial University
St. John's
Newfoundland, Canadia

Overheard by: Mel

College girl to college guy: So you won't marry me but you'll procreate with me?

Glendale, Wisconsin

Father: My kid broke his face today. He tried to do a back flip and kneed himself in the eye.
Friend: It’s fine. Kids are like lizards — they grow stuff back.

Liberty Mutual
Boston, Massachusetts

Child: Mom! Mom! Where did you go?
Mom, an aisle over: I’m right over here, honey!
Child: Where are you, Mom?
Mom: I’m just an aisle over, honey!
Child: But I don’t see your blowhole!

Toys ‘R’ Us
Virginia

Overheard by: bza

Kid #1, playing with blocks: This robot needs guns!
Kid #2: Pretend his hands are guns. [Pauses, then sings] Everybody dance now!

82nd and State
Kansas City, Kansas

Overheard by: BookVixen

Little girl: Where’s Ben*?
Father: He’s in heaven, honey.
Little girl: Still?!

Preschool
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Guy #1: I know how to get your kid back, easy! I'll just put a bag of crack in your mom's car and call the cops and say “there is this old lady with a bag of crack and a baby in her car!” (laughs)
Guy #2: That would be so cool.

Bus Stop
Edmonton, Alberta
Canadia

Target employee to another: The way the store is set up is to make the child misbehave and be tempted.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/382011815/now-were-blaming-the-stores.html

Overheard by: hilary!

Spastic five-year old: Medicate me, daddy! Medicate me! Medicate me!

University Village
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Jackie