Mother: Derek, come back here!
Five-year-old: No! You can’t tell me what to do! I’m going to go gamble some more! [Runs off.]
CAT ferry from Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine
Overheard by: Misaki
Mother: Derek, come back here!
Five-year-old: No! You can’t tell me what to do! I’m going to go gamble some more! [Runs off.]
CAT ferry from Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine
Overheard by: Misaki
Child: Look!
Mom: They’re just flamingos. They don’t do anything.
Disney World
Orlando, Florida
Overheard by: Suezahn
Mom: So, how long are you going away with those people?
Daughter: The whole weekend. The whole fucking weekend with those morons!
Mom, reflecting: God… We’ll need to buy you a lot of booze.
São Paulo
Brazil
Mom to screaming toddlers: No! You are the noisiest humans I’ve ever seen!
Staples
Franklin, Tennessee
Mom reading book: This says ‘odd.’ Do you know what ‘odd’ means? It means something is funny or weird. Like when you said you wanted to eat a rock — that was odd.
Red Line train
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Sitting behind them trying not to laugh
Cranky mom: Don’t touch that!
Cranky four-year-old: I don’t like you!
Cranky mom: Good. I don’t like you, either.
Disneyland
Anaheim, California
Overheard by: Sally Ravenswood
Harried mom pushing stroller and toting three minions: Do you wanna see the llamas? We’re gonna see the llamas! Don’t you wanna see the llamas?!
http://community.livejournal.com/overheardincali/27175.html
Mom to 10-year-old son: I can’t wait until you’re 21 so that you can buy us beers.
T-Bones baseball game
Kansas City, Kansas
Overheard by: Teri
Kid: Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom.
Mom: It’s not too late, is it?
Kid: No, I just let out a little stinker.
http://overheardinlakecounty.blogspot.com/2006/07/cleanup-in-childrens-department.html
Russian mother to young daughter: No, you are not going to eat crayons for lunch!
Nashua, New Hampshire
Overheard by: Crayola
