Now I Go to the Nursing Home and Do That to Grandma

Mom passing rows of whole fish: When I was a little girl, I used to poke their raw eyeballs with my finger!
Little boy: Wow!

Pike Market
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: wow indeed

Posted on January 17, 2021
Animals, Body parts, Default, Hands, Kids, Memory lane, Moms, Tourist attractions, Washington, Weirdness

Not Until You Figure Out Which Wire to Clip, Sweetie.

Mother: Just sit there a minute. I need to go say goodbye to Jamie*.
Three-year-old boy, buckled into stroller, trying to stand: Let me out of this booby trap!

County Fair
San Diego, California

Overheard by: Cat

Posted on January 16, 2021
California, Kids, Moms, Offspring, Parenting, Wishes

From the Runaway Best-Seller Is My Child Goth?

Mother to two laughing children running down sidewalk: Get back here! Hold her hand! Get back here right this instant! [Catches them and grabs their hands, pulling them back towards their house, pointing at a nearby car.] That car is sitting there. What if that man would have backed out and hit you?! What if he couldn’t have seen you? What then?
Four-year old boy: Then hooray! Hooray!

Los Angeles, California

Posted on January 12, 2021
California, Kids, Moms, Should have used a condom, Stupidity

Remember What Happened to Your Sister the S'more?

Six-year-old boy: Mom! I want a cookie.
Mom: If you don't start behaving you're going to turn into a deep-fried boy on a stick at the state fair.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/382002415/someone-will-try-that-next-year.html

Overheard by: Ian

Posted on January 9, 2021
Default, Food, Guys, Kids, Moms, Overheard in Minneapolis, Parenting, Threats, Wishes

It’s a Twofer!

Child running up escalator: I’m winning again!
Mom, huffing and puffing on other escalator: Yeah, well, I’m having a stroke, so…

Cleveland Park Metro station
Washington, DC

Posted on December 27, 2020
Kids, Maladies, Moms, Washington, DC

For Some Reason, They Never Had Vanilla

Mr. Hon, hanging on car door: Hon! Tell mom here exactly where that swingers' club is, that I took you to on your birthday.
(wife says something unintelligible as she walks down path towards car)
Mom, sitting in car: Oh! That's where I used to buy ice cream when I was a little kid!

Public Pond
Kettering, Ohio

Posted on December 20, 2020
Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Guys, Memory lane, Moms, Offers and requests, Ohio, Sexuality

That's for Him to Decide

New dad: Look! These clothes are cute. Oh, look at this dress!
New mum: You have a boy, not a girl!

Department Store
Melbourne
Australia

Posted on December 20, 2020
Australia, Beauty, Clothes, Clothing, Dads, Kids, Moms, Parenting, Sexuality, Stores

So “Lehman” Is Out?

Big-haired mother to friends: I like what Sarah Palin did with her kids' names. I mean, I want to give my kids names that are cool, but nothing that would, you know, prevent them from being business majors.

San Antonio, Texas

Overheard by: An East Coast Elitist

Posted on December 16, 2020
Compare and contrast, Moms, Politics, Stupidity, Texas

But Here's a Coupon for a Complimentary Cavity Search

Irate mother: No, you don't understand. I need to board that plane now!
Stewardess at gate: Ma'm, you cannot board now. There is no airplane at the end of the jetway. Look–no plane out there.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/473032304/i-bet-a-lot-of-people-dont-understand-that-woman.html

Overheard by: delayed flights always make me irrational too

Posted on December 15, 2020
Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Moms, Offers and requests, Overheard in Minneapolis, Public transportation, Women

Ma’am, You’ve Got Two All-Beef Patties There

Overeager mother: Sometimes when my boobies sweat, they smell like Big Macs.

McDonald’s
Madison, Indiana

Posted on December 10, 2020
Indiana, McDonald's, Moms, Rack

Moms