Edgar Allen Poe Was a Difficult Kid to Raise

Mother: Honey, do you remember mommy’s friend Denise?
Four-year-old son: Uh-huh.
Mother: Well, mommy has to leave right now, because Denise’s father passed away, and I have to go and tell Denise that I’m sorry.
Four-year-old son: Oh. Did you kill him?

Port Jefferson, New York

Overheard by: arctinus

Posted on May 14, 2019
Family ties, Guys, Kids, Moms, Murder, New York, Questions, Weirdness

You Told Me That Was Medicine!

Kid: I wish I was as fat as you, mummy.
Mother: Mummy should not have had that ice cream.

GAP Fitting Room
Tunbridge Wells
England

Overheard by: Jim Giraffe

Posted on May 11, 2019
Default, England, Family ties, Food, Kids, Moms, Stores, Wishes, Women

They Grow Up So Fast

3-year-old in parking lot: Mommy, I want MONEY!
Mother: Yes, honey. Me too.

Gilroy, California

Overheard by: just a cart pusher

Posted on May 10, 2019
California, Kids, Moms, Money, Parenting, Should have used a condom, Weirdness, Wishes

As Depicted in All of My Paintings

Mother to daughter: I swear, next time you’re going to smack your mouth on something and I’m just going to move you to the side and leave you there and watch the blood run down.

On Line for Space Mountain
Disney World, Florida

Overheard by: Kat

Posted on May 9, 2019
Florida, Kids, Moms, Mouth, Threats, Tourist attractions, Violence, Weirdness

It Takes a Gag Reflex to Raise a Child Never Made It to the Best-Seller List

Flustered mother to screaming toddler: Stop that shouting, or I'll be sick on you!
(toddler shuts up abruptly)

Leeds
England

Overheard by: Magpie

Posted on April 14, 2019
England, Moms, Offspring, Parenting, Threats

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

Someone’s Been Reading People at the Dentist’s Office

Mom: Did you hear that Harry Lee died?
20-something daughter: Yea, and Sylvester Stallone came to the funeral, I thought that was odd.
Previously uninterested dad: Interesting fact about Sylvester Stallone- he has a penial implant.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Posted on March 12, 2019
About celebrities, Dads, Death & dying, Family, Girls, Gossip, Louisiana, Moms, Penis, Weirdness

… Little Candy Chlamydia

Woman with two toddlers, ordering cake: I need a P-E-N-I-S cake…
Manager, walking in, gleefully oblivious: Ohhh, a penis cake! We can put fake hair on it. Last time, we had fake semen shooting out…

Huntington, California

Posted on March 4, 2019
Bosses, California, Candy, Default, Moms, Penis, Stupidity, Words

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

Moms