Ummm, We’re at a Wal-Mart in Tennessee.

Mom: Do you want to take your coat off?
Toddler: Go to hell!

Wal-Mart
Hendersonville, Tennessee

Overheard by: Tanner

Posted on July 26, 2015
Comebacks, Default, Insults, Moms, Questions, Should have used a condom, Stores, Tennessee

And This Time Don’t Roll on Me Just Because They Offer You Cookies and Juice

Little boy: You used to have a pocket knife, mommy!
Mother, laughing nervously: No, I didn’t!
Little boy: Yes you did! You used to!
Nervous mother: No, I never did! I never had a pocket knife! Please don’t tell the police that!

YMCA
Hollywood, California

Overheard by: Muffin

Posted on July 25, 2015
California, Crimes, Default, Fears, Guys, Kids, Moms, Offers and requests, Violence, Weirdness, YMCA

Penny-Pinchers Are Born, Not Made.

Little girl reading plastic bag: “Value village.” Value village? Do you know what that is?
Mother: It's a store.
Little girl: It just makes me so happy.

Toronto
Canadia

Posted on July 23, 2015
Canadia, Happiness, Moms, Names, Parenting, Questions, Shopping, Should have used a condom, Words

You Guys Are Worse Than the Fucking Ferrets

Mom with two kids in tow: You guys can’t take Mommy’s cell phone out of her purse anymore, okay? It’s very important to leave Mommy’s cell phone in her purse. [Stops suddenly] Okay, where did we put Mommy’s purse?

Sam’s Club
Virginia

Posted on July 23, 2015
Moms, Parenting, Virginia

I Feel the Magma Flowing Beneath Their Placid Surface

Mother to daughter, regarding t-shirts: We need to get you a big one ’cause your boobs are growing way too fast.
Flat-chested daughter: Yeah, I know.

Hollywood Tower of Terror Shop
Disneyland, California

Posted on July 21, 2015
Body parts, California, Clothes, Compare and contrast, Compliments, Gender issues, Girls, Moms, Teens, Tourist attractions

Your Editors Would Like to Thank Her for “Balls Deep in Rainbow Town”

20-something girl #1, laughing: Your son is totally gay!
20-something girl #2: He so is! He reminds me of Jack from Dawson's Creek. He's athletic and can play it pretty hetero, but deep down he's balls-deep in rainbow town. Very impressive for a five-year-old.

Roseville, California

Overheard by: MeganMama

Posted on July 21, 2015
California, Gender issues, Kids, Moms, Sexuality

Wait 'Til the Kid Spills Something on It

Exasperated mom to young daughter (referring to a stuffed beaver): Quit messing with that beaver! (pause) and that's the last time I ever want to say that sentence!

Ikea
Frisco, Texas

Overheard by: Becca

Posted on July 19, 2015
Animals, Default, Euphemisms, Moms, Offers and requests, Parenting, Stores, Texas, Words

Excellent Reverse Psychology, Mom

White trash mother, hurrying five-year-old out of bathroom: C'mon, let's go!
Five-year-old: But I want to wash my hands!
White trash mother: (sighs) Fine, but make it quick.
Five-year-old: Yay!

Lamberts Cafe
Sikeston, Missouri

Overheard by: Grossed Out

Posted on July 17, 2015
Default, Hands, Kids, Missouri, Moms, Offers and requests, Whiteys, Women

Who Also Happens to Be My Husband.

Teen mum #1 with baby in pushchair: Ah! Lovely baby boy! Who's the father?
Teen mum #2 with baby in pushchair: That scumbag from the pub a few months back.

Clothes Store
Dartford
England

Posted on July 16, 2015
England, Insults, Kids, Moms, Parenting, Stores, Teens

Their Evil Is More Insidious

Kid, watching glockenspiel chime: Look mommy, a witch!
Mommy: No honey, that's a nun.

http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/09/nun-bun.html

Overheard by: natalie

Posted on July 15, 2015
Compare and contrast, Kids, Magic, Moms, Overheard in PDX, Parenting, Religion

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