Mother to young son in shopping cart: Do you wanna leave?! Do you wanna leave?! How many times do I have to tell you? Don’t lick the cart!
Easton, Massachusetts
Mother to young son in shopping cart: Do you wanna leave?! Do you wanna leave?! How many times do I have to tell you? Don’t lick the cart!
Easton, Massachusetts
Mother crossing street with three-year-old daughter: Molly*, stay in the crosswalk. Stay in the crosswalk! Molly! You are not in New York City!
Southern Village
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Overheard by: staying between the lines
Mother: So, what did you learn at nursery today?
Excited four-year-old girl: Fuck! Fuck! Fuck-fuck!
Mother: Every time you say that, one of Santa’s elves dies, you know.
London
England
Little boy looking at zebra with erection: Mommy, five legs?
Mom: Yes, honey, five legs.
San Diego Zoo
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Kim and Amy
Little girl: If you take my Timon and Pumbaa straw, I will kill you.
Mother: Is that a threat?
Denver, Colorado
Mother: See that stone sculpture? The lion is attacking the poor man underneath it. The man may get eaten up by the lion!
Eight-year-old daughter: Go, lion!
Mother: No, no, no, no!
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Overheard by: Yugan
Mother to son: One day you will eat blood, and your stomach will say, ‘Oh, no, no, no!’ and it will come right back up.
Steak & Shake
Springfield, Missouri
Overheard by: Mallory
Grouchy mother to small child in stroller: I wipe your butt! The least you can do is share my drink!
Mall
Pennsylvania
Mom: I think that I will get him his first Rubik’s Cube. He’d probably eat it.
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/08/he_doesnt_seem_to_be_ready.html
Overheard by: someone who doesnt eat rubik’s cubes
