Enthusiastic teen girl: My 10-year-old brother wears lip gloss!
Irritated mother: Don’t tell people that!
Line for American Idol auditions
Dallas, Texas
Enthusiastic teen girl: My 10-year-old brother wears lip gloss!
Irritated mother: Don’t tell people that!
Line for American Idol auditions
Dallas, Texas
Annoying mom: Is smoking good or bad?
Five-year-old son: It’s bad.
Annoying mom: That’s right. And how bad is it? It’s like eating everything at the top of the food pyramid.
Clinic lobby
Omaha, Nebraska
Overheard by: joe the xrayguy
Mom #1: Well, you are blonde, you know!
Mom #2: Yeah, well, I’m not blonde everywhere!
Mom #1: Well, I don’t know how that works…
Panera Bread
Norman, Oklahoma
Overheard by: Freelance Mama
20-something: Alright! Smells like booze on the plane.
Overprotective mom: No, that’s just my hand sanitizer.
Flight to Buffalo, New York
Mom to daughter: All I’m saying is, it would really help get rid of your fat and your pimples.
Mount Vernon
Alexandria, Virginia
Overheard by: mm2105
Mom: Do you remember what the name of this river is, Billy?
Son: Is it the Platonic River?
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Keith
Disgruntled mother: If I catch you biting your nails again, I am going to cut off your hair in your sleep.
Gloucester Road
London
England
Overheard by: Never want to have children
Mom with sunscreen in hand: Give me your arm so I can put this on you.
Little boy: Ewww! What is that?
Mom: Sunscreen. What did you think it was?
Little boy: Mayonnaise!
Giants Game, AT&T Park
San Francisco, California
Five-year-old girl in stall: Mommy, there’s lots of writing in here…
Mother in adjacent stall: Uh-huh… Don’t read it…
Truck stop
Charleston, West Virginia
