Parenting

Young boy: I’m so hungry! Mom, I’m so hungry I could eat you! I’m so hungry I could eat a fat girl!
Mother: Don’t call people fat, that isn’t nice.
Young boy: I didn’t mean you.

Yavapai Regional Medical Center
Prescott, Arizona

Girl on cell: Yeah, so I'm going to tell my mom that he asked me to marry him, and then he died. (pause) Yeah, she'll probably ask if I need anything, and that's when I'll tell her about the car. (pause) Yeah, I'll be heartbroken, blah, blah, blah… at least I'll get a new car out of the deal! (pause) He's a made-up boyfriend! She's not going to find out he didn't really die, because he never really existed!

San Marcos, California

Child runs out into busy parking lot.

Mom: Careful! There are old people driving!

Overheard by: Eric Smith

Middle aged female client: You aren't going to find out the sex? How are you going to know what color to paint the nursery or what kind of baby clothes to get?
Pregnant 30-something hair stylist: Oh, please, like it matters what colors I choose. People aren't going to be wondering if it's a girl or a boy, anyway; they're going to wonder if it's an animal or a baby.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/366035301/dear-penthouse.html

Overheard by: jenc17

Girl during evolution lab in biology: So, humans came from monkeys, right? So, if two monkeys had a baby and it was a human, like, what would we do with it?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/292935894/put-it-in-biology-class.html

Overheard by: we would name it tarzan.

Woman entering stall to daughter: See you in an hour. (ten seconds later, from inside stall) You know… People are gross. (another 10 seconds later) Okay, I'm over the toilet!
Daughter: Shhh!

White Plains, New York

Overheard by: L-Dawg

Little girl, leaving church: We have to go to bed!
Mom: No, we're going home, and then we're going to eat dinner.
Little girl: And *then* we'll go to bed?
Mom: If you're good.

Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: Hazzenkockle

Older woman to her friend: You just don't ask your mother about your sex life. If you have questions, go ask your friends.

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Overheard by: Perplexed

Daughter: Come look at this booth, mom!
Mom: Just a second.
Daughter: Please, mom!
Mom: Ugh, I have like five things to keep track of, one of which is your two siblings.

Earth Day Celebration
Gresham, Oregon

Woman to ten-year-old son: When I'm old and feeble, will you take me in and take care of me?
Ten-year-old son: No. I'm going to put you in a home with a bunch of Asian people.

Chesapeake, Virginia

Overheard by: Kids these days.