Dad: What do you want for dinner?
Toddler #1: Shit!
Dad: Uh, you can’t say that…
Toddler #2: Shit!
Toddler #1: Shit!
Toddler #2: Shit!
Toddler #1: Shit!
Dad: Uh…
Grocery Store
Maryland
Kid to mom in car with windows up: Mom! I peed outside today! Mom! Did you hear what I said? I peed outside today! [Mom doesn’t respond.] Mom! Mom! I peed outside today! I peed outside today!
Mom, opening the door: Shut up and get in the car.
Kindercare, 196th Street
Lynnwood, Washington
Overheard by: snickerpants
Mom to daughter: See? That’s why we don’t laugh in this family — you go and suffocate on your own vomit!
Portland, Oregon
Father: Honey, you can’t cry on the train. The conductor will kick us off.
Young daughter, crying: Can I cry on the bus?
Father, after thoughtful pause: Sure, you can cry on the bus.
MBTA Green Line
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Joe
Four-year-old girl: Daddy, can you hold my hand?
Disheveled father: I am not your personal hand holder!
Wal-Mart parking lot
Warminster, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Catty
Dad to howling toddler: Stop it! Suck it up! You don’t hear anyone else crying, do you?
United flight descending into O’Hare
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Guy on phone: Hold on a minute, I just have to cut something off my daughter…
Jersey City, New Jersey
Mother to child in the girl's clothing aisle: No, you're not wearing a padded bra; you're six!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/438564746/all-the-more-reason-she-needs-one.html
Overheard by: me
Young girl from bathroom stall: Mom! There's no toilet paper in here!
Mother: I'd say that represents a failure in planning on your part.
Toronto
Canadia
