…Okay, Love You Too. Bye, Mom.

Loud woman on phone: Who is this? Who is this? Who is this? (pause) You're so stupid. You're so stupid. You're so stupid… (keeps repeating it)

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: timmmm

Posted on June 22, 2011
Insults, Massachusetts, On the phone, Questions, Stupidity, Women

Like Hamburger Comes from the Pig Part

Eight-year-old boy to mother browsing meat counter at the grocery store: Mom, what's veal?
Mother: It's just another kind of meat.
Eight-year-old boy: But what kind of animal does it come from?
Mother, motioning to her chest area: Oh, I think it's from the lamb part of the cow.

Toronto
Canadia

Posted on June 19, 2011
Animals, Canadia, Food, Kids, Moms, Questions, Shopping

Will You Put Your Hand Down My Pants?

Guy: I will get you anything you want, and I mean anything, if you walk back from lunch with your hand down my pants.
Girl: But we are already walking back from lunch, silly.
Guy: Starting now, if you walk back with your hands down my pants, I will get you anything.
Girl: Anything?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/422165183/ill-even-join-you-in-detention.html

Overheard by: really?

Posted on June 19, 2011
Girls, Guys, Offers and requests, Overheard in Minneapolis, Questions, Sex

Buying Shoes Is Your Answer to Everything.

Girl: So then I was like, “I want a otter for my birthday!”
Mom: Hmmm…
Girl: I thought it was so much more realistic than a platypus. They have poisonous heels, you know. My hand would fall off if I picked it up!
Mom: Why don't we just buy it shoes?

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: Elizabeth

Posted on June 18, 2011
Girls, Minnesota, Moms, Questions, Wishes

Why Google Exists.

Fashionable girl on cell: Do you think you can catch pink eye from getting poop in your eye?

Chicago, Illinois

Posted on June 13, 2011
Girls, Health & Hygiene, Illinois, On the phone, Poop, Questions

And the Law Says I Can't Do That in a Skirt

Teen to mother: Why are you wearing pants?
Mother: Because I gotta get rid of the chilly.

Harrison, Michigan

Overheard by: Lauren

Posted on June 12, 2011
Clothes, Girls, Michigan, Moms, Questions, Sensory experiences

Let Me Give You the List Of Questions Now

Student, after class spent 25 minutes arguing answers to midterm: I have a question. Not about this test, but about future tests.
Professor, wearily: I think the final will just be take-home.
Class: Really?
Professor: Whatever.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted on June 11, 2011
Education, Fears, Pennsylvania, Questions, Students

Why 4-Year-Olds Shouldn't Have Real Cell Phones

Four-year-old boy using hand like pretend cell phone: Hello, police? We're at Target. You know the way? My babysitter's being real weird, can you come get her?

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania