Welcome to the Twilight Zone

30-something guy to seven-year-old kid: So even when you get older you will be spending a lot of time in stores waiting for women to shop… It's boring for us, but looking around and not buying anything is somehow fun for them.
Seven-year-old kid: Oh. You aren't American. Where you from?
30-something guy: I'm from Ireland.
Seven-year-old kid: Ireland? What do they speak there?
30-something guy: English.
Seven-year-old kid: You speak English?
30-something guy: Well, we're speaking English now.
Seven-year-old kid, incredulously: We are?

Long Island, New York

Overheard by: Jack

Posted on January 24, 2010
Foreigners, Gender issues, Kids, New York, Questions, Shopping

Every Soap Opera, in a Nutshell.

Guy #1: Hey man, how've you been?
Guy #2: Aren't you supposed to be dead?

Chicago, Illinois

Posted on January 24, 2010
Death & dying, Guys, Illinois, Memory lane, Questions

Why the Fairy Always Dies When His Mom Reads Him Peter Pan

Ten-year-old boy: Dad, why are people clapping?
Father: Because the conductor entered the stage. It's respectful.
Ten-year-old boy: I personally don't believe in clapping for someone unless they've done something.

Tanglewood Music Center
Lenox, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Bystander girl

Posted on January 16, 2010
Dads, Etiquette, Kids, Massachusetts, Music, Parenting, Questions

And If They're Really Yummy, It's “Mmm”

Asian bimbo #1, filling out apartment application: How do you spell “roommate”?
Asian bimbo #2 : Well… If it's just one person, it has one “m”. It it's two or more, two “m's”

UC Riverside
California

Overheard by: Sophya

Posted on January 14, 2010
Asians, Bimbettes, California, Colleges & Universities, Questions, Stupidity, Words

The Demographic Oprah Couldn't Reach

Delivery guy to guy wearing “Deadheads for Obama” t-shirt: So the Dead are for Obama?
Man: Uh-huh.
Delivery guy: Then so am I.

Burbank, California

Overheard by: Urzzz

Posted on January 13, 2010
California, Clothes, Compare and contrast, Employees, Music, Politics, Questions, Strangers

Are the Two Mutually Exclusive?

Fat effeminate thug: Bitch, are you a daddy's gurl o' you jus' anotha gorilla?

North Hollywood
California

Overheard by: busninja

Posted on January 12, 2010
Animals, California, Compare and contrast, Fat people, Insults, Questions, Thugs

A Llama on a Cart You Can Wheel Around?

Loud lady on cell phone in philosophy section of a bookstore: Which Dali Lama book? They have a million. What's a Dali Lama, anyway?

Southaven, Mississippi

Overheard by: Beth Walker

Posted on January 11, 2010
Books, Mississippi, Names, On the phone, Questions, Stores, Stupidity, Women

Because He Asked Too Many Questions, Sweetie.

Little boy witnessing a shiatsu massage: Mommy, why are they killing that man?

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

Posted on January 10, 2010
Canadia, Health & Hygiene, Kids, Murder, Questions

If You Kept Up-to-Date on My Facebook Status, You'd Know

Teenage girl #1 to others in feminine products aisle: When do you douche?
Teenage girl #2: I don't know, when do you douche?
(group of teenage girls giggle hysterically)

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/362504180/where-are-their-mothers.html

Overheard by: personally, I prefer Thursdays

Posted on January 9, 2010
Douching, Girls, Overheard in Minneapolis, Questions, Stupidity, Teens

Oh, and I Finally Finished That Jigsaw Puzzle!

Woman on cell: Did I tell you the baby died? No?! When did we last talk?

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Wil

Posted on January 9, 2010
Death & dying, Kids, On the phone, Questions, San Francisco, Women