Mother to three-year-old son: Can I call you “my dear”?
Three-year-old son: Can I call you “my moose”?
Austin, Texas
Mother to three-year-old son: Can I call you “my dear”?
Three-year-old son: Can I call you “my moose”?
Austin, Texas
Little boy at hand-drying machine: Dad, aren’t you going to smell my hands so you know they’re clean?
Dad: No, it’s okay. Let’s go.
Little boy, getting angry: Smell them. Smell them! Smell them!
Restroom, Scottsdale Fashion Square
Scottsdale, Arizona
Overheard by: mine were clean
Old Jewish lady: … And what do you want to be when you grow up?
Six-year-old girl: A shampoo girl.
Four-year-old boy: A hooker!
Mother, smoking: I like it when they have low expectations about life.
São Paulo
Brazil
Small child to father: You're a sad puppy that burps. You're a stinky puppy that's sad… and burps.
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/09/daddys-little-girl.html
Overheard by: elizabeth
Eight-year-old boy: Don’t you know that the Kool-Aid Man doesn’t exist?! He’s just a tool for marketing!
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Lan
Five-year-old girl to sister: Who would you rather kill — Mummy or Daddy?
Mother: I don’t want to hear you talking like that.
Auckland
New Zealand
Overheard by: disturbed
Woman to five-year-old daughter in elevator: You're getting off at the wrong floor, sweetie. This is the wrong floor… The wrong floor… The wrong floor! God, do you ever listen to me?
Five-year-old daughter: I'm trying not to.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Overheard by: laughing
Mother handing son bag of groceries: Here you go.
Son: Me?
Mother: Yes, you, silly.
Son, pouting: But I’m special.
Mother: No, you’re not.
Publix
Melbourne Beach, Florida
Overheard by: Ali
Heavy guy looking at atlas: What’s a ‘labia’?
Son: One of those Eastern European countries.
Barnes & Noble
Peoria, Illinois
3-year-old in parking lot: Mommy, I want MONEY!
Mother: Yes, honey. Me too.
Gilroy, California
Overheard by: just a cart pusher
