Who Says Kids Today Have No Goals?

12-year-old boy #1: My hobo name is Rancid Earl!
12-year-old boy #2: My hobo name is Cracker Joe!
12-year-old boy #1: Hey, I wanna be Cracker Joe…

Middlesex County Fair
New Jersey

Posted on August 13, 2015
Names, New Jersey, Tweens, Wishes

In the Sense That They Both Have Fewer Than Six Letters

Middle school boy: They could solve world hunger if they just kept cloning lots of sheep.
Friend: Aren't sheep like, tofu?

Radnor, Pennsylvania

Posted on July 24, 2015
Default, Food, Friends, Guys, Pennsylvania, Questions, Science, Stupidity, Tweens

Thanks, European Colonialism!

Ditzy 13-year-old brunette: That's so cool! She's French and (whispers) black. I didn't know you could get those!

Woldingham Sacred Heart School
England

Overheard by: on the floor laughing

Posted on July 21, 2015
England, Race, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Stupidity, Tweens

And Maybe They'll Throw Grape Jelly at Us

Preteen in line at Spice Girls concert: I don't want them to leave the stage! At the end, let's keep screaming “Concord!”

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Spiced girl

Posted on June 2, 2015
Canadia, Default, Girls, Music, Tweens, Words

They Call Him “The Baconator”!

Twelve-year-old boy in lunch line: So I think I have a new arch-nemesis… He's like, Canadian, or something.
Friend: Cool!

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Posted on August 14, 2010
Colleges & Universities, Friends, Relationships, Rhode Island, Tweens, Weirdness

Oh, I Didn't Even Get to That Part!

Overly loud tween boy: Yeah, but at least he put it in.
Teacher: Shut up back there.

Monticello, New York

Overheard by: Not the right thing to accidentally shout out during a breif silence

Posted on April 29, 2010
Gossip, New York, Sex, Teachers, Tweens

…Now That I Can Suck My Own Nipples.

Preppy tween girl #1: So you're grounded?
Preppy tween girl #2: Worse. My mom threw away my pacifiers.

Madison, Wisconsin

Posted on April 2, 2010
Parenting, Preppies, Tweens, Weirdness, Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, That's a 1-900 Number

Tween boy with arm around girlfriend: So, he actually tried to use my phone to call Hitler…

Wisconsin

Posted on February 8, 2010
History, Hubbies, Stupidity, Tweens, Wisconsin

Then Why Haven't You Helped Me Win Any Grammys?

Female tween, following older brother swimming in restricted area: Mom, can I swim where Dave* is?
Mom: No! Swim back over to the shore.
Female tween, in nasal whine: Oh. Myyyyy. God!
Mom: Hey, I gave birth to you. I am your god!

http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/07/supreme-being.html

Overheard by: matt.

Posted on December 9, 2009
God, Moms, Offers and requests, Overheard in PDX, Parenting, Tweens

Let's Hope That's a New Metal Band

11-year-old: Haggis is awesome!
15-year-old: Damn straight! High five!
(they high five)

NSW
Australia

Posted on November 21, 2009
Australia, Compliments, Teens, Tweens, Weirdness

Tweens