And You Said I Could Have Whatever I Wanted for My Bar Mitzvah

Teenage boy to father: I've been talking to a Thai lady on the internet and, I'll bring her to New Zealand for only $50,000!
Father: Is she genuine?
Teenage boy: Genuine Thai lady-boy!

Auckland
New Zealand

Overheard by: Tessa

Posted on November 30, 2008
Dads, Default, Gender issues, Geography, Guys, Internet, Money, New Zealand, Offers and requests, Questions, Sexuality, Teens, Weirdness

Life's a Privilege, Not a Right

Mom: Then I'd have to kill you.
Daughter: Why?
Mom: Because that's my job as a mother.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/391884301/she-used-to-have-two-kids.html

Overheard by: glad I'm not her daughter

Posted on November 29, 2008
Default, Girls, Moms, Murder, Overheard in Minneapolis, Parenting, Threats, Weirdness

Wasn't Much of a Game for the Other Guy, If You Follow Me

Guy (looking around suspiciously): Yeah, well, it was a couple baseball bats really. Let's just say I was really in the game last night, so to speak.

Beachwood Place Mall
Beachwood, Ohio

Overheard by: Just Buying Votives, Sir

Posted on November 29, 2008
Default, Guys, Malls, Ohio, Weirdness, Words

You and Your Wily Little Electrolytes!

Flamboyant male: Fuck you, Gatorade! Fuck you!

SUNY Purchase
New York

Posted on November 28, 2008
Colleges & Universities, Default, Drinking & drunks, Insults, New York, Weirdness

Tuesday's Dingleberry-Pulling Day

Very large gross woman: So, I'm gonna need a serious douching when I get home.
Friend: It's Tuesday.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/389126149/so-many-questions-yet-i-want-none-of-the-answers.html

Overheard by: threw up in his mouth

Posted on November 28, 2008
Default, Douching, Friends, Overheard in Minneapolis, Time Management, Weirdness, Women

Get Into My Van, and We'll Discuss It There

Single mom to four-year-old son: Will you just stop being a cupcake and go ask him?
Four-year-old (sighing, then approaching a man nearby): Excuse me? Do you think my mom is pretty?

Manchester, New Hampshire

Overheard by: Taylor

Posted on November 28, 2008
Beauty, Default, Family ties, Guys, Kids, Moms, New Hampshire, Offers and requests, Questions, Weirdness

Please Join Mr. Morse and Mr. Braille in the Office

Woman over intercom: Attention, there is an emergency in the ladies' room. There are no more paper towels.
(customers in super long line snicker)
Man on intercom (a minute or two later): Attention Mr. Dewey, we have an emergency in the office. Nobody can understand your decimal system.

Trader Joe's
Washington, DC

Overheard by: Hungry