Loud, eccentric woman wearing brightly striped tights with her outfit: Tights! I’m telling you. Tights are the key to tying together an outfit. When things just don’t go together, you gotta get some fun tights or stockings. Tights make everything better.
Minneapolis, YWCA locker room
Overheard by I can think of a lot of better things than tights.
Mother to small child in stall (loudly): No, it won't flush. (shouting) It won't flush! It's not like at home. It won't flush unless you touch it. (shouting) It won't flush! Stop! It's not going to flush unless you touch it. (shouting) It won't flush! Don't make me make you go in your pants! It won't flush! They're not the same.
--Women's Bathroom, JFK
Lady #1: Girl, it was the best salad I ever *had*! Baby, it was better than sex! All I gotta do is eat this salad and masturbate and I'm good to go!
Lady #2: I thought it was okay, but it wasn't better than sex.
Lady #1: That's 'cause you smoke too much and you burnt off all your taste buds. You taste things based on memory.
--W 26th St & 7th Ave
Overheard by: Jason
60ish man to his adult daughter while listening to music: Ooh! Is this Ella Fitzgerald?
Daughter: Uh no, it’s Rod Stewart.
Minneapolis, a Christmas party
Overheard by I didn’t know Ella wrote “Maggie Mae”!
Young boy to his mom: Mom, you smell like cheese!
Minnetonka, Ridgedale Target
Overheard by MMM….gouda!
Woman, talking to two balding brothers: It’s so weird how you both… um…
Brother: Have different balding patterns?
Blooming Prairie, Christmas Party
Overheard by a.lil.
A customer: They got food here. I mean, nothing that’s edible. But, they got food here.
Saint Paul, Grand Avenue CVS
Overheard by truer words were never spoken.
High school boy: Dude, this totally sucks. I wanted to play Xbox all break, but instead I’m going to be in Paris!
Blaine, Centennial High School
Overheard by Dude, that totally sucks for you.
Woman on cell phone: I’ve been pretty much the same. I still wear the same three bikinis. (pause) Well, sometimes I do wear a polka dot one. (pause) Polka dots!
Minneapolis, Downtown on the street at 9th and Marquette
Overheard by Context, please?
Chick: Dude, you’re obsessed with Sally*.
Dude: Only because I want to kick her in the nuts.
Minneapolis, Liquor Lyle’s
Overheard by My drunken blackberry.
20-something: I don’t care if he’s your boyfriend, he’s still your brother.
Minneapolis, Blake School Alumni Party
Overheard by My Blackberry and the Booze are all I need.
Forty year old man (flipping through channels): We have Comedy Central?! When did we get Comedy Central?!
Co-Worker: That’s the Weather Channel, you idiot.
Hutchinson, Office Building
Overheard by Bryce Berwaller.
Ditzy College Girl: She’s nice, but what she lacks in hands, she makes up for in Jesus.
Saint Paul, Coffee News
Overheard by I dated one of those.