Redneck woman: So you think chip's gay?
Son: I don't know.
Redneck woman: Maybe he just likes to look at pictures of naked men. Who knows?
Gainesville, Florida
Redneck woman: So you think chip's gay?
Son: I don't know.
Redneck woman: Maybe he just likes to look at pictures of naked men. Who knows?
Gainesville, Florida
Working mom to teenage daughter: I am not going to the store this minute to buy you a lava lamp. I’m at work!
Ohio
Overheard by: Jewels
Mom: We can visit the Eli Whitney museum.
Kid: Who is he?
Mom: He invented gin.
Connecticut
Overheard by: Geoff
Mom, pointing to friend’s child: Say ‘Hello’ to Aidan*.
Shy child hiding face in mom’s leg: ‘Lo.
Mom: If you can’t look at him and ‘Hello’ properly then you can’t have swimming lessons. There, I just saved a hundred and fifty dollars!
145 Harlow Street
Bangor, Maine
Overheard by: Kelly
Mother: I think Grandma Olson has a little bit of a cirrhosis thing going on.
Little girl: Why’s that?
Mother: Because Grandma Olson drinks much, much, much more than-
Little girl: -Than grandpa?
Mother: Than anyone in the world.
120 Kellogg Boulevard
St. Paul, Minnesota
Mom: If she gets convicted, I'm taking you to T.G.I. Friday's.
Son: Can we go even if she doesn't? Because it will feel like a victory either way, then.
Courthouse
Mentor, Ohio
Overheard by: Bird is the word
Cashier to customer #1: Awww, how cute! Is he your son?
Customer #2: No, he’s my son.
Cashier, pointing to customer #1: Are you sure? He looks like his son!
Government building
Washington, DC
Elderly woman to husband: I told you we wouldn’t find it here! I told you the only place we’d find it was a hardware store or a bakery!
Department store
Glendale, Arizona
Tween girl: I wonder if these shorts will fit? I’m just going to try them on right here.
Girl’s father: Why don’t you go in a dressing room, honey? For God’s sake, have some modesty.
Tween girl: What’s modesty?
Moe’s Sport Shop
711 North University
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Woman in line with unruly child: Now you stand there and behave! (two seconds later) Ow, don't you bite me!
Younger woman behind her: That reminds me, I have to pick up my birth control pills!
Lansing, Michigan
Overheard by: Kevin
