Kids

Girl #1: It’s so scary hearing about people dying.
Girl #2: Yeah, totally… You can die from so many things. You can die from death, sickness…

Sydney, Australia

Overheard by: elle

Counselor: Is that a Tupac T-shirt? You’re five. Tupac wasn’t alive when you were born. What do you know about Tupac?
Kid: I know the haters killed him.
Counselor: Touché.

Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: SB

Dad: Honey, where’s your teddy bear?
3-year-old girl: Oh, the terrorist are hiding him.

Overlake Hospital
Bellevue, Washington

Overheard by: Nurse says what

Woman to child: Some people are just wicked. Put that pumpkin back.

Wal-Mart
Aberdeen, Washington

Worker: Hello! Are you looking for anything in particular?
Eight-year-old boy: Barbie!

Calendar kiosk, Victoria Mall
Victoria, Texas

Four-year-old kid to dad: Dad, how old will I be when I'm a Jedi knight?

Barnes & Noble
Manhasset, New York

Overheard by: Jen

Little girl #1: I love you! How do you spell ‘you?’ Is it Y-E-S?
Little girl #2: Nuh-uh. [Pause] Y-O-U.
Little girl #1: Ohhh. How do you spell ‘I love you tonight’?

Greenfield, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Lea

Kid: You know, if Europe and the US teamed together the entire world could be white.

675 27th Street
Chicago, Illinois

Girl: Auntie Dee*, how did you know Uncle Frank* was in there.
Auntie Dee: Well, Molly*, he’s not in the waiting room, so he has to be in there with the doctor.
Boy peering in window to exam rooms: He’s kissing that nurse like he knows her!

Doctor’s office
Ridgewood, New Jersey

Overheard by: Patiently Waiting

VP to secretary's six-year-old daughter: “Hot fireman,” as in “cute” or as in “sweaty”?

568 Broadway, NYC