Overheard in Minneapolis http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com What Happens in Minneapolis... Goes on the Internet Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSome Rights Reserved It’s The Only Reason I Go To Rosedale http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/20vILc5LclU/its-the-only-reason-i-go-to-rosedale.html http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2012/06/its-the-only-reason-i-go-to-rosedale.html#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:35:33 +0000 oim http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/?p=9037

Guy pushing stroller: (satisfied sigh)
Lady with him: What was that?
Guy: Just a personal tradition.
Lady: Huh?
Guy: I totally just crop-dusted Abercrombie and Fitch.

Roseville, Rosedale Mall
Overheard by Me too man.

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Girl: What do you know about Hmong culture?
Girl #2: I saw Gran Torino.

Saint Paul (seriously), Macalester College
Overheard by Sarah.

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One beefy gym-rat to another: Have you ever had tuna salad? Dude, you should totally come over the next time my mom makes tuna salad.

Bloomington, Lifetime Fitness
Overheard by KD.

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University of St. Thomas girl on her cell phone: …And my mom was trying to convience me to apply for a job at Cub Foods, and I was like ‘Ughh, no!’ I mean, seriously, I would rather, like, eat my own toenails than work at Cub Foods.

Saint Paul, University of St. Thomas
Overheard by Unemployment at 9%.

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Lucky Co-Worker: I’m graduating soon and I’ve already got an internship.
Other Co-Worker: Good for you, man. What are you gonna do?
Lucky Co-Worker: I’m going into education, probably going to be working with autistic kids.
Other Co-Worker: Yeah? That’s cool! What do they draw?

Mankato, Gary’s Pizza
Overheard by D.R.B.

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Cashier: I love February. My birthday, Valentine’s Day…
Customer: It’s a great month for you.
Cashier: Sure is. It wasn’t a great month for Whitney Houston, though.

St Paul, Target
Overheard by smoothd.

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Passenger, while looking confused at the check-in kiosk: Ma’am, can you give me a hand with this?
Agent, without skipping a beat: I’ll hold your hand, but I won’t go all the way with you.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Int’l Airport- Terminal 1, US Airways ticket counter
Overheard by Listening4Laughs.

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Marketing Guy: We have to ship 150,000 units on Friday or else.
Marketing Girl: Well, how many did we ship last year on Black Friday?
Marketing Guy, pulls up report: …Seven.

Chanhassen, Office
Overheard by pratt.

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Teen in Back: Hey, driver, when is the Lowry Bridge going to open?
Driver: Next spring.
Teen in Back: Aren’t we not supposed to be alive by then?

Minneapolis, 32 to Robbinsdale
Overheard by aeh.

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Bootylicious Girl #1: Girl, I can’t believe you did that with him. You nasty.
Bootylicious Girl #2: No, girl! I went to church twice last weekend, so it don’t count.
Bootylicious Girl #1: Oh, well you didn’t say that. Still, that’s nasty.
Bootylicious Girl #2: Ya, but God forgives me.

Minneapolis, Downtown Target
Overheard by Do The Wiggle.

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Woman in front to driver: My sister is 40 and has 7 grandkids. One time I was over and she was teaching the 3 year old how to use that pole.

Minneapolis, 32 to Rosedale Center
Overheard by aeh.

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Tan teenage boy to tan female friend: My mom wants me to hang out with you more.
Tan teenage girl: Why?
Tan teenage boy: Because you’re Mexican.

Maplewood, Mounds Park Academy
Overheard by I want to hang out with you because I’m Asian!

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3 year old boy, as he almost falls: Oh, Jesus.
Nanny: Do you know who Jesus is?
3 year old boy: Yes, of course.
Nanny: What does he do?
3 year old boy: He delivers us from evil. Duh.
Nanny: What else does Jesus do?
3 year old boy: I have no idea!

Shoreview, Park
Overheard by just another nanny.

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Man, in awkward conversation with woman about why he is on the bus: There’s nothing to do in Mound but drink. Do you drink?
Woman: No, I’ve never been much of a drinker. How much do you drink?
Man: Every day.
Woman: What do you drink?
Man: Whiskey.
Woman: Does your brother drink too?
Man: No, he does weed.
Woman: Oh, I hate weed. If anything, I like oxycodone.

On the border of Minnetonka and Wayzata, 675 Bus to Mound (aka, Most of Us Need Drugs)
Overheard by Spoonbridge.

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Woman at party, to friend: We’re both wearing dresses. Obviously, we’re in a posse.

Columbia Heights, house party
Overheard by sxoidmal.

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Tattooed male hipster: So, I’ve decided to stop doing X all the time, ’cause basically all my life’s experiences I’ve been on X and I want to start experiencing things, you know?
Hipster gal pal: Yeah, I get ya. So, how’s it going?
Tattooed male hipster: Well, the first thing I did was go to Happy Hour and just drink, and it actually went really well.

Minneapolis, The Bad Waitress
Overheard by Thats one way to get a new lease on life.

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Woman yelling to man down the hall: Hey, I’ve already primed the pump with that guy, so he should go real easy.

Bloomington, Office Building Resembling a Sand Crawler
Overheard by Plumbing I Don’t Want to Know About.

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Man in bright orange suit: My phone doesn’t do text messages, but I’ve got the original text message… the Bible!

Minneapolis, Back of 21 bus on Lake St.

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Checkout Clerk: Hi! Would you like your face wrapped in plastic?

Minneapolis, Whole Foods on Excelsior
Overheard by sxoidmal.

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60-something woman telling her friend about the engagement of a younger couple: I think this will be a very successful first marriage.

Minneapolis, Downtown restaurant at lunch
Overheard by Jerod.

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