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Who Says Kids Today Have No Goals?
12-year-old boy #1: My hobo name is Rancid Earl!
12-year-old boy #2: My hobo name is Cracker Joe!
12-year-old boy #1: Hey, I wanna be Cracker Joe...
Middlesex County Fair
New Jersey
Categories: Names | New Jersey | Tweens | Wishes | Posted 2010-09-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Gosh, I Miss The Osbournes.
Tween boy #1: I'm bummed. I grabbed my mom's iPod instead of mine this morning.
Tween boy #2: They look the same, how do you know it's not yours?
Tween boy #1: I have Radiohead and The Shins, she has Deicide and Cradle of Filth.
Tween boy #2: I love that woman.
High School
Florida
Overheard by: Sandy Paws
Categories: Compare and contrast | Florida | Music | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Technology | Tweens | Posted 2010-08-27 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
They Call Him "The Baconator"!
Twelve-year-old boy in lunch line: So I think I have a new arch-nemesis... He's like, Canadian, or something.
Friend: Cool!
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Categories: Colleges & Universities | Friends | Relationships | Rhode Island | Tweens | Weirdness | Posted 2010-08-14 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Why We Drop Our Childhood Friends: Explained
Tween girl in pack of tween girls: Yes, he's my friend! He's nice! But I guess if I thought about it, I wouldn't like him.
Burlington, Vermont
Overheard by: Isotope Feeney
Categories: Compliments | Feelings | Tweens | Vermont | Posted 2010-06-17 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Oh, I Didn't Even Get to That Part!
Overly loud tween boy: Yeah, but at least he put it in.
Teacher: Shut up back there.
Monticello, New York
Overheard by: Not the right thing to accidentally shout out during a breif silence
Thanks, European Colonialism!
Ditzy 13-year-old brunette: That's so cool! She's French and (whispers) black. I didn't know you could get those!
Woldingham Sacred Heart School
England
Overheard by: on the floor laughing
Categories: England | Race | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Stupidity | Tweens | Posted 2010-04-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...Now That I Can Suck My Own Nipples.
Preppy tween girl #1: So you're grounded?
Preppy tween girl #2: Worse. My mom threw away my pacifiers.
Madison, Wisconsin
He Just Makes Gay Porn
13-year-old blonde: So then he was all "I told you it wasn't mine!"
13-year-old brunette: Ohmigod, how could he do that?
13-year-old blonde: I know! It was, like, "did you or didn't you sleep with him?" He's not even gay!
Canadia
Overheard by: Laura
In Wisconsin, That's a 1-900 Number
Tween boy with arm around girlfriend: So, he actually tried to use my phone to call Hitler...
Wisconsin
Then Why Haven't You Helped Me Win Any Grammys?
Female tween, following older brother swimming in restricted area: Mom, can I swim where Dave* is?
Mom: No! Swim back over to the shore.
Female tween, in nasal whine: Oh. Myyyyy. God!
Mom: Hey, I gave birth to you. I am your god!
Shout-out: overheardinpdx.blogspot.com
Overheard by: matt.
Categories: God | Moms | Offers and requests | Overheard in PDX | Parenting | Tweens | Posted 2009-12-09 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
But They Taste Like Country Crock
Nonchalant tween: My farts smell like I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!®
Moscow, Idaho
Overheard by: saturday morning
Categories: Burping & farting | Compare and contrast | Food | Idaho | Sensory experiences | Tweens | Posted 2009-11-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Let's Hope That's a New Metal Band
11-year-old: Haggis is awesome!
15-year-old: Damn straight! High five!
(they high five)
NSW
Australia
Categories: Australia | Compliments | Teens | Tweens | Weirdness | Posted 2009-11-21 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I Promise the Social Worker Isn't Watching
Oblivious 12-year-old in pool, surrounded by floaty toys: Hey, hold my noodle while I mount this whale.
Victoria
Canadia
Every Day's a Roll Of the Polyhedral Dice
12-year-old boy: You see?! Dungeons & Dragons applies to real life!
Calgary
Canadia
Overheard by: cubicle slave
When I Finally Mastered Writing My Name in Urine
13-year-old boy, jumping all over the place: It was a feeling of pure urethra!
Perth
Western Australia
Australia
Overheard by: he didn't really think that one through
Categories: Australia | Body parts | Feelings | Tweens | Posted 2009-09-12 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Once You Go Cowboy, You Get a Whole New Posse
Preteen girl #1, trying on cowboy hat: If I was a cowboy, would you be my friend?
Preteen girl #2: No.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Categories: Clothes | Clothing | Massachusetts | Questions | Relationships | Tweens | Posted 2009-07-30 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I'm Just Psyched to Have the Opportunity to Mock It
Tween #1, excitedly: Oh my god! Look, it's High School Musical stuff!
Tween #2: I hate High School Musical.
Tween #1: Oh, well... so do I!
Hickory Hollow Mall
Nashville, Tennessee
Overheard by: i hate it too
An Excerpt from How I Knew I Was Gay
Tween: Glitter isn't a color, it's an emotion.
Perth
Australia
Categories: Australia | Compare and contrast | Fashion | Feelings | Tweens | Posted 2009-07-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Nobody Who's Been to England Ever Has to Ask
Pretty tween girl, looking around on busy street: What's with all these ugly people taking up all the space?
Toronto
Canadia
Categories: Beauty | Canadia | Compare and contrast | Questions | Tweens | Posted 2009-07-13 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I Believe the Technical Term Is "Manure"
9-year-old boy, biking: Yo, what kind of flowers are they?
13-year-old brother, also biking: They be poppies an' calla-lilies an' peonies an' oleanders an' hydrangeas an' shit.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Phanatic
Ten to One, Her Phone Is Turned Off
Preteen girl #1: Do you see all these blondes on the boxes? They should all be me. I should be on all these boxes.
Preteen girl #2: Did someone start a rumor about us? Because I haven't gotten any calls all day.
CVS
New Jersey
Categories: Cell phones | Gossip | New Jersey | Questions | Stupidity | Tweens | Posted 2009-07-02 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
If One More Person Asks Me That Today...
Tween: Should I get Fanta or cock?
Perth, Washington
Overheard by: shocked older sister.
Categories: Compare and contrast | Default | Drinking & drunks | Penis | Questions | Tweens | Washington | Posted 2009-05-07 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
...And Light Green.
Dad: There are some things you can't discuss with girls. Like I would never tell your mom about the really weird-colored shit I had last night.
Preteen son: What color was it?
Dad: See, that's not the kind of question a girl would ask.
Northgate Mall
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Didn't want to hear it either
A Magical Fat That Slides Down Rainbows and Grants Wishes
Preteen girl #1: Boobies are just fat.
Preteen girl #2: No, they aren't. They are a special kind of fat: boobie fat.
Shout-out: www.overheardinminneapolis.com
Categories: Body parts | Compare and contrast | Default | Girls | Health & Hygiene | Overheard in Minneapolis | Tweens | Words | Posted 2009-02-28 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I Always Try to Make Out with Them
Tween: God, I've had such a terrible day. First I was in a wreck, and then I saw a homeless woman--and you know how I am about homeless people.
Petro Express
Charlotte, North Carolina
Suicide Is the Clear Answer
Tween #1 waiting at bus stop: So, I wanna like him, but I don't want to, and I can't like him, 'cause I wanna like him, but I don't!...you know?
Tween #2: Wow, I know exactly what you mean!
London
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Great 'cause I sure don't
At The Same Time?
Tween to friends: Imagine if Hitler gave everybody hugs!
Baltimore, MD
If Only Our TV Had an Off Switch!
Excited preteen girl to dad: Look, dad, it's Hannah Montana!
Dad: Honey, we get out of the house so that we don't have to sit around and watch this all day long.
Macy's
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Overheard by: AS
You Know Somebody's Playing "Magic: the Gathering"
Frazzled mother: At Michigan State they don't even have parties. They're not going to want you at a party. You are not going to a party. There is no chance.
Hopeful twelve-year-old boy: Oh, there's a chance.
East Lansing, Michigan
Overheard by: Cameron
And Maybe They'll Throw Grape Jelly at Us
Preteen in line at Spice Girls concert: I don't want them to leave the stage! At the end, let's keep screaming "Concord!"
Toronto
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Spiced girl
We Give Honey, I Shrunk Liberace! Two Thumbs Up
Middle schooler: There's a gay singer in my bra! There's a gay singer in my bra!
Muirlands Middle
La Jolla, California
Categories: California | Clothes | Default | Gender issues | Girls | Music | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Sexuality | Students | Tweens | Weirdness | Posted 2008-10-02 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
In the Sense That They Both Have Fewer Than Six Letters
Middle school boy: They could solve world hunger if they just kept cloning lots of sheep.
Friend: Aren't sheep like, tofu?
Radnor, Pennsylvania
Either That or Christina Aguilera
Tween boy: I'm going to make Buddha the theme of my Bar Mitzvah.
Uninterested yuppie mom: Mmhmmm.
TJ Maxx
Swampscott, Massachusetts
Overheard by: money well spent
Pubes Happen the Same Way
12-year-old boy: One day, I looked in the mirror, and I had abs! It was cool!
Swim Meet
Albany, New York
Categories: Body parts | Bragging | Default | Memory lane | New York | Tweens | Posted 2008-08-15 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
According to Our Bible --the Josie and the Pussycats Movie
Tween girl #1: Oh my god... You look so orange in that picture!
Tween girl #2: Bitch.
Tween girl #1: No! It's a good thing! Orange is the new pink!
Switzerland
Categories: Compare and contrast | Compliments | Default | Europe | Friends | Girls | Insults | Sensory experiences | Tweens | Posted 2008-06-06 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
At Least You Have Your Priorities Straight
Ten-year-old boy: You know what I would have if I could have four wishes?
Big sister: I don't know. What?
Ten-year-old boy: One: no drought in Georgia; Two: no global warming; Three: world peace; Four: a Komodo dragon that is really nice and fun to play with, is a vegetarian, lives forever and can grant eternal life.
Druid Hills, Atlanta
Overheard by: Miranda
I Called 867-5309 and Asked
Tween girl to crowd of loitering friends: Everyone's bisexual... except for Jenny.
Outside Starbucks
Avon, Connecticut
Categories: Compare and contrast | Connecticut | Girls | Restaurants | Sexuality | Tweens | Weirdness | Posted 2008-05-01 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
I Knew I Should've Let the Doctor Keep You a Girl
Mother to ten-year-old son at supermarket check-out queue: And then we'll go and look for a dress for me.
Ten-year-old son: I'm not going clothes shopping with you. You go in every shop, you try everything on, you never like anything and come home with nothing and I'm not standing around waiting!
[All male members of the queue cheer.]
Luton
England
Dude, It Has the Word "Vajayjay" on the Cover
Twelve-year-old boy to friend: I didn't know bookstores had porn!
Friend: Dude, that's Cosmo!
Barnes & Noble
Illinois
Categories: Books | Comebacks | Compare and contrast | Friends | Guys | Illinois | Pop culture | Porn | Stores | Tweens | Posted 2008-04-30 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Instead I Politely Smell Your Crotch
Middle school chick: Sir, are you married?
Substitute teacher: That's a very personal question. That's like if I asked you, "Has it started yet?"
Terman Middle School
Palo Alto, California
Overheard by: heerothewizard
Categories: California | Chicks | Comebacks | Education | Etiquette | Gender issues | Guys | Health & Hygiene | Questions | Relationships | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Teachers | Tweens | Posted 2008-04-23 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Um, Racoon Mario Is So Much More Useful
Girl playing video game: Some girls just want to get married. I just want fire.
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: Kelson
Categories: Character | Compare and contrast | Dorks, Geeks & Nerds | Gender issues | Girls | Ohio | Relationships | Tweens | Weirdness | Wishes | Posted 2008-04-20 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Jacoby & Meyers?
Tween: I mean, who just calls to say, how are you, I hear you got punched in the face?
Mom: Totally...
San Diego, California
Overheard by: SaraSmile
Knowing What That Is Is Like a Rorshach for Nerdity
Student: Somebody drew a triforce in the bathroom.
Teacher: There's a penis in the hall and now a triforce in the bathroom?
English Class
Arcadia, California
Overheard by: Sam
Categories: California | Default | Games | Lies | Penis | School [Elem., Middle, & High] | Students | Teachers | Tweens | Words | Posted 2008-04-06 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
Like I Really Need to Have Better Litercism?
Tween boy #1, carrying skateboard: So, I got cleaning detail at school tomorrow.
Tween boy #2: That doesn't sound like something I'd want to do.
Tween boy #1: No, man, it's awesome! You get out of literacy class!
Tucson, Arizona
Categories: Arizona | Compliments | Default | Education | Tweens | Posted 2008-03-25 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
And If It Involves Glitter and Castor Oil, That's His Business
Tween boy to another: You seem very gay to me.
Woman with them: That's not very nice!
Tween boy: What? All I mean is he has a really busy social life.
Moon River Diner
Shanghai
China
Overheard by: MF in China
When She Lies on Her Back, She Makes a Great Snack Tray
Tween girl #1: I have to tell you something -- I don't think Rachel is that hot.
Tween girl #2: Oh my god, I'm so glad you said that, 'cause I'm afraid to talk to people about her because everyone thinks she is so pretty.
Tween girl #1: They were doing this rating thing where they rate people on a scale, and Ryan gave her a seven.
Tween girl #2: She is totally not a seven -- her boobs are inverted.
Premier Oaks Movie Theater
Melbourne, Florida
Overheard by: *shakes head*
Aristocratic Children Are Sometimes Born into the Middle Class
Tween girl, to dad and three younger siblings: I can't believe we're eating dinner at a Target...
Target
Royal Palm Beach, Florida
Overheard by: spacerwoman
Kenny Chesney: Cha-Ching!
Tween girl on side of parade route, to old man on John Deere in parade: I think your tractor's sexy.
Stilwell, Kansas
Overheard by: sarah
Categories: Compliments | Kansas | Tweens | Posted 2008-01-05 | Email | Quote | Link | Del.icio.us | Facebook
