Not a Kid's Drink

Kid 1: "Have you ever had a Red Bull?"

Kid 2: "What kind of kid do you think I am?!"

Kid 1: "So you haven't had one?"

Kid 2: "No! It's not a kid's drink!"

Kid 1: "You mean it's like alcohol?"

Kid 2: "No! It's an energy drink? But it's not a kid's drink!"

Kid 1: "My friend who's in fifth — going into sixth — grade LEGIT had one."

Kid 2: "YO! What the hell's wrong with him?!"

(Overheard by ZWH and IWH at Pine Point Beach)

Senior Hours

Older woman, upon seeing the Senior Hours sign outside Trader Joe's: "Senior hours 8am to 9 am?! I ain't getting up at 8am, I'm retired!"

From Away

Neighbor: "We're sitting on the back porch on a sixty degree day. We must be real Mainers!"




(Overheard by JR on Frances Street)

Kids Teach Kant

Kid 1: "Do you want to play trucks?"

Kid 2: "Mom said we were supposed to help by cleaning the paintbrushes."

Kid 1: "That's what we're supposed to do. I am asking what you want to do."





(Overheard by JR on Frances Street)

THEY PROMISED

Girl, about six years old, to her dad: "If there isn't going to be any more school, they should at least give our art projects back. (Yelling) THEY PROMISED US THEY'D GIVE THEM BACK!!"



(Overheard by ER from more than six feet away, on a trail in Portland)

Every. Single. Time.

Middle aged man to other middle aged man, breaking long silence: "Do you ever look at your last load of laundry and think, 'Maybe I'll just throw this out'?"



(Overheard by SH at Tony's Donuts)

Someone's Idea of Fun

Second-grader: "Corona is a fun word!"




(Overheard by AR in an elementary school classroom outside of Portland)

Pisces Season

Person to friend: "He's a Pisces? Everyone's a Pisces! That used to be my thing!"



(Overheard by AJL in a Congress Street bar)