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Little boy, wearing a towel as a cape: I'm six! And six-year-old boys are full of poison! I'm gonna bite you! Rawrrr!
--Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Lisita
Four-year-old boy scampering on shore: She's got crabs! She's got crabs! She's got crabs!
Mom wading in water: Stop saying that!
Four-year-old boy: But you do... They're all over down there!
--Sharky's Beach, Port Charlotte, Florida
Six-year-old boy running with hot dog in hand, chased by leash-less Doberman Pinscher: Look, Dad!
Suddenly-observant father: No! Drop that meat!
Six-year-old boy, still running with hot dog in hand: But Dad, I'm learning to speak dog!
--Ocean Beach's Dog Beach, California
Overheard by: fishwhisperer
10-year-old boy: My mom is such a fucking slut.
--Malibu, California
Overheard by: nicole
Gangsta teen wannabe: Damn, son, check that ho!
Little brother: Which one?
Gangsta teen wannabe: The one with the splat-tat and the muffin top.
Little brother: Daaamn!
Gangsta teen wannabe: Maybe she'll bend over and show some slut crack.
Mom, studying tourist info: What?
--Cannery Row, Monterey, California
Overheard by: gt6driver
Dad, about bald passerby: That guy is really bald!
Daughter: Dad, you have more hair on your butt than your head.
--Ocean City, Maryland
Overheard by: Ryan
Three-year-old girl using towel as a cape and chasing seagull: I'm prettier than you! I'm prettier than you!
--Pacific Beach, San Diego, California
Overheard by: you're very tan
Six-year-old boy: I had to take a second year of kindergarten.
Dad: Just like your old man.
--Point Lookout Beach, Long Island, New York
Overheard by: PrairieSquid
Whiny little boy: Mo-ooom, it's hot!
Mom: Stop that! Whining makes you hot.
--Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Overheard by: Laura and John
Little boy: I'm hungry.
Mother: Okay, we will eat in a few minutes.
Little boy: I want to cut your arm off!
--Blue Water Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Lydia
Babysitter: Hey, do you want to build a sandcastle?
Kid: Yeah! These [feet buried under sand] can be our slave cabins!
Babysitter: Uh, I think it's time we go swimming.
--Folly Beach, Charleston, South Carolina
Toddler grumpily trudging through the sand: Change my diaper!
--Island Park State Beach, New Jersey
Kid #1: [Inaudible.]
Kid #2: That's the noise your mom made when I punched her in the eye with my dick.
--Beach restroom, Grand Haven, Michigan
Eight-year-old boy to valet fetching a car outside a fancy restaurant: You run like an idiot!
Mom: Quiet, dear, he is just a car parking guy.
--Palm Beach, Florida
Overheard by: Ashley
Girl throwing rock over her head: Look, Mom! I'm going to build a jail!
--Mentor Headlands Beach, Mentor, Ohio
Overheard by: Pale Kid
Four-year-old boy: Wild for penis! Wild for penis! Wild for penis!
--Long Island Beach Club, Long Island, New York
12-year-old girl: Mom! She's throwing up pickles in the pool!
--Ixtapa, Mexico
Mother: Danny, go ask those people for a lighter.
Son: Why, Mom?
Mother: So I can light my smoke, baby.
Son: I'm not your baby, and no! They are strange.
Mother: I'll give you ten bucks.
Son: Okay!
--Shark's Cove, Oahu, Hawaii
Overheard by: Hope
Little girl: I'm gonna... I'm gonna cut off your head with a knife!
Mother, shocked: Where did you hear that kind of language?!
Little girl: Ummm, I don't know...
Mother: You must have heard it somewhere!
Little girl: I made it up! ... Is pepperoni meat?
Mother: Yes.
--Oceanside, California
Overheard by: kafrin
Angry mother: Wash your damn hands!
Dirty son: No!
Angry mother: Wash your damn hands, Justin!
Dirty son: [Sticks his hands in the clogged sink.]
Angry mother: Use the fucking soap. You just gave the dog his medicine in his butt.
Dirty son: No way, I already stuck my hands in my mouth.
--In-N-Out Burger, Long Beach, California
Mother taking away son's boogie board: Enough, time to leave and go home.
Young son: You don't deserve a child!
--Sea Isle City, New Jersey
Overheard by: Gaby Young
Little boy #1: It's my turn to use the boogie board! Mom said you have to share!
Little boy #2: Oh yeah? Well, too bad, 'cause I'm not gonna share!
Little boy #1: Oh yeah? Well, I just peed in your wetsuit!
--Long Beach, New York
Overheard by: RPLB 2000
Child: Mommy, how old are you?
Mother: I am forty.
Child: [counting on fingers] Jeez, Mommy, you're running out of numbers.
--Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Woman on phone: It's been so long since I have gone out on a date, I think I've forgotten what it feels like to be a woman.
4-Year-Old son, indignantly: You ain't a woman! You're my mother!
--Howell, Michigan
Overheard by: Catherine
Passing local, to little boy feeding seagulls: Hey, you don't want to do that. They'll attack you.
Little boy: Okay. Thank you.
Local walks of earshot.
Little boy: What a bitch.
--St. Pete Beach, Florida
Overheard by: sara
Cute toddler to friends: Whoever has a dog, raise your hand... so I can murder it!
--Belmar, New Jersey
Overheard by: Willy
Young kid: Awww look, you were right. Now I don't get to punch you.
--Vero Beach, Florida
Saggy-drawered kid: That woman carrying shit on her head.
Mother: Boy, you ain't in Brooklyn anymore. This place different. And keep your voice down.
Saggy-drawered kid: Hell, she don't speak English. And what the hell computer boy gonna do, report me to the internet?
--Tela Beach, Honduras
Overheard by: Computer boy, I assume
Little surfer kid pointing to large black lady: Look, a whale turd.
--New Symrna, Florida
Mother: Will you please stop whining?
Small boy: Shut up, Mommy.
--Martell's Tiki Bar, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Overheard by: Trystan