Showing posts with label teenagers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teenagers. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Natural attraction
Mother of a teenage girl:"She would walk the entire Appalachian Trail if there were stores all along it."
Labels:
overheard in Ithaca,
shopping,
teenagers
Friday, August 5, 2011
Insight
Teen girl: "College must be really hard."
Teen boy: "That's why they drink a lot....and fail."
Teen boy: "That's why they drink a lot....and fail."
Labels:
college,
fail,
overheard in Ithaca,
teenagers
Friday, July 15, 2011
Related
Teen girl to her mother: "You look like a cross between Lord Voldemort and your father. Who did your father mate with?"
Labels:
Lord Voldemort,
mothers,
overheard in Ithaca,
teenagers
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Not for the squeamish....
Teenage boy: "They should have a snack called 'feces pieces.'"
Girl: "My dog would love that."
Girl: "My dog would love that."
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Not too independent
Girl to Mom before school:
“I’m staying after and getting dinner with my friends, because I like that it makes me feel independent. My therapist says all teenagers want to feel independent. So I need some money for dinner.”
“I’m staying after and getting dinner with my friends, because I like that it makes me feel independent. My therapist says all teenagers want to feel independent. So I need some money for dinner.”
Labels:
dinner,
independence,
overheard in Ithaca,
school,
teenagers,
therapists
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Don't call us....
Teenage girl to parents: "So yeah, my cellphone is in my pocket but it's turned off so don't try to call me."
Labels:
cellphone,
overheard in Ithaca,
parents,
teenagers
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Mom to pre-teen girl: "Questions about breasts? Yup, it's in my job description."
Labels:
breasts,
daughters,
mothers,
overheard in Ithaca,
teenagers
Friday, May 1, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
traumatic childhood memory
Teenage boy: "I remember in kindergarten, they gave us a work sheet and I was so confused or scared I didn't know what to do, so I just sat there and didn't do anything. They sent me down to the office and Mrs. L helped me with it."
Girl: "Do you remember what it was about?"
Teenage boy: "It was about Puss in Boots."
Girl: "Do you remember what it was about?"
Teenage boy: "It was about Puss in Boots."
Labels:
childhood,
kindergarten,
overheard in Ithaca,
Puss in Boots,
teenagers
Monday, February 9, 2009
Tough Choices
Dad to daughter: "Why don't you just flip a coin?"
Daughter: "No, that doesn't work because if I don't like the answer I just flip it again."
Daughter: "No, that doesn't work because if I don't like the answer I just flip it again."
Labels:
daughters,
overheard in Ithaca,
teenagers
Monday, November 17, 2008
It can drive you nuts
Teen girl crying in school bathroom: "I hate it when people tell me secrets because then I can't tell anyone."
Labels:
overheard,
overheard in Ithaca,
school,
teenagers
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
a day off
High school boy to disgruntled mother: "And how was your Veteran's Day?"
Mother: "It was lovely, I wasn't with you."
Mother: "It was lovely, I wasn't with you."
Labels:
mothers,
overheard in Ithaca,
teenagers,
Veteran's Day
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