10-year-old boy to younger brother: All mother nature gave you is a bag of shit.
–North Padre, Texas
10-year-old boy to younger brother: All mother nature gave you is a bag of shit.
–North Padre, Texas
Four-year-old girl (disappointed, looking at a jellyfish): I’ve never seen one of these before…but I thought it would be longer.
–Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Overheard by: I Was Surprised Too
Old man: I think it’s too late to swim, the oil is washing up on the beach.
Old woman: Yeah, it’s too late for a lot of things now.
Old man: We should move back to Detroit. It’s less polluted.
Old woman: I don’t want to die in Detroit. Remember, we had this conversation already.
–Pier, St Petersburg, Florida
Overheard by: Sandy Paws
Lady to friends: Wow! This is a lot of sand!
–Cocoa Beach, Florida
Overheard by: Courtney
Activist #1: Hey girls, want to save the world together?
Girl #1: Ummmm…
Activist #2: Do you like our planet?
Girl #2: Eh, I’ve been to better. Thanks, but no thanks.
–Seal Beach, California
Tourist: Hey, the water is coming up really high.
Local: Yeah, it’s definitely a high tide today.
Tourist: How come it does that? I mean, what makes the water come up so high?
Local: Well, let’s just say it has a lot to do with the moon.
–Pismo-Oceano Dunes, California
Overheard by: janie
Eight-year-old girl: Evil! The water is evil!
Older brother: Yippie ki yay!
–Mexico Beach, Florida
Overheard by: LULU
Tourist, about the tide: Where does all the water go?
–Ogunquit Beach, Ogunquit, Maine
Overheard by: C’mon
Man, hearing seagulls: Wolves!
–Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Overheard by: Schmitty
Girl: Excuse me, what lake is this?
Street vendor: The Atlantic one.
–Portland, Maine
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