Little girl: Daddy, can I kick the birds?
Dad: No.
Little girl: Why not?
Dad: Birds are nice!
–Santa Monica, California
Little girl: Daddy, can I kick the birds?
Dad: No.
Little girl: Why not?
Dad: Birds are nice!
–Santa Monica, California
Brooklyn kid pointing to training buoys: What are those big red things floating out there?
Lifeguard: Oh, that’s our shark fence.
Brooklyn kid: What?!
Lifeguard: Yeah, that’s our electric shark fence. It keeps the sharks out. Unless they were already in when we put it up — then they are stuck inside.
–New Jersey
Boy to girl, behind trees: I’m running out of things to put in there!
–St. George Island, Florida
Overheard by: Shocked and disturbed
Little girl: Look! I can fit an entire Gatorade cap in my mouth! (demonstrates)
Teenage boy to teenage girl: That girl's going places.
–Long Beach Island, New Jersey
Little girl to parents: That octopus has lots of testicles!
–Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia
Black kid: Damn, I lost my pants.
Mom: Word?
–Belmar, New Jersey
Hot dad: No, it's because I prefer other foods.
Small boy clinging to his back: Like people poopy?
–Vancouver Sea Walk, Canada
Overheard by: Rosie
Little boy: Dad, why does that girl have her swim suit straps down like that?
Dad: So she doesn’t get tan lines on her shoulders. Yup, if your mom had those I never would’ve married her.
–Maui, Hawaii
Overheard by: Mindygotback