Life in the Iron City
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Greyhound Bus Terminal, Strip District.
Two old white veterans are talking while waiting in line to purchase tickets:
Man #1: Goddamn, there’s a lot of niggers in here.
Man #2: Yeah, enough to make a Tarzan movie.
Voting Line, Gym, Central Catholic.
Two CMU students have just noticed Dan Marino’s retired jersey:
Student #1: I forgot Dan Marino was from Pittsburgh.
Student #2: Who’s Dan Marino?
Student #1: You know, the guy from the Ace Ventura Movie?
Student #2: I don’t remember him.
Student #1: Remember, the guy was jealous of Dan Marino so he stole a dolphin.
— Overheard by Kelly
Mexico Lindo, Squirrel Hill.
A young hipster couple is leaving after getting change for the parking meter.
Hipster Chick: [incredulously] Did you see? A menorah in a Mexican store!
— Overheard by Lisa DiGioia-Nutini
Library, Carnegie Melon University:
Guy: Do you know how tight these pants are? It’s like a boa constrictor on my crotch.
Near convention center, Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown.
Two women are walking with a group of kids:
Girl: Look! People riding bicycles! Why are they riding bicycles?
Woman: Because it’s fuel efficient.
Subway, East Liberty.
A young woman holding her baby is talking to an older family member:
Young Woman: I hit that bitch so hard, she had to call 9-1-9!
Spluummphhh: Squirrel falling out of a 25-foot tree onto Greenfield Road in Schenley at 7 in the morning. Squirrel appeared uninjured and proceeded to scurry out of the road and onto a hillside.
— Reported filed by Officer Morning Runner