We have been enjoying reading our site statistics, seeing how people get here. While a remarkable majority of readers reach Overheard in Pittsburgh through bookmarking, a sizable percentage comes through searches.

And those searches? Often very funny. And always - at least to us - interesting.

We hadn’t really expected to be a resource for Boy Scouts, but Google searches for “scout” and “halloween skit scout” have shown that OIP is as valuable a friend to a Boy Scout as Pedro the Mail Burro.

And Halloween is nearing, so we suppose “ghost babies” is appropriate. So is “halloween dorm cmu“

There must be a george garvin somewhere in the world. And maybe he’s a freelance sex educator. Either way, this search term has found several new readers of Overheard in Pittsburgh. Of course, some people find that entry when they’re looking for professionals not under contract.

When we re-inserted the submitter-censored profanity into the mother-son bus argument, we had no idea it would get us hits for “son fucking mom“. We extend to that visitor a warm welcome and a plea to get help. Of course, the Google Blog Search has turned us up as a good source for people looking for things of an Intimate nature.

The anthropological nature of Overheard in Pittsburgh has been garnering interest in pittsburgh stereotypes, pittsburgh dialects, and a certain pittsburgh creamery. That same creamery repeatedly brings in fans of “Cookie Doughn’t You Want Some™” and no we didn’t add the ™.

Other ways in which Overheard in Pittsburgh is a force for good: We’re the #1 MSN result for “stay in school and public service announcement” and the #4 aol search result for “how to dispel stereotypes“, the #1 MSN result for “2006 guiness book of world records”, and the #6 MSN result for those desperately searching for “what does 61c mean“

On Overheard in Pittsburgh, we get fashion-conscious people looking for tips on the “Preppie Look”, celebrity stalkers hunting down zach braff, and a surprising number of Bring it On fans looking for “toros in the atmosphere“.

We are also apparently local experts on “Waterfront Eat ‘n’ Park” (look for some upcoming Overheards from this location) and “pittsburgh the strip“

Somehow, despite being buried in the Google results, people are finding Overheard in Pittsburgh while searching for “steelers“, “cmu“, and “cmu students“.

But, thank God, we’re finally the #7 Google result for “overheard in“.