Archive for March 2006
Friday, March 24th, 2006
“Word sure does get around fast in this neighborhood,” thought Frank.
King of the Hill Beer Distributor, Hill District.
A small elderly black woman in a hot-pink turban is telling a clerk how to load six cases of beer into her Cadillac’s the trunk:
Old Lady: That’s the way; that’s the way. Don’t shake it. You shake it, everybody gets wet.
— Overheard by N
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
The Day that Heinz Hall Burned
Pitt Bus Headed To Heinz Hall:
Ditzy Freshman 1, to another: All the bad kids from my school hang out in the lobby. They, like, used to burn down barns on weekends.
[Both laugh.]
Ditzy Freshman 2: Well, the bad kids from my school burned down playgrounds.
— Overheard by Amanda
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
“Just wait until you bite in!”
Panera, Forbes Ave., Oakland:
Girl 1: What is that?
Girl 2: A chocolate mocha bagel.
Girl 1: They make those? That’s like three of my four favorite things combined into one entity.
Girl 2: What’s the fourth?
Girl 1: Puppies!
— Overheard by Banke
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Suddenly, all of Debbie’s little… quirks came into focus.
Exterior Ticket Booth, South Side Works Theater, South Side.
Indian Ticket Seller: —well, it’s about transsexuals.
Large Black Customer: Ohhh…fuck.
— Overheard by Feightner
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
The prostitute one wasn’t so bad…
Redeye Theater Project, Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning.
After several one-act plays featuring profanity and adult situations, characters in a scene begin to snort cocaine:
Woman Sitting in the Front Row: OK, that’s enough! Let’s go!
[She pulls three little boys to their feet and noisily ushers them out of the theater.]
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Awkward!!!
Dee’s Café, South Side. 12:30 a.m.
Drunk Frat Boy has his head in his hands. A girl decked out in St. Patrick’s Day regalia sits next to him, rubbing his back:
Drunk Frat Boy: I don’t cry.
[weeps softly]
Drunk Frat Boy: [intensely] I don’t cry.
— Overheard by Tara
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Mr. 300
That’s #300, folks.Thanks.
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
She’ll fit right in.
Intro to Western Art Music, David Lawrence Hall, Pitt Campus.
A Guest Lecturer is speaking to an auditorium class so the music department can decide whether to hire her:
Guest Lecturer: How many of you have your textbooks?
[No one raises their hand.]
Guest Lecturer: [angry] You guys don’t bring your textbooks to class?! You ruined my whole lecture! At this point I was going to have you read through a poem in your books, but that’s not gonna happen.!
— Overheard by Sophie
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Monday, March 20th, 2006
Not Counting the Mezzanine
Panera, Squirrel Hill:
Cell Phone Guy: “How old are you when you’re 16?” YOU’RE 16, IDIOT!
— Overheard by S. Wong and E. McConville
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Monday, March 20th, 2006
He at least has a future on VH-1’s nostalgia shows.
Student’s Apartment, Shadyside.
Some students are filming a movie:
Lead Actor: My entire life is a blooper reel! I lead a life of blooper-dom!
— Overheard by Caro