Archive for April 2006

Monday, April 10th, 2006

What Domestic Violence Counselors Do on Weekends

Women’s Restroom, AMC Loews Waterfront:
A Woman with a visible pair of cat scratches on her nose is washing her hands.

Hoochie Girl: Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl, I HOPE you punched yo’ man back!

— Overheard by Alisa


Friday, April 7th, 2006

Site News

1. Thanks to Bill Toland for mentioning Overheard in Pittsburh in the Morning File in today’s P-G. It looks like a lot of new people have found their way here.

Welcome. Please direct any Overheard submissions, questions, comments, or suggestions about the site to: Overheardinpgh@gmail.com.

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It will definitely be easier to look at than the current design.

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Thanks,
Chris Griswold


Friday, April 7th, 2006

“I just did.”

Bruegger’s Bagels, Squirrel Hill.
A group of teens sits by the front windows, giggling hysterically:

Teen Girl: EW!  He LICKED it!

[More hysterical laughter]

Bagel Employee: [watching from counter, to Shift Manager] You should make them clean the windows.

— Overheard by zig


Thursday, April 6th, 2006

It might be on his

Animal Physiology Class, Langley Hall, Pitt Campus.
The students are asking the Professor what will be on an upcoming exam:

[Student sneezes.]
Professor: No, that won’t be on the exam.
— Overheard by Sophie


Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Tumors: For When Blood Isn’t Enough

Meyran & Forbes, Oakland:

Sorority Girl, on cell phone: When the doctor told me that, I was like, “Great, I’m gonna die.”
— I just wanted to let you know.  Now we’re, like, really sisters.

— Overheard by zig


Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

“Because they love them, Kiddo.”

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Oakland.
A toddler is looking at the Amphibians & Reptiles exhibit with his family:

Toddler: But why did they kill them?!

— Overheard by Stasia


Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Up to Your Elbows in Meatball Law

Law Office, Downtown:

Gruff Attorney: You know what? This is the M*A*S*H unit of law offices! Things happen here that don’t happen anywhere else.

— Overheard by Wendy


Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

I thought innocence had been stamped out by now.

71A Inbound, Oakland:
A Five-Year-Old Boy sits with his Mom, looking at an ad for a debt consolidation company featuring a Debt monster.

Five-Year-Old Boy: Mommy, is he real?
Mom: No, he’s just a picture that represents a concept.
Five-Year-Old Boy: Mommy, is Santa Claus real? I could open my eyes and see him. I can’t go to where he lives. I will sleep on the couch and wait for him.

— Overheard by Sophie


Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Isn’t Puerto Rico Area 52?

Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill:

Sweatshirt Kid:
There are fifty states.
Ghetto Superstar:
Fifty-one if you count Puerto Rico
Sweatshirt Kid:
Puerto Rico is a province
Ghetto Superstar:
Roswell is the fifty-second state.

— Overheard by Brad