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
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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.
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It will definitely be easier to look at than the current design.
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Thanks,
Chris Griswold
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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